Bryant Baseball Knocks Off Stonehill On Bulldogs Senior Day

Bryant University Press Release

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Drew Wyers had four hits and drove in four runs and Aleksei Goldhill homered and drove in three runs as the Bryant baseball team closed out the home schedule with a 12-8 victory over Stonehill on Senior Day at Conaty Park.

The Bulldogs improve to 30-17-1 overall with their 19^th win in the last 22 games. Bryant now heads to UMBC to close out the regular season beginning Thursday night.

Wyers finished a triple shy of the cycle, going 4-for-5 with a double, home run and four RBI. Goldhill, honored prior to game, hit his first career home run and finished 2-for-3 with three RBI and three runs scored. Gavin Noriega and Pat D’Amico each drove in a pair of runs.

Bryant used six pitchers on the afternoon, with Mark Scamardella earning the victory and Alex Slotter the save.

Game Information
Bryant 12, Stonehill 8
Records: Bryant 30-17-1 | Stonehill 19-28
Location: Conaty Park (Smithfield, R.I.)
W|L|S: Mark Scamardella (1-0) | Weber | Slotter (1)

Key Moments

• Bryant scored six times in the second inning to erase a 2-0 deficit.

How it Happened

• Stonehill grabbed a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the first. Sam Parks opened the game with a single after a long at-bat and came around to score on a Cohall double to left center. Taylor Gaspar then singled to the pitcher to make it 2-0.
• Bryant grabbed the lead with a six-run second. Three-straight walks loaded the bases with one out and Goldhill drove in the first run with a single. A bases-loaded walk to Zyons made it 2-2 and Noriega made it 4-2 with a two-run single through the right side. Wyers added an RBI single and D’Amico made it 6-2 with a sac fly to right.
• Goldhill made it 8-2 in the third as he hit a two-run home run, the first of his career, to left center.
• Stonehill closed the gap with single runs in the fourth and fifth and three in the sixth. In the sixth, Aidan Cohall and Taylor Gaspar both homered.
• Bryant answered with a pair of long balls of its own to take a 12-7 lead. Wyers crushed a three-run home run down the left field line and D’Amico followed with a towering home run to left.

Inside the Box Score

• Trey Deitelbaum allowed two runs on five hits over 2.1 innings. He walked two.
• Mark Scamardella allowed one run on two hits over 1.1 innings. He walked two and struck out three.
• Bradley Lewis allowed one run in 1.1 innings of relief. He walked one and struck out two.
• Ty Davis allowed one run in an inning-plus of work.
• Slotter recorded the final six outs to record his first save of the season.
• Wyers went 4-for-5 with a double, home run and four RBI.
• Goldhill finished 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI and three runs scored.
• Noriega drove in two and scored twice.
• D’Amico homered and drove in a pair.

Game Notes

• Bryant is now 4-2 vs Stonehill at the DI level.
• Bryant is now 19-3 since the start of April and finishes the year 9-2-1 in midweek games.
• Bryant finishes the season 16-6-1 at home.
• The Bulldogs have now won 30 games for the 14^th time in the last 20 years. Bryant has won 30+ games in three of the last five years under Coach Klosterman.
• Wyers extended his on-base streak to 30 games with his second-inning single.
• Wyers also hit his ninth home run of the season.
• D’Amato has reached safely in 24-straight games and leads the team with 25 walks.
• Zyons extended his on-base streak to 24 games with a pair of walks.
• Goldhill’s home run was the first of his career.
• D’Amico’s home run was his eighth of the year.
• Scamardella improved to 4-1 in his career.
• Slotter earned his first save as a Bulldog.

Up Next
Bryant wraps up the regular season with a three-game series at UMBC starting on Thursday night.