Gallagher's Four Homers Powers Baseball to NEWMAC Sweep of Coast Guard

WPI News Archive


Apr 15, 2017





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Northboro, MA – Sophomore Steven Gallagher (Coventry, RI) had a career day at the plate, hitting four home runs to lead an offensive display by WPI in a Saturday Senior Day sweep over Coast Guard. The Engineers won, 22-4, in the opener and then later held on for a 12-10 victory out at New England Baseball Complex. 
WPI swept the three-game series against the Bears and won its sixth straight game to improve to 20-8 and a NEWMAC West-leading 9-3 in the conference. 
Overall, the Engineers smacked 11 home runs, with Connor Kurtz (Lunenburg, MA) and Anthony Capuano (Stoneham, MA) also homering in both games, while Gallagher increased his season home run total to a team-high 10 homers. 
Gallagher had two of the Engineers' six homers in the opener on Saturday, driving in a game-high seven runs, including the go-ahead two-run slam to right field in the first inning to start a nine-run rally in the first frame of the day. 
WPI loaded the bases to start a run of four straight scoring plays as David Larson (Port Tobacco, MD) singled in Matt Howard (Worcester, MA) and then Austin Lindner (W. Windsor, NJ) followed by droving in Capuano. 
Evan Lacroix (Methuen, MA) scored on a wild pitch and then Kurtz cleared the bases with a two-run double down the left field line to push the lead to 7-0. 
Three batters later, Gallagher walked with the bases loaded to bring home Kurtz, and then Ryan Tropeano (Pembroke, MA) scored on a fielder's choice grounder by Howard to cap the rally and make it 9-0. 
The Crimson and Gray's next three hits were all home runs, as Kurtz (2 for 3, 4 RBIs) sent a two-run bomb to left field in the bottom of the second to push the lead to 11-0, and then Howard and Nick Comei (Haverhill, MA) both slapped solo ...

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