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| Wesleyan (Conn.) bounced back in a big way, securing a 13-4 victory over non-conference opponent, Emerson Thursday night at Dresser Diamond. The Cardinals broke their three-game skid through an offensive explosion at the plate. Wesleyan finished with 13 runs on 16 hits, the 16 hits being the 2nd most the Cardinals have put together in a single game this season. After trailing 3-0 to open the game, Wes scored 13 of the last 14 runs including a five-run 3rd, to put the Lions away and end their three-game losing streak. Emerson falls to 14-12 with the loss, while the Cards improve to 10-12 with the victory. Wesleyan athletics photo |
No. 19 ranked Marietta erupted for 10 runs in the fifth inning to erase an early seven run deficit and defeat No. 13 Denison by the score of 15-12 Thursday evening. The Pioneers improve to 20-8 on the season, while Denison falls to 19-6 as Marietta swept the two-game season series with the Big Red. Denison took advantage of three Pioneer errors in the bottom of the first inning to plate five runs, The Big Red added two more in the second for a 7-0 lead. The turning point in the game came in the fifth inning. The Pioneers sent 15 batters to the plate in the fifth inning scoring 10 runs on 10 base hits. The first nine Marietta batters all reached base safely. Sabatine (2-2) got the win pitching 3.0 innings of middle relief. He was charged with two runs on three hits with three walks. Dawson Pierce allowed three runs on two hits in two-thirds of an inning. Rocky came on in the seventh and pitched the final 2.2 innings giving up no runs on one hit with one walk and two strikeouts.
Otterbein got itself back into the win column after a pair of disappointing results earlier in the week, returning home to work past Oberlin by a score of 15-4 at Fishbaugh Field. The Cardinals, improving to 19-8 on the year, opened a quick lead in the first inning (before a massive frame in the sixth) to lead from start to finish. Oberlin dips slightly under .500 with the result and now stands 9-11 this spring. The Yeomen were threatening in the top of the second, loading the bases with no outs before a wild 5-4-3-2 triple play around the diamond completely flipped the script. Otterbein put the game away in the bottom of the sixth, bringing across seven runs (before the visitors could record an out) and eventually plating nine in the frame. Wolf had a 2-RBI single in the stretch.
Seth Beals blasted a two-run homer in the opener and accounted for four hits in game two to guide Cornell to a pivotal 11-2, 7-3 Midwest Conference baseball sweep over Grinnell Thursday at Pioneer Park. The Rams (14-9 overall) earned a 2-1 series win over Grinnell and jumped back over the .500 mark in MWC play at 5-4. Cornell cooled off a Pioneers squad (9-14 overall, 6-6 MWC) that had won six of its last seven games entering the twin bill. Game one picked up in the top of the fourth inning from the March 30 suspended contest with Grinnell leading 1-0. The Rams quickly set the tone for the day with a big six-run frame in their first at-bat, capped by a two-run homer from Beals, his third round-tripper of the season. In game two, the Rams rode the right arm of senior ace Kole Hinrichsen, who logged all nine innings and struck out 11 for his second complete-game victory of the spring. Hinrichsen (4-1) faced only four batters over the minimum and did not issue a walk.
Saint Joseph's (Maine)(11-15) outlasted Clark (13-13), 15-14, in a non-conference \contest on Thursday afternoon. In a slugfest that took just under four hours to complete, the Monks and Cougars combined to score 29 runs on 28 hits, 23 walks, and six hit batsmen while deploying a total of 15 different pitchers. The Monks scored 14 of their 15 runs during the first four innings. Clark tightened the collar with three runs in the bottom of the eighth, but the damage could have been worse as sophomore reliever Hugh Barrett (Durham, Conn.) worked out of a bases loaded jam with a harmless fly ball to right field. The Cougars threatened again in the bottom of the ninth and made it a one-run game when senior Connor Rulnick, who reached on a double, scored on a wild pitch. With a runner on second and one out, junior reliever Matt Thibault closed out the victory with a pair of fly-outs.
On a beautiful Spring afternoon at Captains Park, a crowd of over 200 witnessed one of the finest pitching performances in program history on Thursday afternoon as Christopher Newport senior Dylan Weber hurled an historic two-hit shutout against Virginia Wesleyan (5-22-1). Weber faced just one batter over the minimum against the Marlins, setting a program record for the fewest batters faced in a complete game effort, while striking out 12 as he led the Captains to a 10-0 win at home. The nationally-ranked CNU baseball team improved to 27-7 overall this season behind their ace on the mound. Penning his first career complete game effort, Weber was dominant from the start against the cross-water rivals. He retired the first 16 batters he faced before finally surrendering a base hit into left field with one out in the sixth inning. One pitch later, the savvy left-handed starter induced an inning-ending double play and continued to face the minimum number of batters into the eighth frame. With a one-out double in the eighth, the Marlins finally forced Weber to face four batters in an inning, but he returned to the mound in the ninth and slammed the door with his seventh 1-2-3 inning, including a game-ending punctuation mark with his season-high 12th K of the day.
