MCLA Baseball Splits With Norwich
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Trailblazers and Norwich University Cadets split a twinbill Sunday afternoon as the Cadets took the opener 3-1, before the Trailblazers earned a 4-2 decision in the nightcap
MCLA is 4-25 overall while Norwich closes out their season at 9-20.
MCLA took the nightcap behind a strong performance from pitcher Cody Weaver. The junior scattered eight hits while striking out six. He allowed both runs, with just one of them earned.
The Trailblazers were trailing 1-0 entering the fourth inning when they parlayed some small ball into a four-run burst. Ryan Shook led off with a walk and J.T. Ferraro followed with an infield single. Nate Alibozek's bunt was misplayed allowing the bases to be loaded for Joe Duncan. He would drive in a run as he reached on an error. Jared Gersch followed with a perfectly executed safety squeeze to put MCLA ahead 3-1 and Rory Slattery drove in the fourth run on a sacrifice fly.
The burst allowed Weaver to cruise until the seventh inning. After he retired the leadoff hitter, Mike Doyle homered to left field to cut the margin to 4-2. Norwich put the tying runs on base, but Weaver buckled down and induced a pair of flyouts to end the threat and secure the win.
In the opener, the Cadets scored twice off Joe Vaverka to set the tone in the 3-1 win.
MCLA will play Monday at Springfield College.
