Mahwah, NJ: The Amherst College baseball team came back to defeat Ramapo College, 8-2, in game one of a non-conference doubleheader. Game two was called in the bottom of the fourth, with the Roadrunners up 8-6, due to weather conditions. The Mammoths open the season at 1-0 overall while the Roadrunners now stand at 2-3 overall.
With two outs in the bottom of the second and two runners on for Ramapo,
Tyler Guadagno laced a single to right-center field which plated both
Robert Klawans and
Christian Alonso to put Ramapo up, 2-0. Klawans walked and stole second before Alonso walked before they both moved up on a wild pitch prior to Guadagno stepping up to the plate.
Amherst came back with seven runs in the top of the third inning to take a 7-2 lead. The inning was highlighted by a big two RBI double from Charlie LaFreniere to extend the Mammoth lead to 6-2. In the seventh, Amherst scored their final run as Christian Fagnant doubled and later scored on a wild pitch. Nicholas Giattino (1-0) struck out three, walked four and scattered three hits. Tristan Kim worked the final inning as he struck out two and faced the minimum three batters.
Dominick Ciani (0-1) started on the mound for the Roadrunners. He struck out three, walked just one while surrendering seven hits and seven runs.
James Pazdera struck out five in 2.1 innings of relief while he walked two and gave up just one hit. Guadagno,
Jack Tallent and
Zack Bailey each recorded one hit in the game for the Roadrunners.
Ramapo returns to action on March 12th when they travel to Alvernia University for a non-conference game at 3:00 PM.
