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| Keuka earned their first win of the 2024 season, defeating Bard College 17-5 on Tuesday afternoon in Florida. Anthony Laurinitis pitched the complete game to get the win for Keuka College (1-8). The junior stuck out six in the outing. At the plate, Kyle Wood (pictured), RJ Murphy, and Shane Daley each had a pair of hits. Wood accounted for six runs for the Wolves, scoring three and driving in three against Bard. Keuka athletics photo |
Phil Sedalis had four hits, including a home run, as #7 Rowan exploded for a 20-8 win at Haverford in non-league baseball action in the Profs' first game back after their Florida trip, improving to 10-2 on the season. Sedalis went 4-for-6, scoring two runs and driving in four as he hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning. Tyler Cannon, Dylan Maria, Anthony Schooley, Jason Morgan, Nick Struble and Joey Bogart each had three hits in the game. Maria knocked in three runs and Struble hit a home run as Rowan got 16 hits and took advantage of seven errors by the home team. Charlie Russell (1-1) earned his first victory of the year in 3.1 innings of relief as he struck out three. Starter Jake Reese worked 2.2 innings while Shane Sax and Nick Cugino also saw time on the mound.
UW-Stevens Point (3-4) handed newly minted No. 1 Endicott (10-1) its first loss, 8-4, to begin a split against ranked teams on Tuesday. In the nightcap, UWSP was shut out, 6-0, by No. 13 Johns Hopkins (9-5). Bradley Comer provided the big blow with a bases-clearing three-run double in a seven-run sixth inning that put the Pointers in control against Endicott. It was one of three hits on the day for Comer. Freshman Jackson Adams had four hits on the day, including his first career three-hit performance against JHU. Anthony Tomczak added three hits over the two games.
Johns Hopkins put on a clinic in its doubleheader against seventh-ranked Wisconsin-La Crosse and Wisconsin-Stevens Point Tuesday, cruising past the Eagles 8-0 before completing the near-perfect day with a 6-0 win over the Pointers. The Blue Jays took lead early in Tuesday's opener and never looked back en route to an 8-0 win over No. 9 Wisconsin-La Crosse. Bearden Awadzi was phenomenal on the mound tossing seven shutout innings, with contributions across the board at the plate lifting Hopkins to the statement win. Awadzi's seven innings pitched are a career-high, with the combined shutout serving as his first of the year and third of his career. The sophomore ranks second among starters in ERA at just 1.69 in 16 innings of work. Grumbles still boasts a 0.00 ERA four appearances into his college career. The freshman's two innings pitched and four strikeouts from today are both career-highs. The Blue Jays picked up right where they left off in Game 2, earning their second shutout of the day with a 6-0 win over Wisconsin-Stevens Point, which had just beaten top-ranked Endicott in its first game of the day. Kieren Collins continued to command the mound, allowing two hits in his final two innings before the graduate student gave way to William Boneno, who allowed just one hit and struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings to lock up the team's second combined shutout of the afternoon. With the win, Collins moves to 3-0 on the year. His 19 career wins ranks as the 17th most in program history, with his ERA of 1.11 leading all starters this season.
Case Western Reserve graduate student first baseman Dane Camphausen and senior designated hitter Zack Carinci each homered as the Spartans rolled to a 10-6 win over Grove City College at Nobby's Ballpark in Cleveland on Tuesday afternoon. It was the second straight win for the Spartans and their fourth in the last five games, as CWRU improved to 10-5 for the season. Grove City fell to 8-7 with the loss. Carinci finished the game two-for-three with the home run, three RBIs, and a run scored. James Powers added a two-for-four day at the plate with a double, a triple, two RBIs, and three runs, raising his batting average to .348. Camphausen was two-for-five with the home run and two RBIs. The Spartans finished the game with 10 hits and stole a season-high eight bases. Junior Jackson Brewer allowed one run on three hits in three innings of work out of the bullpen to earn the win and improve to 3-0 on the year. Grove City starter Nick Guidas took the loss, falling to 1-3 for the campaign.
The Mass-Maritime Buccaneers took on the 8-3 Suffolk Rams on Tuesday in Boston and after falling behind 6-5 late. Jack Marsden delivered a three RBI triple in the top of the ninth to help the Bucs past the Rams in non-conference play. AJ Pietrafesa extended his hitting streak to 18 games with two hits. Costa Beechin, and Evan Vieira each had two hits as well. Alec Marsden drove in three on his bases clearing triple. Pietrafesa drove in two runs. Pietrafesa added twiple to go along with Marsden's as the only two extra base hits for the Bucs. Harry Painter recorded three hits for the Rams.
