BEVERLY — The No. 3 nationally ranked Endicott baseball team swept Salem State, 5-1 and 11-3, in a non-conference doubleheader on Sunday evening at North Field.
GAME ONE: Endicott 5, Salem State 1
WP (1-0): Charlie Hale (Brookline, N.H.) — 4.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 KLP (1-1): Brock Pare (Lowell) — 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Brendan O’Neil (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) and Robbie Wladkowski (Norwood) both homered to highlight the Gulls.
In the first inning, O’Neil hit a two-run tape-measure shot to right field to cap a three-run frame.
Wladkowski followed with a two-run homer of his own in the third, giving Endicott a 5-1 lead on the scoreboard.
The junior second baseman also opened the scoring in the game with an RBI groundout (4-3) before O’Neil’s blast in the first.
On the bump, Hale picked up his first career win in relief, not allowing an extra-base hit in the appearance.
Hale stranded a trio of runners in scoring position — including an inherited triple when he entered the game in the third — and spun a pair of 1-2-3 frames (5th/6th).
He punctuated his outing with a strikeout swinging in the seventh to thwart a potential Vikings rally with runners at first and second.
Chris Jenkins (Mansfield, Mass.) finished out the last two innings (2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K) to secure the victory.
GAME TWO: Endicott 11, Salem State 3
WP (1-0): Kyan Bagshaw (Amherst, N.H.) — 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 KLP (0-1): Bobby Jellison (Salem) — 6.2 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Tied 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Endicott used a four-run frame to help complete the sweep.
Danny MacDougall (Taunton) broke open the deadlocked contest when he sprayed an opposite-field double to right for a 4-3 lead.
Two batters later, O’Neil launched a three-run no-doubter to deep right field, seizing all momentum in the contest.
Endicott added four more runs in the eighth on a MacDougall sac fly (8-3), a double steal of home (9-3), a Nicolas Notarangelo (Taunton) RBI single through the ride side, and a run-producing double to right center by Wladkowski.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORES
- The Gulls are 20-17-2 all-time against Salem State.
- Endicott turned four double plays combined between the two games.
- In game one, Wladkowski was robbed of a potential homer to end the fourth inning when Salem State left fielder Antonio Belgrove (Stamford, Conn.) made a fully extended leaping catch near the wall.
- Dylan Pacheco (Dartmouth) went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, two doubles, one walk, and a stolen base in the doubleheader.
- O’Neil finished the twin bill with five RBI, while Wladkowski had four.
- Bagshaw earned his sixth career win in game two.
WHAT’S NEXT
No. 3 Endicott (3-0) hosts Bates on Wednesday, March 6 at 3:30 PM. Salem State (1-2) takes on North Central (Minn.) on Sunday, March 10 at 2 PM in Leesburg, Florida. (Photo Credit – Kaeli Talora ’25)
Photo #14 Robbie Wladkowski #34 Nicolas Notarangelo
