March 11, 2023

No. 2 Salisbury Baseball slams through Moravian, 14-0

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Batting

Moravian
2B: none
3B: none
HR: none
Salisbury
2B: Danny Sheeler; Ben Anderson 2; Scott Cameron; Patrick Campbell
3B: none
HR: Kavi Caster; Dom Frigiola
full stats

SALISBURY, Md. – The second-ranked Salisbury University baseball team flexed its arms early and its bats late on the way to a 14-0 shutout victory over the Moravian Greyhounds on Saturday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Sea Gulls took a quick lead in the bottom of the first inning. Jacob Ference was plunked with one out, then Kavi Caster beat out an infield single. After a wild pitch to move up the runners, Danny Sheeler rolled into an RBI groundout at second, then Ben Anderson hit a flyball to center that the wind knocked down for an RBI double to put SU up 2-0.
  • In the second, Scott Cameron singled with one out and stole his way to second base. Two batters later Luke Weddell served a two-out RBI single into center to make it 3-0.
  • Anderson led off the fourth with a scorching double to left, then two batters later Cameron bounced a two-sacker down the right field line to score Anderson and increase the lead to 4-0.
  • Jackson Balzan kept the Greyhounds guessing through his seven innings of work. In the top of the sixth Moravian put men on the corners with one out, but Balzan got Paul Croyle to pop out to second to preserve the shutout.
  • In the home sixth, Patrick Campbell ripped a two-out double to left center, then Weddell snuck a grounder through the right side for an RBI single to make it 5-0.
  • Salisbury busted the game open in the bottom of the eighth. With the bases loaded and no out, Dom Frigiola blasted a pinch-hit grand slam to left field to make it 9-0. The next three Sea Gulls all reached to load them up again, and Kavi Caster belted one to right for SU's second grand slam of the inning to make it 13-0.
  • A pinch-hit RBI single from Andrew Kell later in the eighth put SU up 14-0 for the game's final tally.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

  • Kavi Caster homered for the sixth time this season with his eighth-inning grand slam, finishing 2-for-5 with two runs and four RBIs.
  • Ben Anderson batted 3-for-4 with two doubles, a run and an RBI.
  • Scott Cameron went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases.
  • Luke Weddell reached all four times he came to the plate, going 3-for-3 with a walk, run, steal and two RBIs.
  • Dom Frigiola clocked a pinch-hit grand slam in the eighth inning for his first career home run.
  • Salisbury has scored at least nine runs in all but two of its 11 games this season, averaging 10.9 runs per contest.
  • Jackson Balzan (3-1) returned to form with seven shutout innings, scattering five hits with one walk and six strikeouts on 94 pitches to pick up his third win of the year.
  • With his 22nd career win, Balzan moves into a tie with Connor Reeves '18 for 10th on the Salisbury all-time leaderboard.
  • Robbie Hollenbeck and Zach Adams worked a scoreless eighth and ninth, respectively, to finish off second clean sheet of the season for SU.

MORAVIAN GAME NOTES

  • Chris Pow finished 4-for-4 to account for over half of the Greyhounds' seven hits.
  • Patrick Benolken, Cole Cherkas and Derek Holmes each singled.
  • Noah Ingalls (0-1) took the loss for the Greyhounds, giving up four runs on six hits over four frames.

UP NEXT

  • The Sea Gulls and Greyhounds will wrap up their three-game series with a Sunday doubleheader.
  • First pitch of the opener at Williams Stadium is set for 10 a.m. with coverage on the Sea Gull Sports Network (SGSN) beginning at 9:45 a.m. The second game will begin approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first.

Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football, Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 188 conference championships and 43 Academic All-Americans.

To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit www.SUSeaGulls.com or on social media @SUSeaGulls.