Game One: MCLA 10 Ð Westfield State 5
Game Two: Westfield State 8 Ð MCLA 6
NORTH ADAMS Ð The Westfield State baseball split a doubleheader with MCLA in conference action April 26. The Owls (12-18, 4-6) fell in the opener, 10-5, then took the second game, 8-6.
Home runs by Troy Ferguson, Pat Jaehnig and Jay Brown, along with a first-inning two-run triple by Brett Ford, powered the Owls in the nightcap.
Ferguson swatted a two-run circuit shot in the second to stake the visitors to a 4-0 lead. MCLA responded with three runs in the third inning. The Owls scored four times in the decisive fifth inning. Jaehnig blasted an opposite-field two-run homer and Brown immediately followed with a solo shot.
Brown was 3 for 4 and Ferguson was 2 for 5 with two runs scored. Jay Hardell was 2 for 2 with two runs scored.
Winning pitcher Derek Anghilante went the distance, allowing 10 hits and two walks and striking out four.
In the opener, Westfield led 3-2 after three innings, but MCLA scored nine runs in its final three at bats, including a five-run uprising in the fifth.
The Owls were outhit, 14-13. All 13 of WestfieldÕs hits were singles while the Trailblazers ripped two homers and four doubles.
Ferguson was 3 for 4 with an RBI. Collecting two singles apiece were Justin Parr, Shawn Geary, Ford and Matt Tirrell.