Chargers Cruise by Raiders
Nashua, NH- The Colby-Sawyer Chargers took care of the Raiders with ease as they defeated the Raiders 20-5 thanks to Carter Malpass (Plymouth, MA)throwing 6 strong innings while only allowing 1 run on 3 hits. Jeff Breslin (Westford, MA) started the game off well for the Raiders as he got the Chargers to go 1-2-3 in the first inning, then gave up 6 runs on 7 hits in the second inning.
Senior Chris Hunt (Lisbon, NH) scored the Raiders first run as Aramiz Velez (Lowell, MA) got on by an error thanks to by Tyler Stotz (Amesbury, MA)in the fourth inning of the game. After a couple of quick innings for both teams, the Chargers offense woke up as they scored 8 runs on 6 hits in the 8th inning. The Raiders responded by scoring 3 of their runs in the 8th inning as Pat Brooks (Milford, NH), Ford Coats (Raymond, NH), and Velez each got a hit in the inning. The Chargers added two more runs in the 9th on a single by Shane Hoagboon (Mayfield, MA). Brooks hit a sacrifice fly that allowed Ryan O’Connor (Medford, MA) to cross the plate for the Raiders final run in the game.
The Raiders were lead by Velez and Freshman Art Hoffman (Malden, MA) who each recorded 2 hits on the afternoon. Hoagboon had a nice game for himself as he went 5-7 with 3 ribs and scored 4 runs in the game. Chris Hartley (Billerica, MA), Brandon McFadden (E. Dummerston, VT), and Ryan Ferris (Nashua, NH) each had two hits for the Chargers.
The Raiders will start their conference play as they head to St. Joes of Maine and Alberus Magnus for 4 games this weekend while the Chargers will be playing Roger Williams and Anna Maria.
