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| Johns Hopkins ended its trip in Florida in impressive fashion, knocking off previously unbeaten Colby 12-2 in seven innings on Saturday morning. Johns Hopkins athletics photo |
No. 18 Denison University defeated Transylvania University 6-1 on a cold Saturday in Granville to finish off a two-game sweep of the Pioneers after also winning 11-1 in seven innings on Friday night. Game three of the series, which was originally scheduled for Sunday, March 27, has been canceled due to the weather conditions expected the rest of the weekend. After Transylvania scored first in the top of the first inning, the combination of Taylor Perrett (2-1) and Trey Holland kept the Pioneers off the scoreboard the rest of the way by limiting them to just four hits over the final eight innings. Perrett earned the start and pitched five innings allowing five hits, one run, two walks and five strikeouts before Holland earned the save by pitching four innings allowing one hit, no runs, no walks and eight strikeouts. Additionally, Holland pitched perfect 1-2-3 innings in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings to close it out.
13th-ranked Salisbury University rolled to a doubleheader sweep over the Hood Blazers on Saturday afternoon at Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. The Sea Gulls pounded out 17 hits on the way to a 13-5 victory in the opener, then rode eight strong innings from Jackson Balzan to an 8-0 one-hitter in the nightcap. Kavi Caster turned in a monster game at the plate, going 3-for-3 with two triples, three runs and three RBIs. He also stole a base, one of six for the Sea Gulls in the game. Jimmy Adkins (1-1) dominated on the hill to win his first start of the season, tossing six scoreless three-hit innings with one walk and six strikeouts on 76 pitches. In his last two outings, Adkins has pitched 13 innings and given up just two unearned runs while punching out 16. Jackson Balzan (4-1) authored one of the best starts of his collegiate career to pick up his fourth straight win. Balzan struck out a career-high 13 batters, including seven straight in the fourth through sixth, on the way to eight one-hit innings. He walked two and hit one batter but made it through eight frames in 106 pitches. In his last four starts, Balzan is 4-0 with 31 strikeouts and one earned run allowed over 29 innings (0.31 ERA). Corey Burton pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to put a stamp on Salisbury's second clean sheet of the season.
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| The 16th-ranked Trinity Tigers pulled off a doubleheader sweep in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, winning 13-12 and 10-5 over Centenary College to clinch the overall weekend series. Trinity bounced back from yesterday's series-opening loss to swipe the series from under the Gents. The day opened with a back-and-forth offensive slugfest with Trinity throwing the last punch with a four-run eighth inning to finish off the scoring. Brian Schaub got the scoring started with a three-run homer in the first, then finished things off with a two-run double that drove in the eventual game-winning run. The series finale saw the Tigers jump out to a 7-0 lead and then hold on for the win behind a gutty pitching performance from Samuel Conte. Trinity (Texas) athletics photo |
Baseball fans saw a pair of stellar pitching performances, one for Marietta and one for Ohio Northern, as the schools split their Ohio Athletic Conference opening doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Park. No. 1 ranked Marietta College took game one, 8-0, while Ohio Northern salvaged the split with a 3-2 victory in the second game. The Pioneers are now 14-3 overall and 1-1 in the OAC. Ohio Northern moves to 6-9 on the season and 1-1 in the OAC. Trent Valentine (5-0) dominated the Polar Bear hitters in game one throwing 8.0 shutout innings for the win. He scattered four singles and one walk while striking out 11 ONU batters. Griffin Malick worked the ninth inning and gave up one hit and one walk. Ohio Northern spotted starting pitcher Tim Knapschaefer (1-3) a two-run lead in the top of the first inning of the nightcap. The junior righthander blanked Marietta for 7.0 innings to get his first win of the season. Knapschaefer allowed six hits, walked one and struck out five.
Rowan and Messiah split a pair on Saturday with Rowan the victor in the opener 14-7 and Messiah a 4-3 winner in the nightcap. Rowan took game one of the doubleheader 14-7 after scoring eight runs in the first inning. Rowan took the mound in the top half of the eighth in game two and retired the first two batters via a groundout and a strikeout before Messiah batters hit back-to-back home runs to right center to tie the game at 3-3. In the bottom half of the eighth, Messiah tacked on a few hits but none more important than Reed Wagner who made an RBI single to give Messiah back the lead at 4-3 heading into the ninth inning. Messiah would hang on to win the game 4-3.
An early shutout clinched the SCIAC series as Chapman University split a Saturday doubleheader with Redlands, 6-0 and 8-7. Davis Mieliwocki and Cole Minato combined for 15 hits in the three-game series. Three pitchers combined for the three-hit shutout as Chapman clinched the season series from La Verne. Wyatt Thompson picked up the win with Brandon Menzel tossing three hitless innings in relief and Turner White closing out the ninth. The Panthers kept the bats hot in game two, even jumping out to a convincing four run lead in the third inning. However, seven walks brought the Bulldogs back into the game and was the inevitable difference maker in this one.
