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Date: March 30, 2006
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby baseball splits doubleheader with Fredonia

FORT MYERS, Fla. --- Zachary Helm (Palermo, Maine) earned his first collegiate victory in helping the Colby College baseball team to a 9-3 win over Fredonia State in the second game of a doubleheader on Thursday in Florida.

Fredonia took a 6-4 victory over the Mules in the opener.

Helm allowed just two earned runs, struck out two and walked three over six innings.

Tom Salemy (Odessa, Fla.) and Andy Carr (Conway, N.H.) both had two hits in the second game for Colby (4-4). Carr also had two RBI, while Jon Vacca (Quincy, Mass.) and Tyler Hales (Lexington, Mass.) both had one.

The Mules scored two runs or more in four of the first five innings.

In the opener, Fredonia (3-6) scored four runs in the top of the second inning to take the lead for good. Colby got as close as 5-4, but Fredonia added a run in the top of the seventh inning.

Carr and Salemy both had three hits for the Mules and Hales added two hits. Salemy had two doubles and Colin Riggs (Duxbury, Mass.) added a two-run double in the second inning.

Colby finishes its trip to Florida with an 11 a.m. game with Trinity Christian College on Friday.

Fredonia 6, Colby 4 (1st game)

Fredonia 040#100#1----6#9#1

Colby 030#001#0----4#11#4

Kennedy-Smith (L, 1-1) and Sandak, McKay (6); Clark (W), Bauman (5) and Murphy. 2B: Salemy (Col) 2, Carr (Col), Riggs (Col), Austin (F), Murphy (F), Gavin (F), Terreo (F). Repeat hitters: Colby: Salemy 3 hits, Carr 3 hits, Riggs 2 hits. Fredonia: Gavin 2 hits, Lusk 2 hits.

Colby 9, Fredonia 3 (2nd game)

Colby 023#220#0----9#6#1

Fredonia 002#100#0----3#9#4

Helm (W, 1-0), Clark (7) and McKay; Johnson (L), Basile (3), Cap (7) and Phillips. 2B: Carr (Col). Repeat hitters: Colby: Carr 2 hits, Salemy 2 hits; Fredonia: Sweda 3 hits, Taurisani 2 hits.