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| RIT took both games of its first doubleheader of the season against Penn State Altoona, Saturday, winning, 5-4, in the opener and 7-3 in game two at Lake Myrtle Park. Rochester Tech athletics photo |
Augustana (6-1) won their third-straight game and second overall at the Gene Cusic Classic in Fort Myers. The Vikings battled Saint John's (Minn.) for the entirety until a ninth inning double scored the go-ahead run for Augie as they won 5-4. From the seventh inning, the Johnnies challenged but could not clinch the victory. Instead, Augustana took control in the eighth and ninth. Cole Green came on as a pinch runner in place of Maifield. Green advanced twice on two wild pitches, one of which allowed Patrick Miller to cross home and tie the game 4-4. In the top of the ninth, Matt Ozanic started the final Viking rally with a walk and then advanced on a Kyle Wise sacrifice. Kyle Campbell then came through with a clutch double that plated Ozanic and gave the Vikings the final 5-4 lead.
Brandeis senior Cam Roberts was part of an outstanding bullpen effort for the Judges and added a key hit in the game-winning rally to boot as the Judges defeated Babson 6-5 in 12 innings, at the New England Baseball Complex in Northborough, Mass., today. With the win, the Judges improve to 1-1 on the season, while the Beavers fall to 2-2. After the Judges fell behind, 5-0, after the top of the sixth, the bullpen took over, holding Babson off the board for the final six frames. Meanwhile, the Judges rallied with three runs in the sixth and one each in the seventh and the ninth before the game-winning rally in the 12th.
Rutgers-Newark continued their win streak today with a pair of wins, 8-2 and 7-4, over St. Joseph's College - Brooklyn at Weequahic Park. The Scarlet Raiders improved to 5-1 with the sweep while the Bears dropped to 0-2. Jamir Ramos led the Scarlet Raiders in the first game with two hits and two RBIs while Jon Rosado also finished with a pair of hits. Anthony Ricardo finished the first game 1-for-3 with two RBIs. On the mound, Marcus James (1-1) pitched a stellar six innings with six strikeouts and just two runs. The Scarlet Raiders had four players tally two hits, Ramos, Suleski, Andre Tirso, and Ryan Lebow. Lebow continued his hot streak, adding two more RBIs to his total to give him 8 in three games this weekend. Dan Greene hurled four innings and picked up the win with three strikeouts while Alex Couto came in for the save.
Arcadia used the big inning multiple times as it swept a doubleheader from visiting Penn State Harrisburg in non-conference action from Skip Wilson Field on Saturday, winning game one 6-4 before taking game two 13-9. The Knights are on a seven-game winning streak, improving to 7-1 on the season. Nadell Booker earned his first win of the season with two strikeouts in one inning of work while Owen Margolis earned the save with three scoreless innings to end the contest. Arcadia was out hit 5-12 as they were efficient in the game one win. The knioghts were also out hit in game two despite doubling their output to 11 hits. Hunter Sibley moved to 2-0, allowing five runs on eight hits across five innings with three walks and four strikeouts. Zach Steiger, Colin Bowdish, and Koby Staivecki finished the final four innings.
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| A strong offensive effort powered Texas Lutheran to a 10-9 victory over Sul Ross State - completing the series sweep at Kokernot Field on Saturday. With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 5-6 on the season. Sul Ross athletics photo |
Oswego State took a 27-14 marathon decision from Keystone on the second day of the Mr. V Memorial Classic, hosted by Shenandoah University, Saturday afternoon at Bridgeworth Field. Saturday's contest featured 41 runs and 40 combined hits, including 13 extra-base hits. Keystone was plagued by eight miscues in the field. Crooked numbers were all over the box score for both teams, as Keystone plated five runs in the first followed by a five-spot by Oswego in the third. Keystone scored five in the seventh before the Lakers put seven more on the board in the ninth. For the Lakers, Ryan Enos had a monster day at the plate, going 6-for-7 with three homers, five RBI, and five runs scored. Oswego had seven players with multiple hits and six players with two or more RBI.
It was a day for the pitchers as Covenant split Saturday's doubleheader with the Panthers at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tennessee. Covenant won the opener 2-0 but fell in the nightcap 1-2. Covenant's starting pitchers Bryce Bollinger and Zach Tolleson combined for 12 strikeouts and just one earned run over the course of the two contests. Bollinger threw six scoreless innings to help the Scots to a 2-0 victory in game one. Bollinger finished the contest with five strikeouts, four walks, and zero earned runs while allowing just four hits. The sophomore also threw three consecutive hitless innings to help the Scots gain the shutout win. Ferrum starting pitcher Sal Lettieri threw 7.1 innings, allowing six hits, one run, with a walk and four strikeouts. Matthew Sheppard (3-0) came on in relief to pick up the win, giving up no hits, runs, or walks, and striking out two. Relief pitcher Kenny Mills (0-2) was credited with the loss after allowing two hits, one run, one walk and zero strikeouts.
