No. 1 Baseball Rolls Past Gordon, 10-0 (7 Inn.)

BEVERLY, Mass. — The No. 1 nationally ranked Endicott baseball team defeated Gordon, 10-0 in seven innings, in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) matchup on Tuesday afternoon at North Field.

WP (4-1): Nicholas Cannata (Marlborough, Conn.) — 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
LP (1-1): Mike Williams (Peabody, Mass.) — 2.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Already leading by 2-0 in the fourth, Brendan O'Neil (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) doubled Endicott's lead with a two-run double down the right field line, plating Dylan Pacheco (Dartmouth, Mass.) and Nicolas Notarangelo (Taunton, Mass.).

The game remained 4-0 for the next few innings, as Cannata continued to cruise through the Fighting Scots' lineup. He limited them to just five baserunners (2 HBP, 2 H, 1 BB) in his seven dominant innings from the hill.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Blue and Green worked a six-run rally to walk off the contest via the 10-run mercy rule.

Pacheco led off the eventful frame with a walk and advanced to second on Notarangelo's single. After Danny MacDougall (Taunton, Mass.) reached base via a free pass, Pacheco was sent home due to a balk called on the Gordon pitcher. Notarangelo then wound up scoring on a wild pitch.

The Blue and Green continued to pour it on in the frame, as TJ Liponis (Scarborough, Maine) drilled an RBI double to right to score MacDougall. After Elijah Moses (Haverhill, Mass.) drove in the eighth Gulls run of the day with an RBI hit-by-pitch, Joey Frammartino (North Reading, Mass.) concluded the rally with a two-run single to right-center, walking it off for the Gulls via a 10-0 score.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott is 46-12 all-time in the head-to-head matchup (2-0 this season).
• Cannata is 4-0 with a 0.00 ERA in his last four starts (26.0 IP, 20 K, 5 BB, 8 H, 0 R).
• As a team, the Gulls pitching staff is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA over the past two games. Their last earned run allowed came 16.1 innings ago (Eastern Connecticut, Game One, 4/20).
• Brenden Walsh (Reading, Mass.) got the start in center and stole a career-high three bags in the contest.
• The Gulls are 13-0 this season when scoring 10 or more runs.

WHAT'S NEXT

No. 1 Endicott (29-2, 11-1 CCC) welcomes UMass Dartmouth to North Field tomorrow at 3:30 PM. Gordon (7-26, 2-9 CCC) travels to Plymouth State on Thursday at 3:30 PM.

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(Photo Credit - Jonny Ratner '24)