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| Johns Hopkins used a three-run fourth inning to pull ahead of Middlebury on Sunday morning, earning a 6-5 win and snapping a two-game skid. Johns Hopkins made a furious rally, scoring six unanswered in the late innings, but the Jays ultimately fell to Trinity, 10-9 in game two of Sunday's doubleheader. Johns Hopkins athletics photo |
After a dominant outing on Saturday in a non-conference doubleheader against the Cornell College Rams (3-8), No. 22 Loras College (16-0) wrapped up the three-game road series on Sunday with an 11-6 win to secure their 16th win in a row, sweeping the Rams and outscoring them by a 46-11 margin in the series. Matt Jeter got the start on the mound for the Duhawks, throwing 3.0 innings and allowing four runs on six hits, striking out three before Davis Pasco made an appearance in relief. Pasco dished 3.0 innings of his own, allowing two runs on four hits with four strikeouts before Ethan Peters came in to close out the game where he threw the final 3.0 innings, striking out four to keep the Rams at bay without allowing a hit. Dylan Pardoe led the Duhawks' bats with a 3-for-5 performance at the plate, hitting two doubles and driving in one RBI while Max Church helped with a 2-for-5 day with a pair of RBIs to his name.
Shenandoah University played the longest baseball game of the Kevin Anderson era Sunday afternoon and came out of it with a 6-4 non-league win over No. 8 and defending national champion Salisbury University. It took 15 innings for the Hornets (15-5) to outlast the Sea Gulls (12-7); SU scored a pair of unearned runs in the top of that frame and before Matt House closed Salisbury out in the bottom of the frame. Pearce Bucher led off the 15th with a double down the left field line and then advanced to third when the Gulls had a throwing error attempting to cut him down at third on Kyle Lisa's groundball to second. Lisa, who started the game at second base and eventually earned the win on the mound with four innings of relief work, scored an insurance run two batters later on Haden Madagan's single to left. Lisa (1-0) struck out two and did not allow a hit in his four innings of relief work. House, the nation's saves leader, came on in the bottom of the 15th and had one strikeout in posting his seventh save of the season.
No. 12 LaGrange completed a weekend sweep of its USA South series with Berea in a twinbill Sunday at Cleaveland Field in Williamson Stadium. The Panthers run-ruled the Mountaineers (2-14) in both games, winning 14-2 in seven innings in Game 1 and 21-9 in eight innings in the second game. The 12th-ranked Panthers ran their winning streak to eight games and their overall record to 17-1 and conference mark to 3-0. LC outscored Berea 47-11 in the three games. The Panthers set season highs for runs scored and hits (23) in the second game. The Panthers' first four batters in the lineup combined for 14 hits, 13 runs, and 13 RBIs in Game 2. Jack Layrisson had two doubles and a home run included in his four hits. He had four RBIs and is tied for the conference lead with 29. Joe Ruth also had four hits, including a double, and drove in three runs. Ruth is second to Layrisson with 27 RBIs. McKinley Erves had three hits, including a double, and scored three runs. He has scored a conference-leading 33 runs. Adam Dorn reached four times on three hits and a walk.
Josh Phillips stole the spotlight with a two-run game-winning home run to give Chapman University a 3-1 win over visiting Carleton. Until the walkoff homer from Phillips, the game was a classic pitchers' duel as both starters dominated but took no-decisions. With the score tied 1-1 in the ninth, Oli Sellman drew a full count walk to put the winning run on base. Phillips took the first pitch he saw from Sam Zacks well over the left field fence for a game-winning two-run homer – his fifth home run of the year. Grant Manning and Kiefer Lord stole the show for the first seven innings. Lord held the Panthers to just two hits through seven innings and struck out 10. Manning struck out six and did not issue a walk and allowed just four singles through his seven innings of work. The edge went to Chapman in the bullpen as Dylan Holt pitched two perfect innings and fanned three to pick up his third win. Carleton went to Cayten Gardner in the eighth and Zacks in the ninth although both gave up runs as Chapman scored all three runs off the bullpen to capture the victory.
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No. 19 Adrian College was back in action on Sunday on the road at Heidelberg University. After Saturday's game was canceled, the Bulldogs and the Student Princes turned Sunday into a doubleheader. Adrian came away with the sweep after a 4-1 win in game one and a 5-4 win in game two. In the seventh inning of game one, Adrian got into a jam after they put runners on first and second with nobody out. After pitching change, Jacob Hanoian came in relief to get a quick strikeout. The Heidelberg loaded the based on an intentional walk, but Hanoian got out of the bases loaded jam. AJ Miranda homered in the top of the eighth to drive in a pair of runs to take the lead 3-1. Adrian added insurance in the ninth on a double from Don Goodes to drive in Ryan Davis and lock up the 4-1 win. In game two, Adrian loaded the bases in the top of the eighth and drew back-to-back walks to score a pair of runs and take the lead 4-3. Heidelberg tied the game in the bottom of the eighth, but Miranda answered with his second homer of the day in the ninth to give the Bulldogs a 5-4 win.
No. 17 nationally-ranked Baldwin Wallace University hosted Defiance College and the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford for two non-conference games on Fisher Field. Six home runs for BW carried the home Yellow Jackets to two run-rule wins over Defiance (13-1) and Pitt.-Bradford (14-4). Game 1 was led by freshman second baseman Sean Kolenich as he was 2-2 with three RBIs and three runs. Junior centerfielder Vincent Capolupo went 2-4 with four RBIs and a run. Game 2 was led by Alex Ludwick as he hit 3-4 with two-run homer, totaling four RBIs and two runs.
Case Western Reserve University and No. 15 Denison split a doubleheader on Sunday at Big Red Field in Granville, Ohio, winning the first game 6-5 but losing the second game 8-1. With the bases loaded in the top of the next inning, junior first baseman Nick Talarico singled through the left side to make the score 5-4 in favor of Denison. CWR's Zack Carinci followed with a single of his own, scoring two runs and giving Case Western Reserve a 6-5 advantage. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, graduate student pitcher Evan Faxon conceded the mound to sophomore pitcher Tyler Horvath. Horvath recorded the final out of the inning and did not allow a hit in the eighth or ninth to record his second save of the season. The Spartans, attempting a three-game sweep of the 15th-ranked Big Red, fell short in the second game of the doubleheader. A five-run sixth inning pushed Denison ahead for good in the contest.
Finishing their busiest stretch of the season, North Central College defeated Saint Mary's (Minn.) 5-1 before using a walkoff single from Luke Lehnen to complete the series sweep of the Illinois Institute of Technology with a 9-8 win in 10 innings on Sunday at Zimmerman Stadium. In a battle of the Cardinals, both pitchers dominated early as neither offense recorded a hit until the fourth inning. North Central's offense came alive in the bottom of the seventh to take a 5-1 lead. Nolan Shannon came in during the ninth inning and picked up his third save of the season. Charlie Klemm posted his longest outing of the year with 6.2 innings pitched, seven strikeouts while allowing one run on the way to a no-decision. Game two saw the Cardinals face the Scarlet Hawks for the third time in two days. Down a run in the bottom of the ninth inning, Luke Lehned led off with a double and later scored, sending the game into extra innings. Not going away, Illinois Tech rallied in the 10th inning. Peyton Vieluff and Timmy Old walked before Sproule hit an RBI single and gave IIT an 8-7 lead in the 10th inning. Brad Novak led off the half-inning with a hit by pitch to get the action going for North Central. Joe Hamilton and Dom List walked to load the bases for Lehnen who stepped up to the plate. Down to a 1-2 count, Lehnen delivered a walkoff single through the right side of the infield.