Opening up the 2022 Florida trip strong, Concordia-Chicago rode a strong group pitching performance to a 2-1 victory over the Cornell College Rams on Saturday afternoon. Colton Wallace provided the big blast for CUC with a solo homer off the scoreboard in left in the bottom of the eighth. Howie Hatton was 2-for-2 and walked once. CUC starter Jack Rector threw four scoreless innings, striking out five. The CUC bullpen of Chris Villafuerte, Vince Sartori, and Mike Tobin allowed just two hits and one unearned run while striking out six.
SUNY New Paltz got back on the right track after splitting a Saturday doubleheader at Mount Saint Mary in its first games of the 2022 season played in New York State. SUNY New Paltz (3-5) lost a tightly contested Game 1 to the Knights, 8-6, but then ended its five game losing streak in Game 2, aided by a five-run seventh inning, 7-3. Both games went an official seven innings at Dutchess Stadium. "Feels good to get back in the win column for sure," said Hawks coach Thomas Seay. "We played a much better game two than game one and, of course, dominant pitching will do that, but our at bats were better in game two."
Spencer Cable was in a hitting mood on Saturday. The Hope College senior led off Game 2 of a doubleheader with a home run and his teammates caught the hitting bug, too. The Flying Dutchmen crushed Franklin 27-7 in Game 2 at Beech Grove High School in Beech Grove, Indiana after dropping Game 1, 18-6. The 27 runs was the most for Hope since a 28-2 win vs. Alma College in 2010 at Boeve Stadium. In Game 1, the Hope offense had just five hits. Hope received four home runs in Game 2: Cable, Evan Maday, Caleb Regan and Dylan Kleinedler. The Flying Dutchmen collected hits and drew 13 walks. Cable was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Junior Ethan Currin had two hits and three RBIs, and freshman Johnny Oates II hit his first collegiate home run and triple with two RBIs in the first game.
Rochester got its 2022 season off to a solid start, sweeping a doubleheader, 10-3 and 8-4, over Pitt-Greensburg on Saturday afternoon at the Ripken Complex. Rochester (2-0) took game one 10-3 behind a grand slam home run from Harper Sy, three RBI from Jackson Reed and a complete game on the mound from Trevor Van Allen. In game two, UR won 8-4 over the Bobcats (0-2) thanks to strong work from the bullpen of Spencer Rojahn, Jake Larson and Thomas Karpishin who yielded just two hits across the final four innings.
Hilbert opened their season by splitting a pair with Bridgewater State this evening. The Hawks bounced back from a game one loss, 16-3, to steal the night cap 3-2. The Bears chased the starter in the fourth and tacked on 11 more runs off a trio of Hawks relievers to build a 16-2 advantage. In game two, Patrick Whelan gave the Hawks an early 3-0 lead after one when he sent a 3-run shot over centerfield for his first of the young season. Freshman Camerin Holmes went the distance in his first collegiate start, tossing a four-hitter and didn't allow an earned run while racking up 11 strikeouts.
Junior Trey Parker escaped a bases loaded, none out jam in the top of the first, then settled in to allow just one unearned run over 6.1 innings to lift Plymouth State University to a 4-1 win and a split with Otterbein University in a doubleheader at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic on Saturday. Otterbein used three straight singles in the top of the first to load the bases, but Parker got a rare 5-2-3 double play and escaped unscathed with a comebacker and the Panthers put a two-spot on the board in the bottom of the inning. Parker cruised from there, giving up just an unearned run in the third while dealing into the seventh before giving way to junior Eoin Hamell-Kelleher, who closed out the win. The Cardinals took the opener by a 7-1 score.
George Fox welcomed Pacific Lutheran to town for its home opener on Saturday, Mar. 5, and after suffering a 16-1 loss in the first game, Fox won with some theatrics after an 11th-inning walkoff 3-2 win in game two. The Bruins' offense struggled to find its rhythm in game one, squandering another good start from Sean Wiese on the mound. Wiese went six and a third for the Bruins but only got one run of support, and Fox went to the back half of its bullpen to close the game in what became a 16-1 defeat to start the afternoon. Fox bounced back to split the day in game two. Both teams struggled to find their balance against each other's best closing arms, but the Bruins won out in the 11th. Tyler Durant led off with knock to opposite field - his second of the game - in the 11th and then jogged home after Shane White laced an RBI single into left for the 3-2 final.
