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| UW-La Crosse opened Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a doubleheader split with UW-Platteville Friday afternoon at Copeland Park. The Eagles won the opener 6-5 and the Pioneers were 11-4 victors in game two. UW-La Crosse athletics photo |
In one of the most highly-anticipated matchups of the regular season, fifth-ranked Salisbury relied on strong pitching and a big fifth inning to take down the third-ranked Shenandoah Hornets, 4-2, on Friday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. Danny Sheeler then plated the go-ahead run with a sac fly, and Dom Frigiola tagged an RBI single to left to put Salisbury ahead 4-2. Shenandoah threatened in the sixth, putting two men on with two out, but Garrett Beaver came in from the bullpen to induce a weak groundout to short to end the threat. The Hornets put two more on with back-to-back walks in the top of the ninth, but Beaver held the line again, forcing Frankie Ritter to ground into the game-ending out at short. The win snaps a three-game Salisbury losing streak against Shenandoah dating back to April 2021.
Pacific's offense woke up Friday afternoon, recording 14 hits in a 16-5 victory over La Verne to avoid the series sweep. After dropping game one 4-2 Thursday night, the Boxers fell 7-5 Friday morning in game one. Pacific's offense got off to a slow start in game one, falling behind 4-0 after four innings. The Boxers scored one run in the top of the fifth and three in the sixth to tie the game at 4-4. However, La Verne answered with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. The Boxers and Leopards each added a run in the eighth inning. In the nightcap, the Boxers jumped out to a 7-0 lead and scored in every inning to win the final game of the series. Benjamin Lewis was 4-for-5 with three doubles, four runs and three RBIs. Colyer finished 2-for-3 with a double, home run, three runs and two RBIs. Trevor Kazahaya went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI in the win. Ayden Ruminski earned the win on the mound, allowing two hits and one run over 1 2/3 innings.
Junior Eli Somers had four hits and scored three runs as Stevens defeated Delaware Valley 10-6 in a MAC Freedom contest Friday afternoon. Sophomore Erik Sibbach (6-1) earned the victory for Stevens. He lasted six and two-thirds innings and gave up four hits and three runs while striking out nine. Senior Jacob Buurman (2) picked up the save, striking out both batters he faced in the ninth with the bases loaded. The Ducks (13-6, 5-2 MAC Freedom) hop back into the win column after losing their last time out. The Ducks have won five-straight contests in MAC Freedom play after dropping their first two. They will be back in action tomorrow with two more against the Aggies.
Ithaca College improved its season record to 11-4 and remained perfect in the Liberty League in a 14-8 victory against St. Lawrence University on Friday to open a three-game series with the Saints. The Saints put together a rally in the fifth inning with two RBI singles, resulting in three runs to cut IC's lead to 8-6. IC put pressure on the bases in the sixth inning with two runs and the Bombers bats stayed hot in the seventh adding to the Ithaca lead. Ryan Laubscher's hitting display continued as he popped his second two-run home run on the day to push Ithaca's lead to a commanding 14-6. The Saints punched back, scoring two runs in the bottom half of the inning to cut the deficit, however, it would not be enough as the Bombers secured the 14-8 win.
Notching one of the most meaningful regular-season wins in the program's NCAA era, Brevard (13-8, 6-1 USA South) took down nationally-ranked no. 18 North Carolina Wesleyan University (15-6, 5-2 USAS) 12-6 on Friday evening in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. With the win, Brevard secured its first ranked victory since March 16, 2019, when the Tornados knocked off a ranked Huntingdon College team at Gil Coan Field. Three Tornados recorded multiple hits in the victory, while eight out of BC's nine starting position players notched base hits in the massive USA South Conference victory for Brevard.
Heidelberg earned an impressive conference sweep of visiting Mount Union on a brisk Friday afternoon in Peaceful Valley. Heidelberg won a pitcher's duel in the opener, 3-2, then won a wild 9-6 nightcap. Andrew Cook led the way with four hits on the day, including two doubles and a prodigious two-run homer. He finished with four RBIs. Mount inched to within one in the eighth, but squandered a big opportunity. The first two batters sent singles up the middle and a passed ball put runners on the corners. A sacrifice fly plated a run. A walk put runners on first and second with one out and ended the day for 'Berg starter Jackson Powers. Closer Corey Brafford entered and promptly drilled his first batter to load the bases. On a 1-0 pitch, Brafford induced a 6-3 inning-ending double play. Powers (4-0) was stellar in 7.1 innings. He allowed two runs on five hits, striking out five. Brafford earned his second save of the season, finishing the game with a 1-2-3 ninth. Mount played from in front in the second game, plating four runs in the top of the second. Heidelberg roared back in the home half of the seventh. Corbin Caplan, who came on in relief in the third, finished off six strong innings by working out of a two-on, no-out jam in the eighth. He scattered five hits. Brafford entered in the ninth and earned his second save on the day. He allowed one run to score, but did not allow Mount Union to gather any momentum.
