Vermont 4, Binghamton 2 -- BOX SCORE
VESTAL, N.Y. -- Chris Blazek (Litchfield, Conn.) hurled seven solid innings and Kyle Brault (Milton, Vt.) drove in three runs as Vermont topped Binghamton, 4-2, in America East baseball Sunday at Varsity Field. The Catamounts (12-6, 3-0 America East) took all three games from the Bearcats (8-14, 0-3) in the conference opening series for both teams. Overall, Vermont has won five straight and after playing its first 19 games away from home, they return to Burlington to open a six-game homestand hosting Siena in a doubleheader at Historic Centennial Field on Tuesday. The conference series sweep was UVM's first since the 2003 season when they captured the school's lone America East Regular Season title. In Sunday's win, Blazek (1-2) allowed only five hits and two walks while striking out 11 in his 7.1 inning stint. Bryan Rembisz (Clinton, Conn,) retired one of the two batters he faced and closer Chris Marsh (Bristol, Conn.) went the final inning and a third to record his fifth save, just two off the Vermont single-season record. Brault went 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBI as the Catamounts banged out a season-high 15 hits. He got Vermont on the board in the first with an RBI single after Miguel Magrass (West Roxbury, Mass) doubled with two outs. Jay Iannoni (Foxboro, Mass.) extended the rally with a walk and Brault came home on a base hit to right center by Jason Carey (Colchester, Vt.). The Catamounts added another run in the third when Raymond Montanez (Brooklyn, N.Y.) led with a double down the right field line and scored on another single by Brault. A solo homer by Brault, his third of the season and the 26th of his career, closed out the scoring in the fifth. The Bearcats would threaten with single runs in the fourth and the eighth but Blazek and the bullpen would snuff out any bigger rallies. Only one time did Blazek faced a hitter with two runners on base, with two down in the seventh, and he fanned Jamie Boyer to end the frame. In 28 innings this season Blazek, a junior lefthander, has fanned 40 hitters while walking 19. Opponents are hitting only a team-best .188 against him. Marsh, a junior who was a third baseman his first two seasons with the Catamounts, has also been effective coming out of the bullpen. In 11 appearances he has not given up an earned run in 12 innings pitched allowing only eight hits and three walks. In addition to Brault, Magrass went 3-for-5 with two doubles, Carey went 2-for-4 and Naimoli went 2-for-3. Frank Rossi (Bristol, Conn.) also went 2-for-3 Sunday and he had two hits in each of the three wins this weekend.
VESTAL, N.Y. -- Chris Blazek (Litchfield, Conn.) hurled seven solid innings and Kyle Brault (Milton, Vt.) drove in three runs as Vermont topped Binghamton, 4-2, in America East baseball Sunday at Varsity Field. The Catamounts (12-6, 3-0 America East) took all three games from the Bearcats (8-14, 0-3) in the conference opening series for both teams. Overall, Vermont has won five straight and after playing its first 19 games away from home, they return to Burlington to open a six-game homestand hosting Siena in a doubleheader at Historic Centennial Field on Tuesday. The conference series sweep was UVM's first since the 2003 season when they captured the school's lone America East Regular Season title. In Sunday's win, Blazek (1-2) allowed only five hits and two walks while striking out 11 in his 7.1 inning stint. Bryan Rembisz (Clinton, Conn,) retired one of the two batters he faced and closer Chris Marsh (Bristol, Conn.) went the final inning and a third to record his fifth save, just two off the Vermont single-season record. Brault went 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBI as the Catamounts banged out a season-high 15 hits. He got Vermont on the board in the first with an RBI single after Miguel Magrass (West Roxbury, Mass) doubled with two outs. Jay Iannoni (Foxboro, Mass.) extended the rally with a walk and Brault came home on a base hit to right center by Jason Carey (Colchester, Vt.). The Catamounts added another run in the third when Raymond Montanez (Brooklyn, N.Y.) led with a double down the right field line and scored on another single by Brault. A solo homer by Brault, his third of the season and the 26th of his career, closed out the scoring in the fifth. The Bearcats would threaten with single runs in the fourth and the eighth but Blazek and the bullpen would snuff out any bigger rallies. Only one time did Blazek faced a hitter with two runners on base, with two down in the seventh, and he fanned Jamie Boyer to end the frame. In 28 innings this season Blazek, a junior lefthander, has fanned 40 hitters while walking 19. Opponents are hitting only a team-best .188 against him. Marsh, a junior who was a third baseman his first two seasons with the Catamounts, has also been effective coming out of the bullpen. In 11 appearances he has not given up an earned run in 12 innings pitched allowing only eight hits and three walks. In addition to Brault, Magrass went 3-for-5 with two doubles, Carey went 2-for-4 and Naimoli went 2-for-3. Frank Rossi (Bristol, Conn.) also went 2-for-3 Sunday and he had two hits in each of the three wins this weekend.