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It is unusual to see a player play all nine positions in March
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WPI graduate student Benjamin Chaffee played all nine positions in seven innings during today's doubleheader against Keene State. Chaffee accomplished the feat in the second game of the day, a 3-2 loss by the Engineers, after helping lead WPI (4-4) to a 7-1 victory in the opening game. WPI closes out its trip to Florida, and its 2020 season, with a doubleheader at 9:45am tomorrow morning against Anna Maria.
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Sophomore Drew Metzdorf delivered a clutch two-run double as part of a five run eighth inning as Plymouth State University outlasted SUNY-Canton, 11-xx, in a non-conference baseball game at the Gene Cusic Classic. The Panthers held leads of 1-0, 5-1 and 6-5, but each time Canton answered to tie the game. With things all even at 6-6, Plymouth State took control for good plating five runs in the eighth as Metzdorf contributed the big hit once again. Plymouth State improves to 7-4 while the Roos drop to 0-8.
On the penultimate day of competition at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic, Haverford (6-5) split a doubleheader with Defiance (7-3), taking a one-run victory by prevailing 5-4 in the morning contest, before falling 6-5 in the afternoon matchup with the Yellow Jackets. Brandon Jenkins (1-0) held the Yellow Jackets at bay on the hill, as he struck out five batters in just 2.2 innings pitched to secure the win. With the game tied in extras, Jenkins posted a perfect inning sending the Fords back to the bats with a chance to win in the bottom of the eighth. Burns reached on a fielding error, and became the spark for a two-out rally. With two down, Karp singled through the left side, and Grant Schwartz then stepped up as a pinch hitter. Schwartz delivered in a major way for the Fords, lacing a double into right for a walk-off win.
Penn State-Abington was back in action and picked up two wins on Friday afternoon. The Nittany Lions started off with a 3-1 win over Dickinson, and took the twinbill with a 7-6 win over North Park. Abington improves to 6-7 for the season after picking up two wins. Senior Stevie Stevenson broke a career milestone of 100 hits in his four years with the Penn State Abington baseball team.
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Larry Corle went 5-8 with two doubles, a walk, and seven |
Alex Mumme overtook yet another program record and Will Peiffer maintained his pristine pitching form in the Ursinus's split with Suffolk. Mumme scored two runs in a 9-3 victory in the opener, becoming the all-time leader in that category with 131. Peiffer picked up another victory, going six innings without an earned run to drop his ERA down to 0.50 in three starts. Jon Moldoff hit a two-run homer – his first of the season – in the first game and had two hits in the nightcap, a 2-1 walk-off victory in eight innings for the Rams.
No. 21 Wooster's four-game stretch concluded with a 6-1 win over the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Harwood's hot stick accounted for much of the damage. His third-inning single made it 1-0, and he logged a two-run double in the sixth inning that made it 5-1. For the game, the Scots' returning All-American was 4-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored. Hill picked up his first win of the season. He allowed one unearned run on five hits in seven innings of work. Brayden O'Connell had three of Merchant Marine's seven hits.
When the RussMatt Central Florida Baseball Invitational released its schedule of games for Webster, the Gorloks saw on the schedule a rematch from last year's Division III World Series with Washington & Jefferson and that rematch happened today as the Gorloks posted two five run innings en route to earning a 14-7 win over the Presidents at West Orange High School. With the, Webster improves to 6-5 on the season and is now 3-2 on its seven game spring break trip to Florida, while Washington & Jefferson fell to 3-6 on the season in what was probably the last game of the season for the Presidents due to ongoing COVID-19 virus that has forced the cancellation of all remaining winter and spring NCAA Championships at all three levels.
Skidmore split with Alfred State in Florida. The Thoroughbreds are 5-4 and will close out the short season on Saturday against Lakelanf. Alfred State is 5-9. Jay Gamboa (2-1) earned the complete game shutout. He gave up six hits, with eight strikeouts and two walks. Sam Browning was 2-3 with a double. Jackson Hornung was 2-3 with an RBI and Anthony Mollica was 2-3 with an RBI and three runs. Alfred State scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to earn the split.
Allowing just four hits over seven innings, senior Nate Burns struck out 12 hitters in the Clarkson first game in Florida, recording a 12-0 shutout over Colby-Sawyer on Friday afternoon. The Golden Knights moved to 1-3 on the season while Colby-Sawyer is now 3-7. Clarkson was held scoreless in the first and seventh innings, but scored at least one run in each of the other frames, including five in the second inning. The Knights drew nine walks and recorded 12 hits overall as each hitter, whether starter or substitution, reached base at least once. Caleb Doyle was 2-for-4 with a walk,
Lancaster Bible ended its 2020 season with a win on Friday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as the Chargers defeated MacMurray (Ill.), 9-4. The Chargers end their season with a 2-7 overall record. Lancaster Bible season ends due to the Chargers cancelling all sports for the rest of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chargers had 14 hits with Mike VanDame going 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Dan Zimmerman started, and struck out six over six innings, while allowing just three runs. Blake Greenly pitched the final three innings, and allowed just one hit, while earning his first collegiate save.
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Benedictine recorded a victory over the College of St. Scholastica in Florida. Benedictine finished with nine hits, three of which came from Blake Surin while Kamrin Hoffmann tallied a pair. Ryan Miller struck out seven while allowing four hits and just one run to earn his second win of the year. Drake Berman, Christian Hubbard and Ryan Renken combined to finish the five-hitter.
Evan Henry, a freshman catcher from Twin Lakes, Wis., drove in the winning run on a two-out walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Carroll defeated Lakeland University 4-3 to conclude its fifth game of the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic at the Lee County Player Development Complex on Friday morning. It was the first extra-inning victory of the season for Carroll, which improved to 3-2 on the Florida spring break trip and 4-6 overall.
The Rockford Regents (8-3) bounced back from yesterday's tough loss with an impressive 11-8 win over Wittenberg (7-3). The Regents pounded out 16 hits against the Tigers, marking the sixth time this season Rockford has tallied at least 11 hits in a single game. Following a slow start to the game, the RU offense came to life with four runs in the third and scored in each of the next four innings, to lift the Regents to an 11-8 comeback win. Hunter Fiorito finished 2-for-5 with a home run, a run scored and 4 runs batted in.
Husson (4-6) picked up it's fourth win of the season with a 16-6 win over Medaille (1-6) out of Buffalo, N.Y. Jesse Colford (W, 1-1) got the start and went 4.2 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits, with three strikeouts and three walks. Jake Gauvin and Austin Smith pitched the final 2.1 innings in scoreless relief. David LeBlanc went 3-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.
In one sense, the story of Heidelberg's 6-2 win over Ohio Wesleyan was about the game-changing three-run homer by Cayden Rollins. In another way, however, the game was about so much more. With the Ohio Athletic Conference's decision to cancel the rest of the athletic calendar in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Friday's game was the final varsity game of the year for the baseball team. A season in which many associated with the program believed could end in Iowa at the World Series instead culminated at the North County Regional Park in Port Charlotte, Florida -- roughly three months earlier than anyone wanted. Following the game, seniors from both Ohio Wesleyan and Heidelberg were tearfully saluted. Joined by family and friends, both teams gathered on the field for hugs and pictures -- seemingly trying to come to terms with the premature end to a season still in its infancy. The 2020 Student Princes finished the season at 7-5.