Baseball Upends Gordon, 25-4 (7 Inn.)

BEVERLY, Mass. — A dominant offensive performance propelled the Endicott baseball team past Conference of New England (CNE) foe Gordon, 25-4 (7 Inn.), in Tuesday's matinee at North Field.

WP (1-1): Derek Roberts (Wayland, Mass.) — 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
LP (0-2): Casey Watson (Chester, N.H.) — 1 IP, 5 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 4 BB, 0 K

Playing today's game as the away team, the Gulls wasted very little time in the top of the first.

They exploded for an eight-spot right out of the gate, batting around through the order the first time through. They later added six more runs in the third, three in the fourth, four in the fifth, two in the sixth, and two in the seventh.

Cade Bernardo (Glenmont, N.Y.) highlighted the early offense with an RBI single in the first and a three-run rock shot to left center field in the third inning. Bernardo finished his day 2-for-2 with five RBI's, two runs, and a walk.

Adam Regan (Braintree, Mass.) and Kyle Grabowski (Westfield, Mass.) also added RBI extra-base hits in the first (three-run double for Regan, RBI triple for Grabowski), while James Benestad (Portsmouth, R.I.), Brenden Walsh (Reading, Mass.), Stephen Ondrick (Weymouth, Mass.), Paul Armstrong (Windham, N.H.), Finn Adams (Stratham, N.H.), Brady Rickenbach (Manchester, N.H.), Shea LaFleur (Salem, N.H.), and Anthony Lucibello (Orange, Conn.) all tallied hits and RBI's along the way in the massacre.

On the mound, the tandem of Matt Pappalardo (Pelham, N.H.) (3 IP), Colby Correia (Fairhaven, Mass.) (1 IP), Roberts (1 IP), Ryan Walton (Boylston, Mass.) (0.2 IP), Grady Vanidestine (Brewer, Maine) (0.1 IP), and Noah Guanci (Beverly, Mass.) (1 IP) combined for the seven innings pitched (3 ER).

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott leads the all-time series, 49-12.
• Bernardo returned to action for the first time since March 8. The Gulls' first baseman and cleanup hitter set a career high with his five RBI's.
• Emilio Berndt (Watertown, Mass.), Conor Lytle (New Canaan, Conn.), Drew Reagan (Amherst, N.H.), and Guanci all made their career debuts in today's win.
• The Gulls set season highs in runs (25) and hits (19).
• 25 runs scored in a game is the second-most ever recorded in program history (5/5/16; 28 runs scored against Gordon).

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (11-5, 4-0 CNE) welcomes Salem State tomorrow for a 3:30 PM first pitch. Gordon (5-13, 1-3 CNE) hosts Colby-Sawyer on Wednesday for a non-conference doubleheader (12/3 PM). 

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(Photo Credit - Cat Scarantino '26)