Bats Erupt as Baseball Defeats Norfolk State in Series Opener

NORFOLK, VA – The Merrimack College Baseball team pummeled Norfolk State en route to a series opening win over the Spartans. Five different Warriors homered in the assertive win.
 
Score: 
Merrimack 20, Norfolk State 7
Records: Merrimack (15-21, 10-9), Norfolk State (10-27, 5-14)
 
Rapid Recap
Merrimack was coming off a seven inning thumping of Maine on Wednesday in which they scored 19 runs. The bats were flaming hot coming out of that game and carried right into this one. After nothing in the first, MC would strike for four runs the fourth after Frankie Ferrentino tattooed his 11th homer of the year and Matthew Chatelle followed that up with a three run jack. The Warriors would score two more in the 3rd inning off the bat of Braydon Dolbashian. In the fifth they would make it 7-0 after the Christian Scanlon blast. While this was happening at the plate, on the bump for the Warriors was a man possessed in Andrew Heffernan. He would pitch 6 ⅓ innings striking out a career high 10 batters and gave up just one run. The bullpen would struggle once replacing Heffernan as they gave up five runs in the 8th to allow NSU to creep back in at 9-6. However, the offense responded in the ninth going for 11 runs to help pad their lead and more. Merrimack would go out with a bang scoring 20 total runs in the win over the Spartans.
 
Notes and Numbers

• Braydon Dolbashian sent two blasts out of the park as he went 4 for 5 with 6 RBI's
• Chris Goode secured his first career homerun in the win
• Matthew Chatelle was 3 for 6 with a homerun and 5 RBI's
• Andrew Heffernan picked up the win after pitching 6 ⅓ and striking out ten

 
Up Next
Merrimack will play two more games versus the Spartans to finish up their busy week.
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