Box Score

St. Mary's City, Md. - The second time around, the St. Mary's College of Maryland baseball team notched a five-run victory over the visiting Fighting Blue Jays of Polytechnic University as the Seahawks won the non-conference game, 8-3, Wednesday afternoon.

Senior lefty Matthew Swissman (Rockville, Md./T.S. Wootton) pitched six strong innings to record his first win of the season.  Swissman (1-0) struck out four, scattered three hits and had no earned runs.  Senior closer Caleb Simms (Amherst, Mass./Amherst) registered his third save of the season and second straight with 1.1 innings with no hits and no runs as Simms pitched the last out in the eighth with runners on first and second and the tying run at bat.  He then retired the side in order with a ground out and two strikeouts.

SMCM led 2-0 after three innings as freshman infielder Matt Baden (Sunderland, Md./Huntingtown) scored once in the first and again in the third on sacrifice flies by senior catcher Mike Broccolino (Millersville, Md./Old Mill) each time.

The Seahawks (10-10) went up 4-0 in the fourth as senior outfielder Josh Feldman (Cabin John, Md./Walt Whitman) came home on a sac fly by junior infielder Jason Turen (Clarksville, Md./River Hill) and sophomore outfielder Jacen Killebrew (La Plata, Md./La Plata) crossed home plate on freshman outfielder Bobby Corton's (Owings Mills, Md./Calvert Hall) double to right center.

St. Mary's added another in the fifth as Broccolino scored on a double by junior infielder Blake Beaudoin (Damascus, Md./Damascus).

Polytechnic (2-6) avoided the shutout in the sixth as freshman outfielder Bryan Benisvy (Atlantic Beach, N.Y.) scored on an error by Broccolino.  The Seahawks went back to a five-run cushion in the sixth when Killebrew notched his second run of the day on a double by Baden.

The Blue Jays cut the lead to 6-3 as Benisvy and sophomore Michael Shiwdin (Richmond Hill, N.Y.) came home on a two-run single by sophomore Carlos Ruiz (Meriden, Conn.).

The 8-3 win was secured in the eighth when freshman pinch runner Jeff Malcom (Salisbury, Md./Parkside) crossed home plate on a single to right field by Broccolino.  Broccolino himself scored as Beaudoin earned a base on balls with bases loaded. 

Killebrew had three hits and two runs, while Broccolino and Beaudoin finished 2-for-3 and Baden went 2-for-2.  Broccolino tallied three RBI and one run.

Junior righty Chris Guillou (Astoria, N.Y.) suffered the loss with 7.0 innings pitched.  Guillou gave up six runs on 11 hits and walked three.  Five different Blue Jays had a hit.