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| Ryan Flaherty homered and drove in six runs to lead Bridgewater State University to a 13-7 victory over Rivier University on Tuesday afternoon at The Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach. The game was played at Pelican Stadium, home of the minor league Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Bridgewater State athletics photo |
It was an afternoon to remember for freshman Ethan George who collected four hits, three of them for extra bases, and driving in eight runs for Guilford who bested Greensboro College in a slugfest, 23-7 on Tuesday afternoon at McBane Field. With the win, Guilford wins their fourth-straight against their crosstown rivals, including the last two matchups by a combined score of 47-10, and improve to 5-6 on the season. The Pride, meanwhile, fall to 9-3. For George, his eight RBI's put him in rarified air for Guilford as just one of three players, and the only freshman, since 1999 when online records begin to drive in that many runs in a single game. The last to do it of any age was Corey Wallace '14 who plated eight runs against Virginia Wesleyan on March 1, 2014. He finished 4-of-6 and a triple shy of the cycle with two doubles while also launching the first home run of his career, while scoring twice.
No 12. Lynchburg swept Wittenberg in two, seven-inning games on Tuesday. Lynchburg won the first game 6-3 and scored in all six half innings during a 13-10 win in Game 2. Dominic Rowlands earned the win as Lynchburg took the lead during his outing in the third. It was a four-run inning fueled by a three-run shot to left from Eric Hiett and a solo slam to right from Benton Jones in back-to-back at-bats. Jones was 1-1 in the contest with a sacrifice fly in the sixth and two walks. Mason McDowell earned the final five outs of the game for his second save of the season. He struck out one, only allowed one hit, and stranded three. Lynchburg used seven pitchers in a back-and-forth affair in Game 2 that featured 23 runs, 24 hits, and two grand slams. Riley O'Donovan hit Lynchburg's four-run shot in the third after previously homering in the second. It was his first-career two-homer game.
Sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins hosted Rutgers-Camden in non-conference action Tuesday afternoon, holding off a ninth-inning rally to beat the Scarlet Raptors 4-3. The game remained level through the seventh in what turned into a pitcher's duel between the Scarlet Raptors' (5-2) Daniel Robeson and Hopkins' Kieren Collins before the Blue Jays finally broke through in the bottom of the eighth. A single — the lone hit Savedoff gave up in his outing — made it 4-3 before the junior fanned his fourth batter of the night to secure the win.
Mary Hardin-Baylor defeated No. 17 Trinity (Texas) 6-3 Tuesday night in San Antonio. The Cru improved to 10-1 on the season while the Tigers fell to 5-3 overall. The Cru brought their lead to 6-3 in the top of the eighth inning with a Kaden deBerardinis run on an Exavier Mendez RBI. UMHB kept the lead through the final two innings to claim the 6-3 road win. Erick Roberts earned the win for the Cru while Nicklas Fenner received the save. Quint Mullen, Mason Semmelman and Cameron Bogan also made mound appearances for UMHB. The Cru pitching staff held the Tigers to just two hits with no earned runs. UMHB recorded ten hits in the contest, led by Talburt with three.
Concordia University Chicago continued their stretch of Florida games with a scrappy matchup with John Carroll. The 11-8 victory for the Cougars makes them 3-0 in Florida and improves their overall record to 4-2. Tyler Dorsch was the lone Cougar to homer today picking up a three run shot over the right field wall. Dorsch went 2-2 at the plate with three walks. Julio Cajigas, Michael Kasik, and Alejandro Muñoz all secured doubles on the day with Kasik picking up three RBIs and Muñoz picking up one. Seven Cougars threw on the mound for a combined six strikeouts.
The Etta Express scored in all but two innings as the Pioneers defeated Saint John's (Minn.) by the score of 8-3 Tuesday morning in the Snowbird Classic. Marietta improves to 3-4 overall, while the Johnnies fall to 3-3 on the season. Austin Ziance (1-0) picked up his first career win throwing 6.0 innings and allowing three unearned runs on five hits. He walked one and struck out seven. Jacob Rocky recorded his first save of the season working the final 3.0 innings and allowing just two hits and striking out four. Cole Rieman went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and four RBI to lead the Pioneers.
