University of Massachusetts Lowell
Pace University
Baseball: Pace Defeats UMass Lowell, 8-6; Earns Weekend Split
4/26/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 26, 2009
PLEASTANTVILLE, N.Y. - Zach Dayton (North Falmouth, Mass.) allowed just one earned run on five hits over seven inning as Pace defeated UMass Lowell, 8-6, Sunday afternoon in Northeast-10 baseball action at Finnerty Field.
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Setters, who improve to 18-25-1 overall and 12-15 in the NE-10. The River Hawks lost for the second time in three games. They fell to 23-15 overall and 14-11 in conference play.
Dayton improved his record to 2-3 with the seven-inning effort. He allowed three runs overall, but just one earned. Dayton did not issue a walk and struck out three.
Michael Rodriguez (East Hampton, N.Y.) was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI for Pace. Christopher Spatkowski (Bristol, Conn.) was 1-for-3 with three RBI.
Peter Onorato (Clarence Center, N.Y.) and Jared Notargiacomo (Newburyport, Mass.) each had two hits for UMass Lowell.
The River Hawks jumped out to an early lead with a run in the first inning and led 2-1 after four innings. Pat Devlin (Tewksbury, Mass.) reached on an error and scored on Sean Burns' (Colchester, Vt.) single in the first.
Tim Keene (Berlin, N.H.) singled and scored on an error in the fourth.
Pace responded with five runs on four hits in the bottom of the fifth. Two singles and a hit by pitch loaded the bases with no outs. Spatkowski followed with a triple to left field.
The Setters added two more runs in the seventh. Rodriguez drove in Pace's eighth run of the game with an RBI single down the left field line. It was his third hit of the day.
The River Hawks had their rally - four runs over the final three innings - fall short. UML scored one in the seventh, one more in the eighth and two in the ninth. Notargiacomo hit a solo home run in the ninth.
Dustin Ramey (Kingston, N.H.) took the loss for UMass Lowell dropping his season record to 2-3. Ramey surrendered six runs on seven hits over four innings on the mound. He walked one and struck out two.
The River Hawks return to the field Tuesday night when they host Saint Anselm at LeLacheur Park (7:00 p.m.). The Setters are next in action Tuesday at Aldephi (3:30 p.m.).
