Springfield College Three Pitchers Combine for One-Hit Shutout; Baseball Defeats MCLA, 7-0

Recap, photo courtesy of Springfield College

Springfield, Mass. - March 28, 2018 - The Springfield College baseball team continued its winning ways on Wednesday afternoon, as the Pride ran past MCLA, 7-0, in non-conference play on Archie Allen Field. The victory boosts the Pride's record to 12-3-2 while the Trailblazers drop to 6-4 on the season. 

An incredible combined one-hit pitching performance from Nick Naples (Berlin, Conn.), Fletcher Comment (Westbrook, Conn.) and Ken Manero (Hudson, Mass) led the way while the Pride put seven runs on the board on the offensive side. This marks the ninth time this season that the Pride have put up seven or more runs in a game. Naples was credited with the win after he threw 6.0 innings of no hit baseball before being replaced by Comment and Manero, who finished out the game.

At the plate, Cam Rivest (Agawam, Mass.) led the charge with three RBI, while Mark Joao (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) and Jake Gleason (South Dennis, Mass.) both had a multi-hit days en route to the Pride's fourth win in a row. 

The first three innings of the game went by with only one hit recorded by either team. In the bottom of the fourth inning the Pride would push a run across the board when Joao scored on a hard hit ground ball by Rivest. In the sixth, Springfield would add two more runs on a single through the left side that scored Gleason and Noah Bleakley (Granby, Mass.). The next inning, the Pride would break the game open when Chad Shade (Pittsfield, Mass.) would single and then steal second and third to put him just 90 feet away with no outs. A walk, followed by Joao and Gleason both driving balls up the middle and an RBI walk would push three more runs across and extend the Pride's lead to 7-0.

Manero threw a flawless inning in the bottom of the ninth to shut the door for the Pride and ensure a shutout.