WPI defeats John Carroll (OH) for First Win
WPI 7, John Carroll (OH) 4
Fort Myers, FL --- The WPI baseball team registered 14 hits en route to a 7-4 victory over John Carroll in a spring break match-up played at Terry Park on Sunday evening. The Engineers are now 1-0 on the season while John Carroll dips to 0-2.
Freshman third baseman Mike Swanton (Foxboro, MA) began his collegiate career with a bang as he registered three hits while knocking in three runs, including the game winning RBI. Sophomore left fielder Ethan Brown (Lunenburg, MA) pounded out four hits and one run batted in.
Junior first baseman Ryan Rainone (Oakville, CT) started the scoring for the Engineers when he scored on a Swanton single up the middle in the fourth inning to tie the game, 1-1. WPI broke the game open in the fifth on another Swanton single to bring in another two runs and put the Crimson and Gray ahead for good.
Sophomore pitcher Connor Fahey (Cumberland, RI), the returning NEWMAC Rookie of the Year, (1-0) picked up the victory, working six innings and yielding just four hits while fanning seven. Ryan Smalanskas (Shrewsbury, MA) threw 1 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball in relief of Fahey.