No. 2 Seed Baseball Falls to Top-Seed Mitchell in NECC Championship Series

NEW LONDON, Conn.- The Eastern Nazarene College baseball team suffered a 15-2 loss at Mitchell Sunday afternoon in the New England Collegiate Conference Tournament championship. The Mariners, ranked third in the most recent NCAA Regional Rankings, clinched their ninth all-time and third consecutive NECC title with the win.

             
THE BASICS:
Score: Eastern Nazarene 2, Mitchell 15
Records: Lions (26-14) | Mariners (31-8)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Mitchell tallied four runs in the bottom of the second inning to claim a 4-0 lead.
• The Mariners chalked up three runs in the third to widen the margin to 7-0.
• Mitchell tacked on a pair of runs in the fifth to stretch its advantage to 9-0.
• The Mariners added six runs in the seventh to push their lead to 15-0.
• Eastern Nazarene got on the board in the top of the eighth inning, scoring twice to cut the deficit to 15-2. Anderson Jimenez (Lowell, Mass.) laced a single to right field to drive in Shane McNamara (Londonderry, N.H.) and Nate Duncan (Boston, Mass.).
  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Anderson Jimenez (Lowell, Mass.) collected two hits and drove in two RBIs.
• Nate Duncan (Boston, Mass.) chipped in with one stolen base and one run scored.
• Jon Tessier (Coronado, Calif.) tossed 4.1 innings in his 16th career start and finished with one strikeout. Dale Beneway (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) hurled two-thirds of an inning in his team-leading 12th relief outing. David Carey (Greenfield, Mass.) worked 1.1 innings in his ninth appearance out of the bullpen before O'Neil Jimenez (Lowell, Mass.) threw 1.2 scoreless innings of relief.

NECC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Lesley: Colby Jacobs, Adam Budorick
NEC: Luca Giallongo, Wyatt Cameron 
ENC: Francis Ferguson, Morgan Weast, Anderson Jimenez 
Mitchell: Dougie DelaCruz, Chris Gibbs
MVP: Owen Robbins