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Clay Robbins Delivers a Pitch at the AE Tournament
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NJIT NJIT 27-26
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Winner Bryant BRY 34-18-1
NJIT NJIT
27-26
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Final
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Bryant BRY
34-18-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NJIT NJIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
Bryant BRY 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 1

W: Birchard, Owen (2-0) L: Morrissey, MT (6-6) S: White, Landon (7)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Top-seeded Bryant survives, eliminates No. 2 NJIT on Thursday night

ORONO, Maine – A trio of pitchers combined to limit No. 2 NJIT to one run as the top-seeded Bryant baseball team eliminated the Highlanders, 4-1, in game five of the 2025 Northeast Delta Dental America East Baseball Championship on Thursday night at Mahaney Diamond.
 
The Bulldogs improve to 34-18-1 overall and keeps them alive in the double-elimination tournament. Bryant advances to play the loser of Friday's winner's bracket game between No. 3 Binghamton and No. 5 UAlbany. First pitch of both games is still to be determined based off weather.
 
Clay Robbins, Owen Birchard and Landon White limited NJIT to just one run on seven hits. Robbins allowed just one unearned run over 4.0 innings, while Birchard and White combined to strikeout six over 5.0 scoreless innings of relief.

Game Information
No. 1 Bryant 4, No. 2 NJIT 1
Records: Bryant 34-18-1 | NJIT 27-26
Location: Mahaney Diamond (Orono, Maine)
W|L|S: Birchard (2-0) | Morrissey | White (7)
 
Key Moments
  • White induced an inning-ending 1-2-3 double play to get the Bulldogs out of a jam in the seventh inning.
How it Happened
  • NJIT and Bryant both scored runs without the benefit of a hit in the first. For NJIT, a throwing error with two outs allowed a run to score. Robbins buckled down, though, getting a strikeout to strand runners on 2nd and 3rd.
  • In the bottom of the first, Zyons walked and advanced to third on a fielding error. D'Amico then hit a ground ball to short and Wyers was able to break up the double play to allow a run to score.
  • NJIT nearly took the lead in the top of the second as Ray Ortiz sent a drive down the left field line. D'Amato raced to the line and made a diving catch, saving at least two runs.
  • Bryant then plated two runs in the bottom of the second to take a 3-1 lead. Bradyn Durand doubled to start the inning and moved to third as Matt D'Amato beat a bunt single. Charlie Saul then laid down a perfect safety squeeze to score Durand. A wild pitch on a strikeout extended the inning with two outs and Wyers was HBP with the bases loaded to make it 3-1.
  • The Black and Gold extended their lead to 4-1 in the fourth. Saul beat out a slow roller to third, advanced to second on a sac bunt and came around to score on single to right from Zyons.
  • NJIT threatened in the seventh as it put two runners on with one out against reliever Owen Birchard. Landon White was summoned from the bullpen with a 2-0 count on the batter and eventually hit him to load the bases. White recovered, inducing a soft ground ball back to the mound that he flipped home to start an inning-ending 1-2-3 double play.
  • White would go on to record the eight outs of the game, striking out two in the ninth to close it out.
Inside the Box Score
  • NJIT outhit Bryant, 7-5.
  • Making the start in his home state of Maine, Robbins allowed one unearned run on two hits over 4.0 innings. He walked three and struck out three.
  • Birchard tossed 2.1 scoreless innings of relief. He allowed three hits, walked one and struck out three.
  • White earned the save with 2.2 scoreless innings. He allowed two hits, walked one and struck out three.
  • Zyons went 1-for-3 with two walks, an RBI and a run scored.
  • Wyers, D'Amico and Saul drove in the other three runs.
Game Notes
  • Bryant improves to 8-5 all-time vs NJIT.
  • Bryant is now 23-4 since the start of April.
  • Bryant's victory eliminated NJIT and advanced Bryant into Game 7 of the championship.
  • Wyers extended his on-base streak to 34 games with a walk and a HBP.
  • D'Amato has reached safely in 29-straight games after picking up a bunt single.
  • Zyons extended his on-base streak to 28 games with two walks and a single.
  • Robbins was making the start in his home state. The Auburn, Maine, native pitched three seasons at the University of Southern Maine.
  • In a weird twist, Robbins (Auburn, Maine) handed the ball to Birchard (Auburn, N.Y.). The two cities are 467 miles apart.
  • Birchard has now thrown 9.0 scoreless innings over his last five outings. He has struck out 18 and issued just two walks.
  • White now has 33 strikeouts in 19.2 innings of relief this year.
Up Next
Bryant advances to play the loser of Friday's winner's bracket game between No. 3 Binghamton and No. 5 UAlbany. First pitch time is still to be determined.
 
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