ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley baseball team jumped out to an 11-2 lead after four innings to win their seventh consecutive game with a 13-8 victory over visiting Stevenson University on Friday afternoon in the series opener at McGill Field.

The Dutchmen (16-10-1, 12-1 MAC Commonwealth) scored four runs in the second inning to take the early lead. After the Mustangs (11-10, 5-6 MAC Commonwealth) walked the bases loaded, Andrew Miles hit a two-RBI single down the line in left. Dave Mangold scored on a balk and then Ryan Murphy knocked in Miles with an infield single to third. Stevenson scored a run in the third before LVC added three in the bottom of the inning. Conor Smith scored on a fielding error and then Nico Santoro knocked in two runs with a double down the line in left. 

The Mustangs scored their second run of the game in the fourth. LVC loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning and Logan Brewer scored on a wild pitch. Miles singled to left to plate a run and then Murphy knocked in two with a single to right center. Stevenson responded with five runs in the fifth to cut the lead to 11-7. The Dutchmen once again walked to load the bases in the bottom half before Mangold singled to right center to score Brewer. Stevenson scored their final run of the game in the sixth. Shane Stossel blasted a leadoff home run to left in the seventh for the game's final run.

Inside the Box Score

• Miles finished with three RBI and two runs scored on two hits.
• Murphy also knocked in three runs and had two hits with one run scored.
• Stossel scored three runs and hit his conference-leading ninth home run of the year. The junior got the start on the mound and struck out five in three innings.
• Conor Smith walked four times and scored three runs.
• Santoro knocked in two runs and had one hit.
• LVC scored over 10 runs for the 10th time this season and the seventh time in the last 10 games.
• The Dutchmen drew a season-high 13 walks.
• Brendan Landry earned the win on the mound with a strong 2.1 innings of relief. He allowed one run on three hits.

Up Next

The Dutchmen will head down to Maryland tomorrow to finish off the series with the Mustangs playing a doubleheader starting at 12 p.m. in Owing Mills.

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