Box Score
Box Score

TROY, N.Y. – Junior Camden Mamigonian went 5 for 6 with a home run and three runs batted in to lead the 17th-ranked Rensselaer baseball team to a 17-5 victory over Massachusetts College of the Liberal Arts (MCLA), at a rainy Robison Field. With the win the Red Hawks improve to 25-8 overall, while the Trailblazers move to 16-12.

RPI jumped out to an early lead, scoring four times in each of the first two innings off MCLA starter Daniel Gaines (Holyoke, MA/Holyoke). In the first, sophomore Nic Marchese (Tampa, FL/Chamberlain) drove in two with a single to right. Mamigonian (Dover, NH/Dover) followed with his sixth home run of the season. Patrick Reardon (Troy, NY/LaSalle Institute), Mamigonian and Mike Cieszko (Stevenson Ranch, CA/William S. Hart) each had run scoring base-hits in the second to make it 8-0.

The Trailblazers got a run back in the top of the fourth, when designated hitter Joe Parillo (West Springfield, MA/West Springfield) delivered an RBI-double to left. The Red Hawks answered with a five-run bottom of the inning to put the game out of reach at 13-1. Five straight batters reached with one out in the inning, including Cieszko, who drove in two with a single to left field. Senior Jim Devine (Castleton, NY/Columbia) and junior Tom Jebb (Ticonderoga, NY/Ticonderoga) then followed with run-scoring hits.

MCLA scored two runs in the seventh and one in the ninth to complete the scoring. Senior Steve Sullivan (Wareham, MA/Wareham) drove in a pair with a single to left-center in the seventh, before pinch hitter Evan Frank (Schenectady, NY/Schenectady) picked up an RBI base knock in the final frame.

Rensselaer starter Andrew Mondo (Clifton Park, NY/Schenedehowa) earned his team-leading eighth win of the season allowing two runs (1 earned) on four hits over 5.0 innings. Senior reliever Andrew Novick (Hopewell Junction, NY/John Jay) made his 64th career appearance when he entered in the sixth, tying the school record held by Paul Louderback '99.

Sean Wilkes (Troy, NY/Catholic Central) went 3 for 5 a run scored and two runs batted in. Cieszko finished 3 for 6 with two runs and three RBI, while Jebb was 3 for 4 with a run and two RBI. The Trailblazers were paced by Sullivan, who went 4 for 5 with two doubles and three runs batted in. Catcher Ken Recore (Averill Park, NY/Averill Park) ended up 2 for 5.

The Red Hawks return to the diamond on Sunday when they visit Old Westbury (2pm).