Two clutch rallies propelled Hope College to an 8-1 and 6-5 sweep at Trine University on Friday in the MIAA opener for both teams. Big innings by Hope led to the two wins. In Game 1, the Flying Dutchmen sent all nine batters to the plate in the top of the first inning and grabbed a 4-0 lead. In Game 2, eight batters produced a go-ahead, two-run rally during Hope's final at-bat in the bottom of the eighth.
Linfield's 22 total hits weren't enough to get past Willamette as the Bearcats swept the doubleheader on Friday afternoon at John Lewis Field. The Wildcats lost an offensive dual in game one, falling 17-9 before being edged again in game two 7-3. Hits were plenty in the first bout as the two sides totaled 18 and 16 hits respectively. Willamette (17-4, 10-4 NWC) scored at least one run in every inning but one. The top three hitters in the Bearcats' lineup combined for nine runs and nine hits. Tassos Foster and Jeff Hoffman each each hit a home run while Drew Baskin led all hitters with four RBIs. Layton Wagner earned his fifth win of the season after holding the Wildcats scoreless in the first four innings and racking up six strikeouts. Linfield's lead in the second inning was short-lived after Willamette responded with four runs in the home half of the frame. The Wildcats plated two more runs in the sixth and eighth innings while the Bearcats scored three runs across the fifth and seven frames.
Steven Verespey (3-2) earned the win after hurling seven innings surrendering one earned run and adding four punch outs. Jeff Hoffman and Carter Stoltz each hit home runs while Stoltz and Adam Birt combined for five of six Bearcat RBIs.
For the second time this season Buena Vista pounded out 20 hits in a game, including seven for extra-bases, as the Beavers powered their way to an 11-6 road victory to begin the three-game weekend series at Coe College on Friday afternoon. Junior third baseman Drew Taylor chalked up his first career five-hit game and also set a new career-high with three doubles to help lead the way while also scoring three times. Junior catcher Evan Taylor had a monster day of his own at the plate with three hits. He gave BVU its first lead of the game in the fifth inning with a 2-run double and then later extended the Beaver lead to 8-3 in the sixth with a 2-run home run. His four RBI matched a career-high set in the season opener last season.
An offensive onslaught was an understatement Friday afternoon for the State University of New York at New Paltz. The Hawks made program history by batting in 30 runs against visiting Fredonia Friday on Loren Campbell Memorial Field before finalizing a 30-2 seven-inning win to also solidify the biggest margin of victory ever. The previous record in written history was a 25-7 win against Skidmore in 1977 with the team's most recent 20-run outing coming in 2007 in a 22-6 win over Old Westbury in 2007. SUNY New Paltz's offense has been clicking all season, but on Friday nearly every person who entered the game got in on the action as 13 different players recorded a hit and 15 different runners scored with the Hawks totaling 27 hits, 11 of which were extra base hits with five different players going yard. Tommy Kreider led the way as he went 4-for-5 with five runs and an RBI.
Cooper Fiehrer lined a two-run, walk-off single to left-center as Marietta College scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Ohio Northern, 12-11, and complete the sweep of an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader Friday afternoon. The Pioneers won game one, 7-4. With the sweep, Marietta improves to 10-11 on the season and 2-2 in the OAC. Ohio Northern falls to 9-12 on the season and 0-4 in the OAC. Fiehrer's game winning hit capped a crazy ninth inning as Ohio Northern erased a 6-2 deficit with nine runs in the top of the ninth inning only to see the Etta Express plate six runs in the bottom of the inning. In the first game of the day, Marietta scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to come from behind and beat the Polar Bears 7-4.
With a clean victory, George Fox racked up 15 hits and 10 RBIs and absolutely dominated the field, 11-4 in a perfect start to winning the weekend series. Noah Meffert had four hits and three runs from five at-bats, nearly hitting the cycle; 23 games into the season, Meffert has six triples on the year, the most in the nation and two away from tying the George Fox single season record. Jeremy Sangalang tallied up two runs and one hit, while Carson Coulter topped out the RBIs with three, followed by Bleu Ellis and Jeremy Sangalang with two each. Jared Miller made two hits and two runs from five ABs. Austin McQuilliams picked up the win after striking out nine in four innings of work. "Really good job by McQuilliams out of the pen and a solid all around offensive performance," Bruin head coach Kevin Kopple said, "Excited for the chance to compete tomorrow."
