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| Johns Hopkins trailed 8-6 heading into the bottom of the ninth and rallied to tie the game at eight, however, Bethel got a run in the 10th and held the Blue Jays scoreless in the bottom of the frame to take the 9-8 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Johns Hopkins athletics photo |
A successful business trip was finished in style by North Central on Wednesday, as the Cardinals displayed sterling pitching and timely run production to sweep a doubleheader against the No. 3-ranked College of Wooster at North Charlotte Regional Park, 4-3 and 3-1. The twin victories over a team which advanced to the NCAA Division III College World Series a season ago give the Cardinals (8-1) five wins in their six games in the Snowbird Classic over their Spring Break.
Penn State Altoona picked up one win and one loss at Langdon-Goodale Field, shutting out non-conference opponent Juniata 3-0 in game one of the doubleheader before suffering an 8-7 walkoff loss to the Eagles in game two. The Lions (7-7) were powered by exceptional pitching in their game one win. In game two, Penn State Altoona's bats heated up, as the team tied their season-high with 10 hits. But it was not enough, as Juniata (5-5) came back to win in the bottom of the seventh.
UW-La Crosse earned its first win of the season with a 11-0 victory in seven innings over Anderson at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex. The Eagles improve to 1-4 on the season while the Ravens drop to 6-5. Ty Strzelczyk (1-0), making his first career start for the Eagles, earned the win Wednesday. He went 6.0 innings, allowing three hits and two walks while striking out eight. James Witt pitched 1.0 inning, allowing one hit with two strikeouts.
Ferrum picked up an ODAC win this afternoon on the road over Emory & Henry, posting a 7-0 shutout at Porterfield/DeVault Field. Drew Calohan pitched the opening eight frames, allowing four hits, no runs and no walks, while striking out four batters. Braxton Wheeler pitched the ninth inning, allowing no hits or walks with two strikeouts. The Wasps committed four errors, while Ferrum had two.
In a close contest between the Spartans and Storm, Crown was able to take the lead 5-3 in the fourth inning, and relied on their pitching staff the rest of the way, who only gave up one more run the rest of the game to give Crown their first win of the day. In the second game of the doubleheader, Crown completed the sweep of D'Youville with ease, blanking the Spartans 22-0. Pitching for the Storm, Sydney Ness completed a shutout in seven innings of work, striking out three in his three-hitter. Crown pulled ahead 13-0 after an eleven run second inning. Kress Medina led the Storm with three hits and four RBIs as the team spread the scoring around.
Andrew McLaughlin went 8.1 innings and collected nine strikeouts as the Salem State Vikings posted a 3-1 victory over the Gordon Fighting Scots at the Central Campus Baseball Field. Salem State goes to 4-3 on the season while Gordon College slips to 1-13 on the year. McLaughlin, who allowed just one earned run, was in control until the ninth. The Fighting Scots made a late game push when Christian Hodge singled and Chris Leavitt snuck one inside the left field foul line to put runners on second and third. Brock Riley relieved McLaughlin, who was greeted by a Matt Paulsen single to right field, scoring Hodge, which made it 3-1. With runners on second and third and two out, John Lagerfeldt struck a drive to deep right center, which was snared by right fielder Luke Eggers, for the final out, preserving the 3-1 win.
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| With eight different players collecting hits and nine different players scoring runs, Augsburg claimed an impressive 14-1 victory over Grinnell on Wednesday afternoon at the Tucson Invitational Games. Augsburg athletics photo |
Ramapo blanked Albright 6-0 at the Russ Matt Invitational. The Roadrunners move to 4-3 overall while the Lions fall to 3-8 on the year. Ramapo starting pitcherTyler Lombardo (1-0) sent the Lions down in order in the sixth and seventh innings and earned the win for Ramapo. He struck out five, walked one and scattered just two Lion hits over seven innings of work. Billy Keane worked the eighth sending the Albright offense down in order while Sean Keleman pitched the ninth for Ramapo. Kelemen struck out one, walked one and surrendered just one hit.
Westminster exploded for 18 runs in the 18-0 shutout of St. Joseph's (Brooklyn). With the win, the Blue Jays improve to 3-4, including 3-1 on over spring break. Mason Kirkweg took the win for Westminster, pitching six innings and giving up just two hits while recording six strikeouts.
Denison's 10-game winning streak came to an end to Johns Hopkins but not before the Big Red got in one last win. In a split doubleheader, the Big Red opened the day with an 11-1 win over St. Joseph's (Long Island). In the morning game, Denison improved to 10-1 on the season after a convincing 11-1 victory over St. Joseph's. The Big Red was clinging to a 2-1 lead until the bottom of the fifth. That's when Will Krushena blasted a one-out grand slam off reliever Nick Mannarino. Danny Brackman continued his streak of strong outings, improving to 4-1 on the season. He went 7.0 innings, allowing eight hits and one run while striking out a season-high nine batters. Henry Hack and Caleb Struewing finished off the game with two scoreless innings of relief.
Stephen Sewruk improved to 2-0 on the season by striking out 14 as Benedictine claimed a third consecutive win in Florida by blanking Anderson, 3-0. Sewruk was in control from the beginning, striking out the side in the first inning after walking the leadoff batter and did not allow another baserunner until the fifth, sitting down 12 in a row.
SUNY New Paltz split a doubleheader against Framingham State in its last day of Florida baseball, beating the Rams 12-0, while losing 8-3 to end the trip with a 4-4 split. The Hawks will wait to hit the field again for one last non-conference tune-up with New York University before starting SUNYAC play. With SUNY New Paltz's season now in full swing, the Hawks sit at 7-4 on the year. The Hawks put in the final blow in their game one shutout in the sixth inning, gaining an RBI single from sophomore first baseman Dean Stalzer and two runs off hit-by-pitches to go ahead, 12-0. Senior pitcher Mike Delio earned the win after throwing three innings, while giving up one hit and striking out seven batters. Senior pitcher Justin Stybel pitched three innings of one-hit baseball as well, striking out six.
J.D. Theile and the Eureka came to Monmouth and left quite the impression. Thiele, a freshman, threw eight scoreless innings while only giving up three hits and one walk and striking out three en route to a 2-0 victory over the Fighting Scots. It was the Red Devils' first road shutout since April 11, 2018, when EC blanked Edgewood 5-0 at Stampfl Field in Verona, Wisconsin. It was the team's second win over Monmouth in its last three tries. And it only took 2 hours, 3 minutes get it done.