It's a good day, lets play three. North Park earned a 9-4 win over Transylvania after dropping a pair of games to Benedictine 6-1 and 12th-ranked Webster 2-1. The Vikings opened play in Sauget against Benedictine and, other than an RBI single from Logan Peters in the first inning, were unable to get much offense going. Left-handed starter Bobby Bartlett pitched admirably, working 6.2 innings while fanning seven batters. However, the Eagles were able to score a pair of runs in the fourth and seventh innings and one run each in the final two frames to escape with a 6-1 victory. North Park's offense finally flipped the switch in the final game of the trip against Transylvania. On the hill for NPU, Brendan Russ kept the Transy hitters off balance all game, nearly tossing a complete game in the win. Russ threw 8.2 innings and struck out seven batters before Peters got the last out via strikeout, securing a 9-4 win.
After dropping the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, 8-5, Scranton (2-1-1) bounced back with a 7-2 victory in the nightcap to salvage a split with the Franklin & Marshall Diplomats (3-2) at Volpe Field in Scranton. A seven-run third inning proved costly as the Royals eventually dropped game one by the afore-mentioned score of 8-5 on Saturday. Scranton did put together a late rally in the contest with runs in three of the final four innings, but ultimately came up short despite bringing the tying run to the plate in the seventh inning. Scranton bounced back with the 7-2 victory in the nightcap as they scored in each of the first three innings including three run frames in both the second and third.
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| Brevard (8-5) slugged five home runs en route to a doubleheader split against Averett (2-9) on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Gil Coan Field. BC surged for 10 runs, including a pair of round-trippers, on the way to a game two win, 10-2. Averett scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning and held off a late Brevard comeback attempt to claim a 9-7 victory in the front end of the twin bill. Brevard athletics photo |
while junior captain Ryan Boyce collected two hits in the second game, as Hampden-Sydney College split an ODAC doubleheader against Washington and Lee University on Saturday on Yank Bernier Field at the Ty Cobb Ballpark – Wurdeman Stadium. Senior Nic Graziano gained the pitching win in the 7-3 opener, while junior Owen Tappy took the mound setback in the 21-6 nightcap for the host Tigers (6-3) against the visiting Generals (6-5). In game one, H-SC had seven runs on nine hits with no errors, scoring three runs in the first inning, one run in the fourth, two runs in the fifth and one run in the eighth. W&L scored three runs on 13 hits with one error. In game two, H-SC had six runs on 10 hits with four errors. W&L scored 21 runs on 27 hits with one error, scoring three runs in the first inning, three runs in the second, four runs in the third, two runs in the fourth, one run in the fifth and eight runs in the ninth.
Skidmore opened the 2022 season with a 3-2, 16-7 road sweep of Merchant Marine. The two wins move coach Ron Plourde to 398 for his career with a pair of games at Old Westbury on Sunday. Jack Clark picked-up the opening win, going seven strong innings. He allowed one unearned run on four hits. He struck out eight and walked two. Skidmore plated 10 runs on just three hits in the 5th to blow the game open. The Thoroughbreds drew eight walks in the inning. The team turned the second triple play in its history and the first since 2004 when pitcher Peter Martin snagged a line drive and went to Bourque at third who fired it to Pascal Marcktell at second. "Given our first time outside on a field, we were pleased with our play and effort. We turned a triple play for the first time since 2004, which was a big turning point in the game," said head coach Ron Plourde.
Two picked off baserunners helped Wooster out immensely in game two, with the Fighting Scots taking the nightcap 5-4 after dropping Saturday's opener against Spalding University 15-7 at Derby City Field. Wooster (1-1) turned to senior Dylan Carr to protect a 5-3 lead in the seventh inning of game two. The right-hander hit Spalding's (4-5) Michael Speck, but picked him off. That out proved huge with Ethan Tuttle lacing a two-out double down the left field line two batters later. Had Speck been on base at the time, the game would have been tied at five. In the bottom of the ninth, sophomore Eli Westrick collected his first save, striking out a pair of Golden Eagles in the process. In the opener, Peyton Hood (1-2) earned the win for Spalding after allowing five runs (two earned) on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.
