Wells Tosses One-Hit Gem as Baseball Sweeps Lesley in Season Finale

QUINCY, Mass.- Senior Brandon Wells (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) closed out his collegiate career with a complete game, one-hit shutout to propel the Eastern Nazarene College baseball team to a series sweep of Lesley Thursday afternoon at Bradley Field.

The Lions downed the Lynx 7-4 in the opening contest before prevailing 6-0 behind Wells' dazzling performance on the mound.

Brandon Wynne (New Haven, Conn.) paced the home side offensively with four hits, two RBIs, one run scored and a stolen base. Pat Yee (Lynnfield, Mass.) notched three hits, three RBIs, one stolen base and scored once on the day. Jeremy Wagner (Oklahoma City, Okla.) finished with three base knocks, four runs scored, two stolen bases and one RBI. Rocco Martinelli (Panama City, Panama) scored three runs and added one hit and one RBI while Luis Gonzalez (Toa Alta, Puerto Rico) collected two hits, one RBI and one stolen base.

In game one, the Lions edged the Lynx 7-4 as they landed 10 hits.

Eastern Nazarene pushed across one run in the bottom of the first inning to grab a 1-0 edge. Yee raked a two-out single to right to drive in Jeremy Wagner from second base.

Lesley responded with a score in the top of the second to level the game at 1-1. Kevin Hopwood crossed the dish as Robert Parson reached on an infield single.

The hosts plated two runs in the third to claim a 3-1 advantage. Jose Arebalo (Brentwood, Calif.) lifted a sacrifice fly to left field to score Jeremy Wagner from third before Gonzalez drove in Cameron Fiorentino (Uxbridge, Mass.) with an RBI single.

The guests cut the deficit in half with a run in the fourth, 3-2. Joe Muratore singled to centerfield to plate Casey Blanchard from second.

The Lions extended their lead to 5-2 with a pair of scores in the bottom of the frame. Jeremy Wagner and Martinelli each rounded the bases and scored on a single into left field off the bat of Yee.

The Lynx scored once in the fifth to pull to within two runs, 5-3, as David Hersey drove in Gustavo Polidor with a base knock to left-center.

Lesley trimmed the margin to 5-4 in the top of the sixth, knocking in one run. Polidor rolled a single up the middle to score Hopwood from second base.

Eastern Nazarene bounced back with two tallies in the home half of the inning to claim a 7-4 lead. Nate Crawford (Houston, Texas) and Martinelli both crossed the plate on errors.

Fiorentino pitched five innings and struck out three batters. Frank Fusco (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) hurled two innings of relief and fanned two hitters en route to earning his first save of the season.

Wells dominated in the nightcap as he racked up seven strikeouts and allowed just one walk and one base hit to propel Eastern Nazarene to a 6-0 victory.

The senior right-hander walked the first batter of the game but bounced back to retire the next 15 hitters in a row. Wells carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning before surrendering a base knock with one out in the sixth.

The Lions erupted for three runs in the home half of the first inning to seize a 3-0 lead. Jake Koch (Dayton, Nev.) singled through the left side of the infield to drive in Jeremy Wagner to open the scoring. Wynne followed with a two-run single to left to plate Martinelli and Yee.

The hosts tacked on a pair of scores in the third to widen the gap to 5-0. Wynne crossed the plate as Justin Wagner (Oklahoma City, Okla.) reached on an error after dragging a sacrifice bunt down the third-base line. Jeremy Wagner hoisted a sacrifice fly to center to allow Miguel Ortiz (New Britain, Conn.) to tag up and scamper home.

Eastern Nazarene knocked in a run in the fifth to push its lead to 6-0. With the bases loaded, Martinelli absorbed his fourth hit-by-pitch in the game and fifth on the day as Fiorentino jogged home from third base.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, senior Brady Smith (Brewer, Maine) picked up his first career hit as he laced a two-strike offering into right-centerfield.

Eastern Nazarene wraps up the 2015 campaign with a 15-22 overall record. Lesley sinks to 11-21 on the year with the decisions.