WILLIAMSBURG, VA. - William & Mary defeated Towson 10-3 Sunday afternoon at Plumeri Park to cap of a sweep of the Tigers. The Tribe improved to 7-2 in league games, the best mark to open CAA play since the 2014 season.
William & Mary starter
Rojo Prarie earned his third win of the season, tossing 3.0 scoreless frames. The senior allowed just one hit and struck out three.
Carter Lovasz followed, striking out four in 4.0 innings of two-hit work.
Randy Prosperi finished off the ballgame retiring all four men he faced.
Offensively it was
Tyler Solomon leading the way. The first baseman had three hits, including a double and a three-run blast and scored a trio of runs.
Ben Williamson chipped in two hits, two runs, and two RBI.
For the third straight game, the Tribe jumped on Towson in the first inning. Williamson walked and was followed by a
Matt Thomas single.
Cole Ragone reached on a fielder's choice and would steal second, Williamson scored as the attempt to catch Ragone sailed into center field.
Mark Trotta continued his monster weekend by doubling in Ragone to make it 2-0. Later in the inning,
Joe Delossantos would hit a sac fly to deep right to score Trotta for a 3-0 lead.
Prairie set the Tigers down in order in the second, and the Tribe would again light up the scoreboard in the bottom half of the frame. Solomon led off the inning with a rocket to right center resulting in a double. The senior scored as Williamson shot a single up the middle.
Lovasz made quick work of the Tigers in the fourth and William & Mary capitalized on a chance to extend the lead in the bottom half of the frame. Four straight singles from
Nate Goranson, Solomon, Williamson, and
Matt Thomas plated a pair, and another run scored on a Ragone sac fly making it 7-0.
In the fifth, Delossantos and Goranson walked, setting the scene for Solomon to blast a three-run homer off the scoreboard beyond the left field wall to make it 10-0 William & Mary.
The teams traded scoreless frames before Towson took to the scoreboard in the eighth inning. The Tigers scored three on two hits and had the bases loaded before
Randy Prosperi came into the game and got a crucial strike out. He would then work a one, two, three ninth to close out the sweep.
Up Next: William & Mary will travel up to George Washington for a midweek game Tuesday afternoon.
