Fitchburg State, Salem State To Meet in MASCAC Baseball Championship

Fitchburg State will host the 2021 MASCAC Baseball Championship after finishing the league season at 7-3 and earning the MASCAC Regular-Season Championship. The Falcons will host No. 2 seed Salem State in a best-of-three series on Friday-Saturday, May 14-15.

Two games are scheduled for Friday at Fitchburg with first pitch scheduled for noon. Should the two teams split the doubleheader on Friday, a third and deciding game will be played on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Zachary May is one of Fitchburg's biggest bats as he led the team in hits (26), home runs (3), and RBI (20). The latter two numbers were tops in the league. He batted .377 on the year and scored 19 runs. Matthew Ambrosino and Aidan Ward was tied for the team lead with three wins on the mound with Ambrosino posting a 3.48 ERA. The Falcons also got strong pitching performances from Taryn Laramie whose 34 strikeouts along with a 2.49 ERA led to a 1-1 record.

Salem State, which finished the conference season with a 5-3 record, was led on offense by Zach Piroh who posted a league-best slash-line of .469/.544/.714. He hit two home runs and drove in 14 in just 15 games. Additionally, he hit eight doubles and scored eight runs. On the bump, Jack Sefrino earned three victories with a 1.35 ERA in 26.2 innings pitched. He also led the team in strikeouts with 25.

The winner of the MASCAC Championship will earn the conference's automatic qualifier into the 2021 Division III Baseball Championship.