DePauw topped Hendrix, 9-6, in the opening game of their doubleheader to send the Warriors to their first loss of the season and the hosts came back to split the twinbill with an 8-6 victory in the second game. DePauw is now 4-4 on the season, while Hendrix is 13-1. In the opener, Cameron Allen and Brennan Roach each had three of DePauw's 15 hits with Macon, May and Nelson collecting two each. Rail Gilliam had three of Hendrix's 10 hits with Drake Job chipping in a pair. In the nightcap, the Tigers again got out to an early lead as Kyle Callahan slammed a first-inning, two-run homer. The Warriors, however, scored six in the bottom of the first including a three-run homer from Joseph Watts and a solo shot from Adam Bland.
Castleton salvaged a doubleheader split at Stockton Saturday afternoon, dropping the opening game4-3 before bouncing back to win the second half of the twin bill in shutout fashion, 2-0. The Spartans (3-3) led 3-0 after the visitors' half of the second inning, but weren't able to hold off the Ospreys (3-1-1), who earned a walk-off win on Thomas Elgrim's single. The Spartans earned a doubleheader split with a two-run sixth inning and stellar performances on the mound from Zack Marlow and Aubrey Ramey. Stockton mustered six hits against the two hurlers, but wasn't able to notch a run.
The Hanover Panthers scored early and often to defeat Neumann in rout to the convincing 11-3 victory. Hanover was paced by sophomore Alex Christie who charted his first career grand slam posting a team-high four RBI on two hits. On the mound, junior Matthew Alter picked up the win, pitching six complete innings with six strikeouts and two runs scored. Hanover scored early and often plating a run in the first inning followed by one in the second inning before blowing the game wide open tine fourth inning. The Blue and Red plated seven runs then added insurance runs in the seventh inning and the eighth inning en route to the win.
Muhlenberg continued to hit and continued to win, sweeping Albright to move to 5-0 on the season. The Mules took a big early lead in the first game, winning 13-1, and scored late in the second for an 8-3 victory. They are 5-0 for the first time since 2016; before then they had not started a season with five straight wins since 1944. They have scored 57 runs in their first five games, reaching double figures in four of them. Sophomore Jonathan Toth made history by beginning and ending his day with home runs. He hit a solo home run in the first inning of Game 1 and belted a three-run blast in the seventh inning of Game 2. It's the 14th time in program history that a player has gone yard in both ends of a twinbill.
Seniors Hudson Livesey and Cole Paquin combined to drive in four runs to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to a 5-3 victory over Bates College, on Saturday afternoon at Robison Field at Karl Steffen Ballpark. With the win, the Engineers improve to 1-1 overall, while the Bobcats drop to 1-3. Righthanders Cameron Heuer and Thomas Neuman tossed scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth to seal the victory, with Neuman picking up the save after inducing a game-ending, 6-4-3 double play.
Huntingdon defeated Edgewood, 10-2. Innes Mackay's RBI fourth inning triple down the right field line in the bottom of the fourth made it 7-1. Eddie Patterson earned the win, pitching 5.0 innings and allowing 2 runs on 7 hits with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. The Hawks collected 11 hits, including a triple and home run by Innes Mackay and a double by Cade Morgan.
Gallaudet swept a non-conference doubleheader here Saturday afternoon at Hoy Field as the Bison defeated Clarks Summit University 9-0 and 13-0. Gallaudet (3-6) overwhelmed Clarks Summit (0-3) with the bats as they scored early and often in both games. The Bison pitching delivered on the mound as the Bison posted back-to-back shutouts. Sophomore starting pitcher Shea Sliva-Wynne threw a complete game shutout as he only issued one walk and struck out a career best nine batters to earn his first win of the season. Gallaudet's offense continued to roll in the second game as the Bison picked up where they left off against the Defenders.
Wilmington split a doubleheader with rival Earlham on Saturday, winning a wild game one 9-8 in 11 innings and falling 19-9 in game two. Jesse Reliford came in to pitch in the ninth and shut the door on Earlham in both the ninth and 10th innings. Shaneyfelt led off the 11th with a bunt single, and after a sacrifice, Moses Garza delivered what proved to be the game-winning run with a single down the right field line. Reliford competed the three-inning victory with a groundout and two flyouts. Earlham's offense, which took a while to get going in game one, caught fire early in game two. The hosts scored at least a run in each of the first seven innings including a five-run fifth and seven-run sixth. Wilmington plated multiple runs in each of the last four innings, but couldn't overcome the double-digit deficit.