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| UW-Eau Claire scored early and often to defeat Hamline 13-2 in eight innings on Thursday at CHS Field. The Blugolds crossed the plate 11 times across the first four innings to pull away early. d3photography.com photo by Ryan Coleman |
William Peace defeated Averett by a score of 19-10 for their third straight win. The Cougars would take a 2-0 lead at the top of the 1st on a few singles. A single from Brett Kemp would score Cameron Barefoot for a 2-1 game in the bottom of the inning. Averett would have a huge second inning, notching 6 runs to lead 8-1. Singles from Cameron Barefoot and Jake Dacunto and sac flys from Kemp and Hunter Ward would cut the lead to 8-5. In the third, Dacunto and Kemp would be walked with the bases loaded for an 8-7 game. A single from Ian Turner and a single from Barefoot in the 4th would give the Pacers a 10-8 lead. The Pacers would get the bats going with some big hits from Andy Duran, Barefoot, Dacunto, Kemp, and Turner, along with a sac fly from Cameron Butler, for a huge 16-8 advantage in the 6th. The Cougars would add two runs in the 7th and 8th, but a triple from Jacob Norris and a double from Cameron Butler would help secure the 19-10 win.
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Anthony Schooley went 4-for-5 and scored three runs, and Dylan Maria hit two home runs, as #17 Rowan used a 10-run third inning to earn a 14-11 win at TCNJ. It marks the Profs' fifth straight conference win as they improve to 5-2 in the league and 19-7 overall. Schooley scored twice on Maria's back-to-back home runs and added a two-run double in the Profs' big inning. Ryan Murphy made his return to the lineup after missing the last six games with an injury and went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two stolen bases. Maria finished the game going 2-for-5 with five RBI, while increasing his season home-run total to a team-high 10.
Hiram scored its most runs in a road game this season, tallying 16 runs on 16 hits in a 16-3 win over Geneva on Thursday afternoon at 33rd Street Field. It marks the Terriers' largest run differential in a game this year, too, and moves them another win closer to a .500 record for the season (12-13 record). The first three hitters in the Hiram lineup – Chaisson Marrs, Michael Corsillo and Connor Bansek – combined for 6 hits, 6 RBI and 5 runs scored in the victory. Logan Gallentine, Kobe Hunter and Kyle Adams also had multi-hit efforts, while Stephen Javorek pitched 5 innings of 1-run ball to earn his third win of 2023.
William Paterson (16-9, 4-3 NJAC) built a 9-1 advantage by the second inning en route to a 19-7 home victory against Rutgers-Newark (19-8, 3-4 NJAC). Steve Yelin was 3-for-5 with a double, grand slam, six RBI and three runs scored. Dan Carter finished 3-for-5 while adding a homer, three RBI and two runs, and Colin Lombardo went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and four runs scored. Graduate student Matt Lawler pitched the first 7.0 innings, allowing five runs, 12 hits and a walk, striking out three (3-0). Freshman Chris Quartuccio worked 0.2 inning, surrendering a hit, run and three walks. Senior Dan Castaneda tossed the final 1.1 innings and gave up a run and two hits, registering two strikeouts.
The LaRoche Redhawks did the Franciscan Barons no favors this afternoon in a 17-6 win. The team collectively recorded 7 home runs, 19 hits, 17 runs, and 16 RBIs. Nathan Stutz led the La Roche offense this afternoon. The senior homered in the first, third, and sixth inning. He also doubled in the ninth and hit a single in the fourth. On the day, he went 5-for-6 at the plate, earned 4 RBIs, and 4 runs. Earning the win on the mound for La Roche was Allen Minck. Minck threw five innings allowing five hits and two runs. Chauncie Mickens relieved him and threw just over two innings, striking out 1 before he was relieved from Weitzel out of the Redhawk bullpen, who threw finished the game on the mound for La Roche. Offensively, the Redhawks socked 7 home runs for the day. Samuel DiCicco hit two deep in the fifth and seventh inning, Weitzel shot one in the ninth inning, Kobal hit one in the third, and Stutz earned a tally of 3.
Montclair State exploded for eight runs in the seventh inning en route to a 16-8 New Jersey Athletic Conference victory over New Jersey City University Thursday. Seven different Red Hawks had at least two hits, and every starter had at least one. Reece Malek and Matt Kaliske drove in four runs apiece, with Malek hitting his first career home run. Michael Timberlake improved to 4-0 on the season, throwing two shutout innings out of the bullpen. "The second half of the game, we got back to doing the right things that winning demands," saind Montclair State head coach Dave Lorber. In the game Ricky Voss set the career home run record for NJCU.
Wilson defeated future conference foe Penn State-Berks 19-14 on Thursday afternoon. As a result the Phoenix extended their win streak to 11 games. The Phoenix blew the game open in the fourth inning where they hit two home runs, pounded out 11 hits, and scored 12 runs to set a new program record for most runs in a single inning. The Nittany Lions made an impressive comeback attempt, but the large deficit was too much to overcome. Wilson pounded out 22 total hits on the day, marking the sixth time this season the Phoenix have tallied at least 20 hits in a game. Nine players recorded hits, six players had multiple hit games, and 10 players scored for the Blue and White.
Kean exploded for 16 runs as they breezed by Ramapo, 16-1 on Thursday afternoon in NJAC action. Kean (17-11, 6-1 NJAC) jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the first aided by a grand slam off the bat of Phil Marcantonio. Caleb Rodriguez singled later in the inning for an RBI as every batter got up in the first inning. The Cougars made it 8-0 in the third with four more hits. Josh Jackson and Evan Bresnen each recorded RBI singles and Tyler Provost lofted a sac fly. Kean used the long ball again in the top of the sixth as Jackson blasted a three run shot (11-0). Ramapo (15-10, 3-4 NJAC) erased the shutout with an unearned run in the seventh. It was Gianni Marano's turn in the top of the eighth as he belted a three run shot (14-1). Pinch hitter Dylan Beyer rounded out the scoring with a two RBI double.