BALTIMORE – Cam Papetti homered twice and drove in four runs to lift the Bryant baseball team to a 10-0 victory over UMBC in the first game of their America East series on Thursday night at Alumni Field.
 
The Bulldogs improve to 31-17-1 overall and 16-6 in America East play  with their 20^th win in the last 23 games. Bryant is now 14-2 in its last 16 league games.
 
Papetti's first-career multi-homer game highlighted a strong showing from the bottom four hitters in Bryant's lineup. Papetti, Brandyn Durand, Matt D'Amato and Charlie Saul combined to go 8-for-16 with three home runs, eight RBI and six runs scored.
 
Michael Belcher, Owen Birchard, Dylan Scudder and Toby Scheidt combined to shut out the Retrievers on five hits. They walked one and struck out 10.

Game Information
Bryant 10, UMBC 0
Records: Bryant 31-17-1, 16-6 | UMBC 18-25, 8-14
Location: Alumni Field (Baltimore, Md.)
W|L|S: Michael Belcher (3-0) | Remy
 
Key Moments

• D'Amato set the tone early with a long solo home run in the top of the second.

How it Happened

• UMBC put its first two runners on in the bottom of the first but Belcher got a strikeout and a 6-4-3 double play to end the rally.
• D'Amato then swung the momentum to the Bulldogs with a long solo home run to right field in the second.
• In the third, Bryant loaded the bases and Durand's squibber to second was good enough for an RBI infield single.
• Papetti pushed the lead to 3-0 with a long solo home run in the top of the fourth.
• It remained that way until Saul tripled and Papetti followed with a two-run home run down the right field line to make it 5-0.
• Papetti made it 6-0 with a sac fly in the top of the eighth.
• Bryant put the game away with four runs in the top of the ninth. Drew Wyers opened the scoring with a solo home run to left. Saul then brought home two with a triple to dead center and scored on a Zac Zyons single to make it 10-0.

Inside the Box Score

• Bryant outhit UMBC, 12-5.
• Belcher allowed just three hits over 4.0 scoreless. He struck out two.
• Birchard struck out five of the seven batters he faced over 2.0 scoreless innings of relief.
• Scudder faced the minimum over 2.0 scoreless.
• Scheidt tossed a scoreless ninth to close it out.
• Bryant's bottom four hitters (Durand, D'Amato, Saul and Papetti) combined to go 8-for-16 with three home runs, eight RBI and six runs scored.
• Papetti finished 2-for-3 with two home runs, four RBI and two runs scored.
• Saul went 2-for-4 with two triples, two RBI and two runs scored.
• D'Amato posted two hits, including a home run, and scored twice.
• Durand posted two hits, drove in a run and scored a run.
• Wyers homered and reached safely three times.

Game Notes

• Bryant is now 9-3 in 12 all-time meetings with UMBC.
• Bryant is now 20-3 since the start of April and 14-2 in its last 16 America East games.
• The Bulldogs have now won 10-straight road games, the longest active streak in the country.
• Wyers extended his on-base streak to 31 games as he homered for the third time in as many games.
• Wyers now has 10 home runs on the year and is hitting .434 with seven home runs, 29 RBI and a 1.320 OPS in league play.
• D'Amato has reached safely in 25-straight games.
• D'Amato's home run was his third of the year.
• Papetti posted his first-career multi-homer game. Each of Papetti's last five hits are home runs and the catcher has homered in each of his last three games.
• Zyons extended his on-base streak to 25 games.
• Saul became the first player since Jake Gustin in 2020 at Western Carolina to triple twice in a game. It is just the sixth time in DI program history a player has accomplished the feat.
• Saul now has four doubles, four triples, two home runs and a 1.027 OPS in league play.
• Belcher has allowed three runs or less in each of his last three outings, posting 14 strikeouts and just two walks.
• Birchard has now struck out 16 batters over his last four appearances (6.2 innings). He has allowed just two hits and has struck out 13 in 6.2 innings of league play.

Up Next
Bryant and UMBC continue their series on Friday night with a 6:00 p.m. first pitch.