Trailblazers Beat Elm College, 4-2
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts baseball team recieved a solid pitching performance from Tyler Benoit as the Trailblazers defeated Elms College, 4-2, Wednesday afternoon.
Benoit was the story for MCLA (5-26). The sophomore right hander went eight innings and scattered 6 hits and both runs. He struck out six and walked just one as he earned his first win of the year. Robert Jutras tossed a perfect ninth to record the save.
Elms (19-17) started fast as Daniel McCormack led off the game with a triple and came around to score on a wild pitch. They held the lead for three innings as Geoffrey Frost kept MCLA at bay.
In the fourth inning, the Trailblazers mounted a rally. Seniors Joe Duncan and Ross Miner, who were playing in their final collegiate contest, led off the inning with consecutive walks off Bryan Leonard. Leonard then walked Chase Preite to load the bases with nobody out.
Cody Weaver greeted Elms reliever Curtis LeBeau with a two-run single into left field to give MCLA the lead. Elms got one back in the fifth as Brian Langdon came around to score after a leadoff double, making it 3-2 after five.
MCLA collected an insurance tally in the sixth on Rory Slattery's RBI single.
