WEEK 11 STATS: 5 starts, .429 BA (6-for-14), 2 HR, 2B, 6 BB, 5 RBI, 6 runs, .600 OBP
Gasper earned his way onto base 11 times during Bryant’s four-game sweep of defending NEC champion Central Connecticut. The switch-hitting catcher connected on three extra-base hits during the series and drew six walks. For the week, which included a 1-for-5 showing in a non-league bout with Rhode Island, Gasper batted .429 (6-for-14) with two home runs, one double, six walks, five RBI and six runs scored. Reaching base at a .600 clip, the veteran backstop scored at least one run in four of the five contests. Gasper accounted for a pair of run-scoring knocks in the series opener against CCSU, a 9-4 victory. The senior broke a 1-1 tie by launching a three-run bomb over the right-centerfield fence in the third inning. He sent a RBI single up the middle during his next plate appearance one frame later. Helping the Bulldogs put together a 4-0 win in Game 2, Gasper doubled, walked twice and scored one run. He opened the scoring in Game 3, blasting a two-out solo homer in the first inning of Bryant’s eventual 6-1 win. Gasper drew two walks in the series finale, including one during the three-run fifth inning that proved to be the difference in the Bulldogs’ 3-0 triumph.