BASEBALL FALLS TO BOSTON COLLEGE 11-3 TO END WIN STREAK; BULLDOGS HOST CCSU FRIDAY

April 7, 2010

BRYANT BASEBALL FALLS TO BOSTON COLLEGE 11-3 WEDNESDAY ENDING SEVEN-GAME WIN STREAK
Bulldogs host Central Connecticut for four-game Northeast Conference series this weekend starting Friday at 3 pm

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Junior Zakary Cianciolo had three hits Wednesday against Boston College to lift his season average to a team-best .328. www.dspics.com

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – All streaks must come to an end. 

Winners of seven straight, the Bryant University baseball team entered Wednesday’s game at Boston College riding the wave of solid pitching and timely hitting. The Bulldogs did manage eight hits against the ACC Eagles, but could scratch across just three runs in falling 11-3.

With temperatures nearing 90 degrees at Shea Field, the Boston College (13-15) bats were red-hot as the Eagles scored at least a run through the first seven innings including two in the third and four more in the fourth en route to the win.

During its recent win streak, Bryant (10-14) had out-scored its opponents 66-22 and averaged 13 hits per game.  However, the Bulldogs found themselves trailing early and playing catch-up throughout the game.

Down 4-0 entering the top of the fourth, the Bulldogs cut the Eagles lead in half with one swing of the bat. After Colin Dougherty (Lowell, Mass.) worked a four-pitch walk against BC pitcher Kyle Prohovich, senior Jeff Vigurs (South Windsor, Conn.) blasted his second home run of the season to left field to pull the Bulldogs to within 4-2.

Bryant would later put a pair of runners on but Tim Norton (Barnstable, Mass.) flied out to left to end the inning.

Boston College would answer quickly, scoring four runs in the bottom of the fourth off Bryant starter Sal Lisanti (Bronx, N.Y.).  With runners on the corner, Robbie Anston drilled a one-out double to get a run back.  That would be all for Lisanti as coach Jamie Pinzino went to the bullpen for David O’Brien (Whitman, Mass.) to relieve the Bulldog freshman.  

O’Brien would get Matt Hamlet on a strikeout for the second out of the inning, but would hit the next batter, Mickey Wiswall to load the bases.  A walk to John Spatola would make it 6-2 and Matt Watson followed with a two-run single to center to make it 8-2.

Bryant would add a run in the ninth thanks to an RBI single to the left side by Dougherty. 

Zakary Cianciolo (Prospect, Conn.) continued his hot hitting ways once again as the junior went 3-for-4 at the plate with two doubles.  His three hits moves him into the team lead with a .328 batting average for the season.  Vigurs finished the day going 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Bryant will return home Friday to begin a four-game Northeast Conference with Central Connecticut.  Friday’s game starts at 3 pm at the Bryant Baseball Complex. The Bulldogs and Blue Devils will play a double-header Saturday starting at noon and close out the series with a single game Sunday at 1 pm.