After beating Salem State in the elimination game on Sunday, Framingham State defeated Westfield State 9-6 in the MASCAC Baseball Tournament Championship to force a game two on Monday at 2 pm.

No. 3 Framingham State 9, No. 4 Salem State 5    Box Score

Westfield, Mass. – The Framingham State University baseball team scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning en route to a 9-5 victory over Salem State University this afternoon in an elimination game of the 2018 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Baseball Championship.

With the victory, the Rams improve to 20-18 on the season and advance to the championship round of the tournament where they will face Westfield State this evening.

Senior Mike Andrews (Stoneham, Mass.) earned his second victory of the tournament going the distance and allowing five runs, four earned, on 11 hits with eight strikeouts and three walks.

Salem State took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, but the Rams came back and tied the game in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by senior Cameron Borrelli (Peabody, Mass.).

The Rams extended their lead to 5-1 with four in the second.  Junior Joe Ambrosino (Bradeton, Fla.) plated the first with an RBI single and junior Aaron Williams (Brockton, Mass.) added an RBI single to right.  Borrelli plated a run with a triple and scored on a ground out by senior Kyle Pileski (Bristol, Conn.).

Two more in the fourth on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly from Pileski pushed the lead to 7-1.  The Vikings got two back in the top of the fifth on RBI singles by Mac Daniel Singleton and Alex Toomey, but the Rams came back with two more in the bottom of the frame.  Ambrosino plated the first with a sacrifice fly and junior Kyle Lippert (Carlsbad, Calif.) scored on a throwing error.

The Vikings added two in the sixth to reach the final margin.

No. 3 Framingham State 9, No. 1 Westfield State 6      Box Score

Westfield, Mass. – The third seed Framingham State University baseball team defeated top seed and host Westfield State University 9-6 this evening in the championship round of the 2018 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Baseball Tournament.

With the victory, the Rams are now 21-18 on the season and have forced the if necessary game which will be played tomorrow in Westfield at 2 p.m.  The winner of that game will receive the MASCAC's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament.

The Rams came out swinging in the game putting up seven runs in the first two innings.  In the top of the first senior Cameron Borrelli (Peabody, Mass.) plated the first run with an RBI single and junior Kyle Dembrowski (Natick, Mass.) drove in two with a single to center.  In the top of the second, senior Kyle Pileski (Bristol, Conn.) doubled scoring a run and junior Jordan Pallazola (Rockport, Mass.) followed with an RBI double of his own.  Junior Kyle Lippert (Carlsbad, Calif.) plated two with a single to center.

The Rams added two more in the top of the fourth to take a 9-0 lead.  Pallazola grounded out scoring a run and Lippert reached on an error allowing the second run to cross the plate.

The Owls got on the board with five in the bottom of the fifth including a three run homer from Anthony Crowley cutting the Rams lead to 9-5.  A solo homer from Crowley in the ninth accounted for the final run of the game.

Junior Kyle Hodgson (Berkley, Mass.) earned the victory for the Rams going eight innings and allowing five earned runs on 11 hits with eight strikeouts.

Releases courtesy of Framingham State Sports Information