Box Score NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (March 17, 2019)  – Freshman Sutton Dole registered his first collegiate homerun, but five runs in the third inning by the Builders proved to be the difference as the Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team fell to The Apprentice School 9-2 Sunday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium. 

With the bases loaded in the bottom of the third inning, Brian Fritzinger scored after Maxwell Burcham. Next at bat, Thomas Packert walked to load the bases once again. Cody Hendrickson then hit a grand slam to give the Builders a 5-0 lead. 

The Ducks recorded their first run of the day in the top of the fifth inning after freshman Tom James singled to bring in classmate Ben Lesher. 

In the sixth, Apprentice tacked on another run when Dalton Dye scored following an error by the Ducks. 

Dole homered the left field in the top of the seventh inning to give Stevens their second run of the game. The Builders answered in the bottom of the inning when Burcham scored after a Ducks' error. 

Apprentice added two runs in the eighth after Gevin Nixon singled to send Lou Picolo home. Burcham then reached base on a fielder's choice that allowed Mark Watts to score. 

"We learned a lot about our younger guys today," commented head baseball coach Kristaps Aldins. "Ryan Wall and clearly Sutton Dole with his three hits, including his homerun, particularly stood out. Michael Firssora settled in and gave us a nice outing in relief."

Frissora struck out three batters in 4.1 innings pitched for Stevens. Andrew Castine walked away with his second win of the season after pitching eight innings and striking out 10. 

James, Dole, Wall and senior Matt Branco each collected two hits on the day. 

Up Next

• The Ducks travel to Ashland, Virginia tomorrow, March 18 to take on No. 5/No. 7 Randolph-Macon College at 3:30 P.M. 

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