Ryan Flansburg allowed two hits over six scoreless innings as nationally seventh-ranked Cortland defeated Oneonta, 15-2, to complete a three-game road SUNYAC sweep. Flansburg improved to 2-1 with the victory. He struck out four and didn't walk anyone. Dylan Beers gave up one hit in a scoreless seventh inning, Liam Krasney retired the side in order with two strikeouts in the eighth, and Will McCarthy allowed two unearned runs and struck out a batter in the ninth. Cortland (16-6, 3-0 SUNYAC) finished the game with 12 hits. Chris Bonacci came off the bench to go 2-for-2 with a double and three runs scored, Antonio Pragana was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, James Varian finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored, and Matthew Krafft hit a grand slam. Cortland also took advantage of seven Oneonta errors that led to eight unearned runs. Oneonta (5-13, 0-3 SUNYAC) was led by Jake Barrett and Liam Kaseta, who each went 2-for-4. Starting pitcher Michael Sadowski gave up seven runs, two earned, in four and two thirds innings. He struck out six, walked three, and allowed six hits.
Cal Lutheran traveled to Whittier for a doubleheader and took game one in a mercy rule 13-2. Game two ended with a walk off from the Poets to end it 8-7. Max Kendall started on the mound for the Purple and Gold and stayed there for six innings tallying five strike outs. Nathan Chapman closed out the game and pitched for the final inning. Game two was in favor of the Kingsmen until the Poets scored a few late runs.
Before the rain came pouring down at Eastern Baseball Stadium on Saturday afternoon, Eastern Connecticut State University poured on the runs in their Little East Conference doubleheader opener against Castleton University on Saturday afternoon. Earning their first two wins in LEC play this season, the Warriors (12-1, 2-0 LEC) swept the Spartans (5-8, 0-2 LEC) by final scores of 12-3 and 13-3 behind a 5-for-8 day from senior outfielder Ryan Bagdasarian who had a big three-run home run in game one along with two doubles and seven RBIs.
Kean University swept Eastern University by identical scores of 4-3 on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles (7-13) tied things up with two runs in the third off an RBI triple from Brad Clemens and a Cougar miscue. Mark Cruser made it three-all with an RBI double in the fourth. Timothy Huxen pushed across the winning run in the fifth with an RBI groundout, scoring Mahlik who reached on a leadoff single. Collin Kiernan (5-0) earned the win after tossing six innings with six strikeouts. Dylan Taliaferro picked up a save finishing out the contest allowing just two hits along the way. The nightcap needed 12 innings for a conclusion, but the score remained the same as the opener. Tied at two-all in the 12th inning, the Eagles took the lead as Brian Lang led off with a double. Griffin Falco followed with an RBI single for a 3-2 advantage. Later in the inning with the bases loaded and no outs, relief pitcher Nolan Rowan was able to work out of trouble with two strikeouts sandwiched around an infield fly to stop the rally. Mahlik walked to start the bottom of the 12th and Lapczynski followed that up with a double to put both runners in scoring position. A walk to Marcantonio loaded the bases and back-to-back sac flies tied and won the game for Kean for the sweep.
Covenant earned the split against nationally ranked LaGrange on Saturday afternoon thanks to a walk-off win in game one. Both contests saw high scores, with the teams combining for 56 runs over the doubleheader. The Scots' defense then recorded a quick 1-2-3 top of the ninth inning, allowing them to have one more chance to get the win. Ken Burke continued his clutch performance with a lead-off single. He was quickly advanced to second base thanks to a single from Andrew Brock. Harrison Adelgren then grounded out, advancing both runners, before Kenny Mills was intentionally walked, loading the bases. It was then that Gilbert launched a high fly ball to left field, scoring Burke and giving Covenant the 13-12 victory over No. 6 LaGrange. The bats stayed hot for both teams in game two, as the teams would combine for 40 hits. But, the 23 hits from LaGrange proved to be too much for the Scots as they would take game two 18-13.
University of Lynchburg swept Eastern Mennonite on Saturday afternoon, winning 13-6 and 16-8. Cameron Lane led of game one with a HBP and extended his on-base streak to 20 games. Garrett Jackson wasted no time brining in Lane and cracked a home run. Jackson came up to bat again in the first after Logan Webster hit a grand slam for his first-career homer. Lynchburg scored nine runs in the inning with RBI from Gavin Collins, Ryan Long, and Holden Fiedler as well. Game 2 nearly started out the same as the first. Eric Hiett walked during his first-career start, and Jackson and Nieves also drew free passes. However, Lynchburg could not get on the board. The Hornets blew the game open in the ninth with seven runs on five hits. Fiedler got the rally going again with an RBI single. Ethan Marotske grabbed an RBI HBP and scored during the next at-bat on another Jackson single. PJ Alvanos also secured 2 RBI. Thurman struck out the side in the ninth to clinch Lynchburg's seventh conference win, 13-6.
Against all odds, McMurry University went on the road and completed a three-game sweep against defending American Southwest Conference champion UT Dallas with two wins Saturday in Richardson, Texas. The War Hawks carried yesterday's momentum into Saturday's opener by jumping to an 8-1 lead after four innings. Later, McMurry led 12-5 with four runs in the final inning and held on for a thrilling 12-10 victory to clinch the series. With the series in hand, McMurry had more hurdles to overcome in the finale. Trailing 8-6 after eight innings, the War Hawks stormed back with three runs in the ninth and earned the sweep in dramatic fashion. McMurry picks up its first series sweep of the season and eclipses last year's season win total. McMurry improves to 11-13 overall and 8-10 in the ASC, while UTD drops to 17-6 overall and 10-5 in conference play. Since 2020, McMurry has won six of the last seven games against UT Dallas, including four straight.