Southwestern (8-10) earned their second ranked win in a three-day span on Tuesday night, defeating the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders (15-3), 9-6, on Rockwell Family Field. The Pirate's hitting was consistent throughout the night against the Crusaders, scoring multiple runs in the bottom of the second and fifth innings and runs scored in five out of eight opportunities at the plate. The Pirate's efficiency with the bats led them to a 9-6 victory over UMHB. Tres Organ led the Pirates in RBIs with a sac fly, a sac bunt, and a ground out in the game. Owen Stevenson hit a single-run home run in the bottom of the fourth to give the Pirates the lead. Jacob Tanner put up one hit, two runs, and one RBI against the Crusaders. Garrett Guinn got the win on the mound, and Braden Anderson the save for the Pirates. The Southwestern defense turned a 123 double play between Cam Roberson, James Vaquero, and Alexander Cannata. The Crusaders accumulated five errors on the night to the Pirate's zero.
Hood College took a 10-10 ballgame into the ninth inning before scoring 14 runs to speed past Penn St. Abington 24-10. Austin Rhue went 5-for-6 on the day in the leadoff spot. He tallied three runs scored, one walk and six RBIs. In the ninth inning, the Blazers would then take insurance runs seriously. Four straight batters walked would load the bases again before Matthew Stout for the first of 14 ninth inning runs. Keegan Brennan traded places with Rhue scoring yet another run before Paz sent a ball out of the park over the left field fence to put the bow on the 24-10 game. For Hood, 16 runners reached base safely, 14 runs were scored, seven walks were drawn, 5 extra-base hits were hit, two pitching changes were made and one game was won.
Penn State Harrisburg picked up its fourth win of the season over a nationally-ranked opponent with an 8-3 victory over No. 25 York (Pa.) on Tuesday afternoon. Josh Berzonski earned the win by striking out seven in the final five innings after Danny Eden turned in another quality start. Coy Schwanger, Drew Sassaman, Carlos Irizarry, Matt Isaac, and Braeden Piotrowski all had three-hit games. Behind stellar efforts from Berzonski and Eden, the Lions (12-5) held a York (Pa.) squad averaging more than 11 runs per game to just three on Tuesday afternoon to extend their recent win streak to eight in a row. The win was Penn State Harrisburg's fourth win this season over a nationally-ranked team. The Lions are 4-4 this spring against ranked opponents.
Concordia Texas was victorious against 12th-ranked Trinity (Texas), winning 8-7. Leadoff hitter Colby Christian went yard twice & Chris Morrow also homered at Gardner-Boggs Field on Tuesday. Concordia got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the second when a sacrifice fly by Aaron Gomez scored Kalen Clark. The Tigers took a 2-1 lead in the top of the third, but Christian then hammered his homer deep to left for a 2-2 score. Trinity responded with three runs in the fourth for a 5-2 lead, but a two-run shot by Christian & a solo homer by Chris Morrow tied the game in the fifth. Later in the frame with the bases loaded, Gomez was walked to score Brandon Goynes. CTX made it a 7-5 game when Goynes laid down a bunt that scored Christian for his third run in the sixth. The Tornados then added another insurance run when Efren Sanchez Jr. laid down a bases-loaded bunt to score Matthew Armes in the seventh. Down to their final three outs, Trinity loaded the bases with an 8-5 CTX lead. The Tigers scored two runs, but Concordia would close out their opponents for the win.
Wheaton (Ill.) edged the University of Chicago in a Tuesday night non-conference thriller with a 7-6 victory. Junior Mason Diel knocked in the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth to ensure the walk-off win. The Thunder put up seven runs on nine hits while Chicago tallied six runs on 10 hits, matching the Thunder with two errors apiece. Sophomore Will McCluskey made his season debut on the mound, striking out three batters across the first 2.1 innings and allowing two earned runs. The bullpen did not allow an earned run for the Thunder, as Rutledge Feltel struck out one batter in 1.2 innings of relief. Joshua Liu had a stellar relief appearance, only allowing three hits in 3.1 innings. Senior John McCraith earned his second win of the season with 1.2 innings of scoreless work. He allowed one hit and struck out one Chicago batter. Along with the walk-off single, Mason Diel finished the day 3-5 with three RBI, including a two-run home run. Luke Hamm had a successful evening, ripping two doubles, an RBI, and a run, finishing 2-3 at the plate.
