LYNN — The North Shore Navigators continued their winning streak Sunday with a 5-2 win over the Torrington Titans at Fraser Field.
The win came a day after the Navs swept a doubleheader in Brockton Saturday against the Rox.
The story Sunday was starting pitcher Cam Lanzilli (UMass Lowell), who went 6 ⅔ innings and giving up two runs.
After Lanzilli’s effort, Jake Dexter (Southern Maine) came in to pitch and he finished out the game 2 ⅓ innings of one-hit pitching. He also notched a strikeout and faced only eight batters during his outing.
The Navigators once again got a strong performance from Mike D’Acunti (Southern), who went 2-for-4 on the day and picked up three RBI, to build on the great outing he had in Saturday’s doubleheader. His three RBI came in the fourth inning, when he cracked a bases-loaded double to start the scoring. He also scored a run in the inning and really was the catalyst for the Navigators during their offensive outburst.
Elsewhere on offense, MacDaniel Singleton (Salem State) and Conor Bawiec (Elmira College) stood out. Singleton went 2-for-4 and scored two runs, raising his average to .311. Bawiec reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk and RBI.
Saturday, the Navs traveled to Brockton for a doubleheader with the Rox and swept the pair, 12-1 and 8-1.
In the first game, D’Acunti singled in a first-inning run and Alex Brickman knocked in another with a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.
In the fifth, Brickman picked up another RBI after he grounded out to the second baseman. On the play, Joey Pena (St. Thomas Aquinas) scored from third and D’Acunti went to second. He would later come in to make the score 4-0.
From there, the Navigators piled it on in the later innings. After scoring two in the eighth, the Navs exploded in the ninth inning with six runs in the inning, four of which came on a grand slam by Drew Delsignore (Mercyhurst). The homer was his second of the year, and he tied a Navigators franchise record with five RBIs during the game.
D’Acunti got on base in all five of his at-bats in game one, going 3-for-3 in game one with a walk, a hit-by-pitch, three runs, and an RBI. In the second game, he continued his success and went 2-5, this time scoring one run and driving in two.
Pitcher Brett Morrison (Lock Haven) started the game and pitched four scoreless innings while recording three strikeouts. Brian Burke (Curry College) had similar success going five innings as well allowing only one run and striking out five.
In the nightcap, Bobby Tramondozzi shone in his Navs debut. The UMass Boston product pitched 6 ⅔ innings, struck out five, and allowed only one run on the game. He shut out the Rox for most of his outing prior to giving up a run on the last batter he faced. Sean O’Neill (Brandeis University) came in to finish the game, pitching 2 2/3 scoreless to close things out.
Nick DiBenedetto (Trinity College) went 5-for-5, scoring a run and driving in four more. His five hits tied a Navigators franchise record for hits in a single game, and he raised his batting average to .385.
The Navigators will be at Fraser Field for this entire week. Tonight, they host the Wachusett Dirt Dawgs (7).