Fresh off of a 6-2 win over Waldorf yesterday, the Wheaton (Ill.) Thunder returned to the field in Arizona this morning to continue its Spring Break schedule with the first of two matchups against Gustavus Adolphus College. Wheaton plated nine runs in the final four innings of Tuesday's high-scoring affair to secure an 11-9 win and hand the Golden Gusties their first defeat of 2024. Gustavus Adolphus posted one more hit than Wheaton today despite the defeat, but it left ten runners stranded on base, and this figure was key to the Thunder's narrow victory. Wheaton registered three doubles and a triple, while impressively limiting the Golden Gusties to just two hits further than first base. The Thunder earned 11 RBI to GAC's eight, while both squads stole one base, walked four batters, and hit a batter on the pitch five times. John McCraith earned his first win of the season on the mound by pitching four innings in the middle of today's contest. The senior struck out a game-high four opposition batters and allowed only two runs from 19 batters faced, despite the bases being loaded when he took the field.
SUNY Cobleskill took to the road on Tuesday afternoon making the trip to Long Island to out slug the host Rams of SUNY Farmingdale in non-league action by a 19-11 margin. With the victory the Fighting Tigers improve to 2-4 overall on the campaign while the Rams are now 0-2 overall on the year. After the Rams rallied in the bottom of the third to tie the contest at 5-5 the Fighting Tigers erupted for five runs in the top fourth to take a 10-5 lead only to have Farmingdale score four times to make it 10-9 after four completed frames. Down the stretch the Fighting Tigers outscored their hosts by a 9-1 tally highlighted by an eighth inning three-run inside-the-park home run from David Flora which put the game out of reach and finalized the margin of victory. Samuel Gutierrez led the Orange & Black's offensive attack going 2-for-3 with two home runs, two walks, a stolen base, five runs scored and five RBI with David Flora going 2-for-5 with a home, a walk, two stolen bases, run three runs scored and three RBI.
It was an admirable and much-needed response from Otterbein on the baseball diamond Tuesday afternoon, where the Cardinals overcame a rough first inning to eventually overtake Alvernia and win 9-6 at Terry Park. The Cards, back in varsity action following a disappointing Sunday up in Port Charlotte, face a 5-0 deficit in the opening frame but slowly worked themselves back in a sport that has no game clock. Otterbein nearly took the lead in the fifth on a smack down the right-field line from Gavin Thompson, as Jamie Perebzak was going to easily score but was brought back to third after it was deemed a ground-rule double entering the Alvernia bullpen. But have no fear, as the Cardinals enjoyed a four-course meal in the sixth to vault ahead for good. The two-out rally began with Noah Sprowls getting around for an RBI through the left side, and was punctuated on extra-base knocks from Jamie Perebzak and Brayden Quincel. That support was more than sufficient for sophomore reliever Sam Sethna, who allowed just one run over the last four innings earn a W as the pitcher of record. He sat down four Gray Wolves and walked none.
WPI made it a 4-0 start to the 2024 season with a 19-2 victory over Cairn on Tuesday afternoon at the Myrtle Beach Tournament. The loss dips the Highlanders to 2-3 on the young season. The Engineers turned a 3-0 game into a blowout, combining for 16 runs in the eighth and ninth innings. The WPI bats stayed hot, combining for 15 hits in the game, while starting pitcher Joseph Peregrim tossed a gem. He went seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits, while striking out three to nab his first win of the season. Offensively, Jacob Hand drove in four runs on the day, while Andrew Cash picked up three hits with three RBI. Matt Shea and Tommy Burns drove in two runs each, while Zachary Roethlein had three hits and Gavin George (Salem, NH) added a pair of doubles.
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| Hiram used the big inning to its advantage on Tuesday morning, as a four-run fourth inning erased a 2-0 deficit and eventually lifted the team to a 7-6 victory over Rockford at Terry Park. It's the team's first win over Rockford since 2003; the Regents had won the previous five games in the all-time matchup. The Terriers also move to 2-2 this season, with four more games remaining on their Florida trip. Hiram athletics photo |
Wilkes finished off their rain-postponed doubleheader against Penn State Behrend on Tuesday morning at the Lawnwood Baseball Complex, defeating the Lions 4-0 in seven innings to split the two-game series. The game resumed play in the top of the second inning with the bases loaded and one out for Wilkes, who held a 3-0 lead. Colonels' pitcher Zachary Lloyd picked up right where he left off on Sunday, frustrating the Lions' bats with soft contact. Lloyd (1-0) went the distance on the bump, pitching seven complete innings with 10 strikeouts while only allowing three hits to earn the shutout win. Alessi and Morgan accounted for both of Wilkes' RBIs as Loch was disciplined at the plate, taking two walks. In the regularly scheduled game on Tuesday, Wilkes defeated Lebanon Valley 6-4.
