West Haven, Conn. —  The Le Moyne College baseball team earned a victory in the second game of a three-game series with New Haven on Saturday afternoon at Frank Vieira Field, 13-1.
 
Six different players drove in runs for the Dolphins, led by sophomore designated hitter Derek Diaz (White Plains, N.Y./Iona Prep), who drove in two runs on one hit and walked four times, while also scoring three runs. Junior second baseman Mike Whelehan (Hilton, N.Y./Hilton) also drove in two runs on one hit, walked once and reached on a hit-by-pitch. Senior center fielder Paulie Goodness (Palmyra, N.Y./Palmyra-Macedon Finger Lakes Community College) recorded two hits, drove in one run and walked twice and junior right fielder Jack Cannon (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) drove in two runs, walked three times and stole one base. Sophomore catcher Robert Wegrzyn (North Tonawanda, N.Y./Niagara-Wheatfield) added an RBI on two hits, walked once and was hit-by-pitch twice.
 
Redshirt junior right-handed pitcher AJ Petraitis (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) made the start for Le Moyne, pitching 7.0 innings of work, striking out three batters, allowing one run and earning the victory. Senior right-hander Luke Connors (Brampton, Ontario/Heart Lake/Monroe Community College) finished a scoreless final 2.0 innings on the mound while striking out one batter.

Senior shortstop Adam Sullivan (Syracuse, N.Y./Marcellus) and junior first baseman Cooper Romich (North Chili, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) each walked to lead off the top of the second inning, and Wegrzyn singled down the left field line to score Sullivan and put the Dolphins ahead 1-0. The next batter was retired but Wegrzyn moved up to second base on a passed ball. Diaz then hit an RBi single to right field to score Romich, and Whelehan followed with a double down the left field line to score Wegrzyn and made it 3-0.  The next batter was retired before freshman left fielder Isaac Brozon (Aurora, N.Y. Southern Cayuga) reached base on an error in the infield that allowed two more runs to score and give the Dolphins a 5-0 lead.

Sullivan walked to lead off the top of the fifth inning. Romich then reached base when a ground ball hit back to the pitcher was overthrown to first base, which allowed Sullivan to score to make it 6-0. Wegrzyn followed with a single to put runners on first and third with no outs. Wegrzyn then advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt, and Diaz walked to load the bases. The next batter lined out before Goodness hit an infield single that scored Romich to make it 7-0.
 
Cannon walked to lead off the top of the sixth. He stole second base and a flyout by Sullivan allowed Cannon to advance to third. Wegrzyn walked and junior third baseman Ethan Farina (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa/Saint Rose) was hit by a pitch to load the bases, which was followed by an RBI walk by Diaz to make it 8-0.
 
Brozon reached on an error and Cannon and Sullivan worked walks to load the bases with one out in the top of the seventh inning, and Brozon scored on a ground out by Romich to make it 9-0.
 
Three singles loaded the bases for the Chargers with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, and a ground out by left fielder Jaylin Manson pushed a run across to make it 9-1.
 
A walk by Diaz and back-to-back singles by Goodness and Brozon loaded the bases with one out in the top of the eighth inning for the Dolphins, and a fielder's choice by Cannon allowed Diaz to score and gave Le Moyne a 10-1 advantage.
 
Wegrzyn and Farina were hit by a pitch and Diaz walked to load the bases with no outs in the top of the ninth inning for the Dolphins. Whelehan was then hit by a pitch to score Wegrzyn, and Goodness worked an RBI walk to score Farina and make it 12-1. The next batter was retired before Cannon grounded into a fielder's choice that scored Diaz and increased the Dolphins lead to 13-1.
 
Connors pitched a 1-2-3 scoreless bottom of the ninth inning to secure the 13-1 victory for the Dolphins.
 
Le Moyne and New Haven will finish the series on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.