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| Connor Maryniak and Jason Sanfilippo both homered and Garrett McIlhenney had two extra-base hits and two RBI as the Misericordia University baseball team edged Swarthmore, 6-5, Tuesday. Misericordia athletics photo by Madi Welliver Photography |
Elizabethtown started off the week in thrilling fashion defeated Landmark Conference foe, Catholic 15-12 on a chilly Tuesday afternoon. Zach Silfies had a career-day on the mound in relief, pitching 4.1 innings recording a career-high nine strikeouts with just 16 batters faced. David Woolley went 4-6 with three runs, and three RBIs. Quinten Perilli went 2-4 with three runs, two RBIs, a double and a home run. AJ Bednar went 3-5 with one run and one RBI. The score remained 12-8 until Etown would score three more runs in the ninth that would eventually ensure the Blue Jays 15-12 win over Catholic. The Cardinals threatened Etown in the bottom of the ninth, loading the bases early in the inning. First year, Maximus Polun came in for Etown on the mound striking out one before the Cardinals would ground out two to end the game.
New Jersey City University got back in the win column while on the road tonight, Tuesday after defeating the Bearcats of Baruch College 11-6. The Gothic Knights scored a season-high 11 runs to pick up their third victory of the year. NJCU scored a season-high 11 runs as all nine Gothic Knight batters got hits, the first time they have done so this year.
Leaning on a strong pitching performance headlined by a 10-strikeout day from fifth-year senior starter Dylan Weber (3-1), nationally-ranked Christopher Newport won 10-1 decision on the road at Marymount University Tuesday afternoon. The Captains improved to 11-5 overall this season after Weber and two relievers combined for a three-hitter, holding the host Saints to just one run, while the Captains offense exploded for 10 runs on 11 hits led by a four-hit day by Zach Dzarnowski. Dzarnowski rapped three singles and an RBI triple in the game for the first four-hit performance of his career. He drove in a game-high three runs and scored once while raising his season's average over forty points to .350 on the season. In addition, seven other CNU players logged one hit in the game including doubles by Josh Reinhold and Eric Wilson and a pinch-hit RBI single by rookie Cameron Slough. The CNU offense scored nine runs after the first four innings to pull away from Marymount, but the first time through the order the starting pitchers were locked in a duel. Weber struck out thre ein the first two innings before the Saints got a runner in scoring position with an infield single and a stolen base. That would set up an RBI double from Bobby Leitzel that proved to be the only mis-step of the day for CNU pitching. From there, Weber was locked in.
Tufts had to rally from three deficits, but the Jumbos were able to knock off No. 11 La Verne 11-9 in a non-conference contest that took two days to complete due to a lightning stoppage Monday at Ben Hines Field. Monday saw the game go four and half innings before the game was stopped due to lightning in the area. With storms looking to stay in the Southern California area for the remainder of the night, the game was suspended with resumption slated for Tuesday. Tufts got two big insurance runs in the top of the ninth, as Patrick Solomon ripped a two-out, two-run triple into the right-field corner to bring Jackson Reydel and Owen McKiernan around to up the Tufts' lead to 11-8. La Verne would have the tying run up three times in the bottom of the ninth, but Robert Gray worked around the jam to secure the win. Beindorff tossed three innings of relief Monday, allowing three earned runs, while Liam Wilson got the win as he worked three innings Tuesday while surrendering three hits and striking out two. Gray came in to get the save as he fanned two and scattered two hits over two innings.
St. Joseph's University (L.I.) held on for an 11-9 non-conference win over Kean University at Gregg Alfano Field on Tuesday afternoon. Junior Jordan Ramlogan went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored. Sophomore Joe Hackal was 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs and two RBIs. Junior Mike DiFilippo and freshman Scott Northrop both finished with two hits combining for two runs and three RBIs. SJLI reliever Charles Aurandt was credited with the win entering the game in the third after starter Jack Kelly was struck by a line drive. Aurandt allowed just one run on two hits with a pair of Ks in 3.1 innings of relief. Morabito earned his second save of the season retiring the only batter he faced.
