Riley Leads Baseball to 19-4 Rout of Brandeis

WALTHAM, Mass. – Bridgewater State University junior 2B Sean Riley (Fairhaven, Mass.) had a career game today to lead the visiting Bears' baseball team past host Brandeis University, 19-4, in the Judges' home opener on Stein Diamond today.

With the loss, Brandeis falls to 5-11 on the season, while BSU evens their record at 7-7.

Riley, batting lead-off, reached base five of his six plate appearances, going 4-for-5 with a walk. He scored five runs and drove in another six, stroking two doubles – his team-leading eighth and ninth of the season – while also hitting his first home run of the campaign.

Classmate 1B David Pierce (East Bridgewater, Mass.) also had a terrific game out of the second slot in the order, going 2-for-5 with a walk, a triple, five RBI and three runs scored. In all, ten different BSU players had hits, with five registering at least two. Bridgewater State batted around in three different innings, scoring nine times in the first and four each in the second and sixth innings. The visitors finished with 18 hits, ten for extra bases, including eight doubles.

Senior LF Ian Williams (Taunton, Mass.) added a 3-for-5 performance at the plate with a double and a pair of RBI, while junior SS Trevor Lawson (Easton, Mass.) went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a stolen base, three runs scored and two driven in.

Eleven different Brandeis hitters managed 13 hits against Bridgewater State junior starter Bryant Warner (Harwich, Mass.), but the Judges were unable to put anything across the plate until the seventh.

Warner avoided trouble by issuing just one walk over his eight innings of work while striking out eight, including some big Ks with runners in scoring position. Warner evened his record a 1-1 on the season.

Brandeis's multiple hitters were junior RF Dylan Britton (Poughquag, N.Y.) and sophomore SS Dom Schwartz (San Francisco, Calif.). Rookie DH Dan Gad (Mansfield, Mass.) had the team's only extra-base hit, an RBI double in the seventh. Brandeis sophomore Colin Markel (Scarsdale, N.Y.) suffered the loss to fall to 1-1 on the season. 

Brandeis will have a chance to get back on the horse tomorrow at 3 p.m. when they take on Wentworth Institute of Technology at 3 p.m. BSU hosts Suffolk University Thursday at 3 p.m.