MANCHESTER, N.H. – Nick Pappas and
Tommy Bolton both set program records as the No. 19 Bentley baseball team opened its postseason with a 7-5 win over Pace in the Northeast 10 Championship hosted by Southern New Hampshire Thursday.
The double elimination tournament continues Friday, May 8, when the Falcons take on SNHU at 1:30 p.m. The Penman beat Adelphi, 15-2, Thursday.
Pappas finished the regular season with 85 hits, one shy of matching
Brendan Sencaj's 2025 record. Pappas went 2-for-4 against the Setters, setting the new Falcon standard. Pappas tied Sencaj's record with a single in the first inning. His record-setting hit was a leadoff triple in the third inning. Pappas then scored on a base hit by
Curt Heath, giving Bentley a 3-1 lead.
Bolton entered the postseason with 44 walks, which matched the single-season Bentley record set by Tim Zupkus in 2024. Bolton drew his record-setting 45
th walk in the bottom of the second inning.
Jimmy Mitchell gave Bentley a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Sencaj and
Tommy Goonan both drew walks, and then Mitchell belted his fifth home run of the season.
Pace put two runs on the board in the top of the fifth inning to get to within 4-3, but Bentley immediately got those runs back in the bottom of the frame.
Jared Berardino led off the Falcons' fifth with a single, and two batters later
Stan DeMartinis III crushed his 21
st home run of the season.
Pat Heber earned the win for the Falcons following his 6.2-inning start. Heber allowed just two earned runs and struck out six batters. His record is a perfect 8-0 in 2026.
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