WESTFIELD, Mass. – Kevin Greene was 4 for 4 with two triples, two doubles and two RBI, and Andrew Medeiros was 3 for 4 with two doubles and three RBI to power Westfield State University to a 10-5 victory over Elms College on Wednesday, March 27.
Greene and Medeiros collected more than half of the Owls’ 13 hits, 10 of which went for extra bases. No. 9 batter Kyle Colesanti clubbed two doubles to deep center field and leadoff batter Connor Sheridan doubled. Reserve outfielder Pat McWilliams lined a solo home run in the last inning.
Elms totaled 10 hits but only one went for extra bases, a double by leadoff hitter Daniel McCormack. Nolan Medeiros (3 for 4) and Zachary
Unlike Westfield, Elms struggled to come up with the big hits as the Blazers stranded 16 base runners in the nine-inning game.
Westfield’s Mike Sullivan pitched out of numerous jams in garnering the complete-game pitching victory. Sullivan threw 165 pitches while walking four, striking out four and hitting two batters. The junior righthander’s pitch count was extended because of six Owl errors.
Elms took a short-lived 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first inning (the Blazers were the designated home team).
Westfield scored four runs in the third inning. Colesanti and Sheridan smacked back-to-back doubles tie to the score. Greene and Medeiros both walked to load the sacks and Dan Rokitowski brought home Sheridan with a sacrifice fly. Designated hitter E.G. McMillan capped the scoring with a two-run single.
The Owls added two more runs in the fourth on Greene’s two-run triple down the right field line.
Greene and Medeiros pounded back-to-back doubles in the seventh for an 8-3 lead. Westfield quickly scored two runs in the ninth on McWilliams’ leadoff homer, a triple by Greene, and an RBI double by Medeiros.