Ithaca played Elmira at the Gutchess Sports Complex in Cortland on Tuesday afternoon and came away with a 10-1 non-conference victory. Ithaca has now won three straight games and is 3-2 overall heading into its spring break trip to South Carolina. The IC offense produced 13 hits in the win, including four that went for extra bases, while the pitching staff surrendered just six hits and struck out 13. Camden Laney was a home run away from the cycle as he went 3-for-5, while Ethan McDonough was 3-for-3 with a stolen base. Tyler Pugliese went 2-for-3, while Luca Pipia notched a pinch-hit single.
Westminster (Pa.) posted a 12-1 victory over Penn College at The Ripken Experience Tuesday afternoon. Senior left-hander Logan Exler picked up his first win of the year after allowing just one hit and striking out a career-high eight in six innings. Senior right-hander Trevor Leighty and sophomore righty Tyler Parsons fired scoreless eighth and ninth innings. The Titans piled up 18 hits in Tuesday's win, including six doubles. Senior center fielder Matthew Randza was 4-for-5 with two doubles, four RBIs and two runs scored while senior catcher Chase Tomko went 4-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a pair of runs scored. Senior designated hitter Jake Dockum was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored.
After seeing Valley Forge overcome a big early deficit and take a one-run lead, Geneva rallied late, using an RBI-double from sophomore Kirk Bearjar and great relief pitching from junior Zach Lemansky to secure an 8-7 victory over the Patriots. Geneva improved to 2-1 with the win. Valley Forge added two more runs to take its first lead of the game, 7-6, capping off six straight runs for the Patriots. Zach Lemansky came in from the bullpen midway through the inning and prevented further damage, and it was his work in relief that was key to the Geneva win. Lemansky completely shut down the Valley Forge attack. In fact, he retired all 12 batters he faced. The Geneva offense rewarded him with a win when Bearjar's RBI-double in the eighth proved the deciding run. Lemansky finished off the win with a strikeout, 8-7.
Brandeis University scored three runs in the first inning and went on to add runs in each of their first five at-bats as the Judges picked up their first win of the season, 13-8, over the host Trinity College Bantams today. Seven of the nine Brandeis starters had hits and all nine reached base at least once, as the Judges had 12 hits and nine walks. Dylan Walsh led the hit parade, going 3-for-6 with three RBI, two runs scored and a double. Graduate student Marc Maestri earned the win, the sixth of his career. He threw 5.2 innings of work, allowing eight hits and eight runs (seven earned), walking two and striking out five. Dimitri Skourides earned his first collegiate save with 3.1 scoreless innings. He shut down the Bantams with just two hits and two walks, striking out three. Trinity's 10 hits were split among eight players, with William Frain going 3-5 with two runs scored, a double and a triple to highlight the hosts offense.
Sal Serici drove in four runs with his 3rd inning grand slam to left field to help propel Immaculata over Buena Vista 19-7 this afternoon. Matthew Long picked up his first win of the season, going four innings allowing six hits and one earned run while picking up five strikeouts. Thomas DeSarno came on in relief of Long striking out six in three innings of work. The Mighty Macs offense exploded for 19 hits in the high scoring showdown. The team showed a patient approach at the plate with 10 walks on the afternoon.
Nate Schikore pitched five scoreless innings and allowed just two singles, to start Willamette on its way to a 12-0 victory over Bethany Lutheran on the run rule in seven innings at John Lewis Field on Tuesday. Schikore, 1-0, picked up his first win for WU in his first start. Relievers Matthew Mason and Roman Mahler each threw one scoreless and hitless inning. On offense, Charlie Ferbet led the way by going 3 of 4 at the plate with a triple, one run scored, and two RBIs. Willamette has opened their 2024 season with eight straight wins.