Worcester State erupted for six runs in the fifth inning to take the opener, 6-3. Westfield State came back from an early 4-1 deficit to win the nightcap, 5-4.

With second-game victory, Westfield remains tied for first place in the Mass. State Conference with Salem State; both teams have 5-1 records. The Owls are 15-7-1 overall. Worcester State is 2-4 in the conference and 8-14 overall.

Worcester State only scored in two innings the entire day but they were both big innings. In the opener, the Lancers slammed six of their nine hits in the fifth to snap a scoreless deadlock and take a 6-0 lead. The big blows were a two-run double by Matt Hart and a two-run triple by Corey Abbascia.

Westfield scored a run in the fifth on an RBI single by Jeff Fields. In the sixth, Brad King blasted a two-run double off the top of the fence in straightaway center field at the 400-foot sign.

Joey Lucier pitched the first six innings for the victory, while Pat Good hurled a 1-2-3 seventh for the save.

Hart was 2 for 4 with his two-run double and Ryan Hawley was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Abbascia was 2 for 4 with his two RBI three bagger.

Fields and Turner both rapped a pair of singles for four of Westfield’s six hits.

In the nightcap, Worcester State scored four runs with two outs and the bases empty to take a 4-1 second-inning lead. The Lancers collected all four of their hits in the game in the second frame. Hart and Ryan LaPrade rapped run-scoring singles and Hawley delivered a two-run double.

Westfield scored twice in the home half of the second to make it 4-3. The Owls took advantage of two walks to score on Ben Wagner’s sacrifice fly and an infield single by Justin Parr.

The Owls, who collected nine hits in the game, had scoring threats squashed as Worcester State made several outstanding fielding plays.

But the Owls finally got the breaks they needed in the fourth inning. King led off with a single and Wagner reached safely on a bunt single. Keene then stole third to place runners at first and third with no outs.

King then scored on a wild pitch, with Wagner advancing two bases to third on the wild pitch. Wagner then scored on a throwing error when the Worcester catcher attempted to throw him out advancing to third on the wild pitch.

Fields earned the big pitching victory in the second game, silencing the Lancers except for the four-run second when they collected all four of their hits. Fields threw 79 pitches in the complete game, walking three and striking out five.