Penn College split a nonconference doubleheader against Pitt-Bradford Tuesday. The Wildcats are 5-9 after a 9-8 win in 11 innings in game one and a 6-4 setback in the nightcap. With the game deadlocked at eight, in the bottom the 11th inning, Ethan Stahl scored from third on a wild pitch to secure the win for Penn College. The Wildcats took a 6-0 lead in the third inning with RBI singles from Shawn Townsend, Adam Aldenderfer, Jaydon Goebel, and John Croasdale, and a two-run triple from Matt Munoz. Bradford added three in the fourth to make it 6-3. Penn College added two in the bottom of the fourth on Brandon Shane's double and Kevin Cute's bases-loaded walk. Pitt pulled within one, 8-7, four in the fifth and tied the game on an inside-the-park homer in the seventh. In game two, the Panthers took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first before the Wildcats evened the game in the bottom of the frame with RBIs by Townsend and Matt Bailor. An error in the second gave PCT a 3-2 advantage before the Panthers tied the game in the third and took a 6-3 lead in the fifth. Cute's single in the seventh made it 6-4 but PCT ended the game with the bases loaded.
Heidelberg knocked off the Adrian Bulldogs on Tuesday afternoon, 5-4. With the score knotted at 1-1 in the fourth inning, a Braedy Limke three-run bomb to right field proved to be the backbreaker for the Bulldogs. An insurance run in the seventh helped HU claim the 5-4 victory. Logan Franz (1-1) got the win in today's game. He went five innings, giving up two runs on six hits. Dylan Matusak went three innings only giving up two hits and one run. Corey Brafford earned the first save of the season for Heidelberg. Braedy Limke was the lone Berg batter to tally two hits on the day which included the critical three-run home run. Aidan Corrigan, Reece McNeely, and Kyle Krummen all added one hit in the win. Neither team would score in the ninth, setting up The Berg to secure the win in the final frame. The Bulldogs did add another run in the final inning, but yet another double play for the Student Princes -- the fourth of the game -- sealed the victory for the hosts.
Plattsburgh State used another strong offensive effort to pick up their sixth win in their last seven games, defeating Old Westbury 14-12. Joey Di Rocco led the Cardinal offense on the day as he was 4-5 with three RBI and tied a single-game program record with three doubles. Aidan Diltz had two hits for Plattsburgh, bringing in three runs and scoring three times. Nick Cergol and Adam Wein each drove in three runs, while Conner Gonzalksi was on base four times and Jack DeFayette had two hits. Tyler Kohn made his first career start on the mound and was excellent for the Cards, going four scoreless innings and striking out four while allowing just two hits and one walk. Nick Goldberg went 2.2 innings in relief to earn the win, giving up no earned runs, and Eric Agan picked up the save recording the final out of the game.
Elmhurst used a historic offensive output to down Knox, 21-7, in seven innings Tuesday afternoon at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. Elmhurst (3-9) scored the most runs in a game since the 2017 season, tallying 21 runs on 12 hits in the game, to move past Knox College (4-7) and improve to 3-2 during their time in Florida. Despite the Prairie Fire leading 6-4 after two innings, the Bluejays would use back-to-back big innings in the fourth and fifth to blow the game open, with 15 runs scored across both innings, to secure the run-rule victory. Freddie March went 1-for-4 in the game, but his one hit made the most impact as the graduate student launched a grand slam and added one more RBI on a walk to lead with five RBI on the day. Zach Kolb went 2-for-3 with four RBI in the game, and Evan Johnson added three RBI. Erik Malott tallied two RBI, while Marty Fraga, Blake Gould, Ryan Thrawl, and Tommy Wichgers also added RBI's in the contest. On the mound, Joseph Ingratta earned the win in relief, pitching four innings and giving up four hits and three runs while adding five strikeouts to improve to 2-1 on the season. Spencer Anton and John Seybold provided effective relief outings as well, with each pitching one inning and giving up a combined two hits and one run to keep the Prairie Fire at bay.
Senior shortstop Izaiah Rivera went 2-for-5 with two home runs as Rhode Island College defeated Gordon, 8-4, at Pontarelli Field on Tuesday afternoon. Rivera hit his second homer of the season in the bottom of the second inning to tie the game at 1-1. Senior designated hitter Cole Podedworny went 2-for-5 with two RBI as he hit singles in the third and fourth innings to bring in Anchormen runs. Junior first basemen Daniel Trzepacz went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and two walks as he hit a two-run single in the seventh to give the hosts a 7-2 advantage. Rivera belted a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth. Senior reliever Jake Randall came into the game in the top of the eighth as the Fighting Scots had the bases loaded with no outs and one run already across. He got out of the frame, allowing only a run, and slammed the door in the ninth for his first career save. Freshman reliever Misael Laboy earned his first career win (1-0), giving up just a single hit and striking out three batters in 2.1 innings of work.
The Pitt-Greenburg offense exploded in a 15-13 win over Chatham. In all, 28 runs and 32 hits were spread across Bobcat Park today as Chatham and Pitt-Greensburg had no shortage of offense in the first of the team's home and home match ups this week. Sophomore James Domer hit the game-winning home run and earned his first collegiate win on the mound, 1.1 innings, securing the final four outs. The Bobcats had eight extra-base hits in the game, including two doubles and two home runs by Domer. After the Bobcats gave up nine runs in the second inning, three of which were earned, sophomore Calvin Bernard came in and steadied the ship, pitching 3.1 innings and giving up just one run over four hits. Four Bobcats had multi-hit games including Thomas Smith who went 3-for-5 with three RBI.
Ramapo used a three run 8th inning to regain the lead as the Roadrunners defeated Washington & Jefferson College, 9-6. The Roadrunners improve to 6-4 overall while the Presidents now stand at 4-7 on the year. Will Paoli would enter in relief for the Roadrunners in the top of the ninth on the mound. Paoli induced a strikeout looking as the first out before surrendering an infield single. The Ramapo defense then turned a 4-6-3 double play to end the game and secure the 9-6 victory. Paoli earned the save, his first of the season, which tied the career saves record at Ramapo with 11. At the plate for the Roadrunners, Jack Tallent finished 4-5 with two RBI and one run scored while Zach Novakowski finished 3-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Tyler Guadagno and John Higgins each collected two hits while Higgins drove in two RBI.
Emory bounced back in a big way Tuesday afternoon, routing No. 18 Birmingham-Southern by a score of 14-3 at Chappell Park in Atlanta. The Eagles scored five runs in each of the first two innings and plated all 14 runs before the end of the fifth en route to their second-largest victory of the season. Juniors Matthew Sicoli and Blake Dincman powered the Emory offense, combining for seven of the team's 16 hits and drove in six runs between them. Sicoli went 4-for-5 with four RBI and Dincman was 3-for-4 with two RBI. Senior Jacob Grossman also had a big day at the plate, going 3-for-5 with three runs scored and tied an Emory single-game record with three doubles. Freshman JT Rattigan was impressive once again on the mound, taking advantage of the ample amount of run support provided to him from the bats in his second career start. Rattigan improved to 4-0 with five strong innings on Tuesday, allowing two runs on two hits and three walks while striking out three. The five innings marked his longest outing to date.
For the third time this season, Eastern Connecticut State University collected more than 20 hits in a game, and in a ten-run seventh inning, set a program record for extra bases and tied the record for triples on the way to a 19-0 non-conference victory over New England College Tuesday afternoon in the 2024 home-opener at the Eastern Baseball Stadium. Nine of Eastern's 22 hits in the game went for extra bases (two doubles, four triples, three home runs) as the Warriors (7-5) eased to their sixth straight win following a 1-5 start. It marked the ninth time in program history that the team had four triples, the first time in 13 seasons. New England (1-13) was limited to eight singles by four pitchers, with first-year sophomore lefty transfer Justin Marks fanning an Eastern-best 11 batters in his second start (fourth appearance) and giving up five hits and one walk and departing after five innings with a 6-0 lead. Junior righty Mike Furgalack closed out the team's first shutout of the season by fanning the side after hitting the first batter that he faced in the ninth.
Another walk-off home run for Dane Jones, this one was a no-doubter grand slam to finish the 10th inning and secure a 9-6 win for LeTourneau over Lyon on Tuesday night. It was the first walk-off grand slam for the LeTourneau baseball program in the NCAA era (since 1999) and the first extra inning walk-off home run since March 30th, 2018. Lyon (4-12) took a lead in the 10th inning when Garrett Graef led off with a single and was worked around by Ashton Compton who put the ball in play. Graef took advantage of a couple of errors to make it home and give the Scots a 6-5 lead. LeTourneau (8-11) did not take long to answer back. Carter Amarantos led off with a double down the third base line. Jonah McDaniel put one over the shortstop's head and down for a base hit. Then Ethan Wood walked to juice the bases. Zach Zarko ran the count full before he popped out in foul territory the the basemen only to bring up Dane Jones with two outs. Dane Jones took the first pitch and shot it over the field house in left field for a walk-off grand slam. His second walk-off in three days as he hit one against Concordia on Sunday in the bottom of the ninth.
The North Park Vikings played their home opener against the Eureka College Red Devils, winning the contest 18-4 in seven innings. The Vikings set a new single-game steals record with nine, led by three from sophomore outfielder Joe Perona. Junior left hander Brett Ravitz made his first collegiate start on the mound, going 5.0 innings while surrendering three runs on four hits, punching out three hitters. Ravitz also earned his first collegiate win in the home opener. Senior left hander Brett Brueske came in to pitch in the 6th, allowing just one hit while retiring each Red Devil hitter via strikeout. Junior outfielder Nate Sommerfeld cracked his first long ball of the year, crushing a three-run homer to left-center in the fifth inning. The Vikings set a single-game stolen base record with nine bags in today's contest. Perona led the steals effort with 3, followed by senior second baseman Justin Swanson (2), junior outfielder Alex DiVito (1), Sommerfeld (1), junior shortstop Reece Arakaki (1), and senior third baseman Ethan Raspolich (1). Senior left hander Mason Carlisle worked the 7th inning, surrendering one run and and striking out one.
Pacific feasted on Linfield pitching Tuesday, cranking out 15 hits, including three home runs and two doubles to defeat the Wildcats 9-3. The Boxers scored three runs in the top of the second inning to take a 3-1 lead and never trailed again. Pacific added one run in the third, one in the seventh and four insurance runs in the ninth. Jake Gallagher went 3-for-4 with a double, home run, two runs and three RBIs to lead the Boxers at the plate. Dawson Tokishi was also 3-for-4 with a walk and scored two runs. Matt Gibbs and Walker Matthews hit home runs in the victory. Joey Harmon earned the win on the mound, allowing two hits and no earned runs with two strikeouts over four innings. With the win, Pacific improved to 13-3 overall and 3-2 in the Northwest Conference.
WPI handed visiting Roger Williams its first loss of the season, taking a wild 18-16 win on Tuesday afternoon at the New England Baseball Complex. The win lifts the Engineers to 10-3 overall, while the Hawks go to 9-1. WPI belted five homers in the game with Andrew Cash and Jacob Hand each collecting two, while Tommy Burns also added a dinger. Cash finished with three hits and seven total RBI, while Hand had three hits and drove in five runs. Burns also collected three hits, driving in three. Also for the Engineers, Jonathan Lattimer had two hits with an RBI, while Jack Zawacki and DJ Brooks drove in runs. On the bump, Dominic Monico got the win for WPI, throwing 1.1 innings, allowing three runs on two hits with two strikeouts. Ryan Camp suffered the loss for Roger Williams, going one inning, allowing five earned runs on five hits. Offensively for the Hawks, Jack Morin led the team with six RBI, adding three hits and three runs scored. Dennis Folan drove in three runs, while Owen Hibbard and Nick Sheehan each had two-hit, two-RBI games. Ty Cali, London Camelo, and Mike Uriati also drove in runs for Roger Williams.
Matthew Storch erupted for five hits in the 20-1 win over John Jay this afternoon at Weequahic Park in non-conference action. Rutgers-Newark (11-4) won its 3rd straight game using 25 hits to do so. Storch tallied his 100th career hit and finished the game 5-for-6 with 5 RBIs and five runs scored while Dario Morales and Michael Weinbel added three hits and 3 RBIs each. On the hill, Connor Baksh (3-0) picked up his third win behind a five-inning showing where he allowed one hit and struck out five batters. John Jay (5-9) tallied two hits and played clean baseball in the field.
Bethany Lutheran played Martin Luther on Tuesday afternoon and posted 35 total runs in a pair of wins to open the UMAC slate. The Vikings, who move to 4-7 on the year, won the first game 13-3 before defeating the Knights 22-5 in game two. The Vikings opened the scoring in the first contest as Nolan Spence would drive in a pair of runs in the top of the first inning to get things rolling. Bethany would keep the scoring going in the second and third inning. Aidan Russell and Connor Jones would then each hit home runs in the eighth, with Jones' homer bringing in two runs before a Knights error gave the Vikings a 13-3 lead that they would hold onto in the bottom half for the 10-run rule. Game two was more of the same. Eight different players would record hits in the inning with Will Carlson reaching base twice and scoring both time to help put them up 22-5 and claim the win.