Redlands (14-13, 6-9) won game one of their Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at Chapman 8-3 as they secured the series win over the Panthers for the first time since 2021. In game two they were shutout 10-0 in seven innings. Luke De Vries walked twice and scored three times. Tyler Preece and Sebastian Mejorado each had three hits with Preece scoring twice and Mejorado adding two RBI. The Bulldogs recorded their first hit of the game on their second at bat as Anderson singled up the middle, that hit, however, was the first and last as they were shutout across seven innings.
Mary Hardin-Baylor split a Friday doubleheader with LeTourneau, falling 6-5 in extra innings before closing the series with a 13-6 win. The Cru got back on top in the opener with an RBI single from Kyle Hogwood in the fifth inning but the YellowJackets knotted it again in the sixth. Kaden deBerardinis put the Cru back on top in the seventh, scoring on a sacrifice fly from Carson Hagan. LeTourneau evened the game again in the bottom of the frame and then earned the walk off 6-5 win in the eighth. Hagan and deBerardinis led the Cru with two hits each while Hagan and Hogwood each recorded two RBI. UMHB threw a trio of pitchers in the contest with Nicklas Fenner taking the loss. UMHB totaled five runs on six hits with one error while the YellowJackets had six runs on 10 hits. UMHB came out hot in game two, scoring three first-inning runs. LeTourneau added one first-inning run but the Cru responded, putting up two more runs in the second. Chris Perez answered in the sixth, scoring Hogwood with a sacrifice fly before deBerardinis hit in both Cline and Jayden Chatman with a double to left field. LeTourneau added one more run in the seventh but UMHB walked away with the 13-6 victory.
The beginning of the season hasn't been too kind to UChicago but Friday served as a chance to start anew when they began Midwest Conference play against Illinois College. The Maroons made sure to begin MWC action on the right foot with an offensive thrashing, 13-4, of the Blueboys to start their three game Easter weekend series. UChicago (2-13, 1-0 MWC) has been saddled with early deficits during their losing streak and the same thing happened this afternoon when the Blueboys plated a pair in the bottom of the second inning. However, it was how the Maroons responded that made today's game different. The UChicago bats exploded for eight runs in the third with the frame being highlighted by dual multi-run homers from Michael Gladden and Braden Jirovec to go up by six. Illinois College (14-6, 0-1 MWC) cut the UC lead in half during their at bats in the same frame but it was a lead the Maroons would not give up. While the pitching staff kept them at four runs, the Maroon & White offense kept moving right along. They got two more runs in the fourth, one in the fifth, and two once again in the seventh as they snapped their extended skid with a nine run blowout win on the road.
Illinois Wesleyan kicked off a three-game College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin series against Carroll with a 12-2 run-rule win Friday afternoon, March 29, at Horenberger Field. IWU boosts its record to 11-7 overall and now sits level at 1-1 in league play. CU stumbled to 5-11 on the ear and 0-1 in CCIW games. Sophomore Will Davidsmeier carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning before coming away with his third win of the season. He finished with eight strikeouts over seven innings of work, while allowing two hits. Senior Alex Smith tossed a hitless eighth to close out the win. The Titans finished with 17 hits on the day, including a 4-for-5 showing from sophomore Jimmy Gurgone, who also tied for the team lead with seven runs scored. Junior William Duff went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, while senior Jacob Cyrus also drove in two.
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| Gustavus opened its conference schedule Friday with a sweep over Augsburg, winning in convincing fashion 7-0 and 15-1. The Gusties improve to 10-5 overall and 2-0 in the MIAC. Gustavus athletics photo by Jordan Modjeski |
Rochester scored double-digit runs for the fourth time in the last five games, powering past Hobart College 14-7 in a Liberty League matchup on Friday evening at UR's Towers Field. Rochester (8-10, 3-1 Liberty League) completes its home-opening 6-game homestand with the victory, going 4-2 over those six contests. Hobart falls to 5-10 on the season and is 0-3 in Liberty League play. On Friday, UR needed to rally as the visiting Statesmen jumped out to an early 4-0 lead after one and a half innings. Rochester batted around and scored six runs in the bottom half of the inning to gatb the lead for good. Thomas Blaydes (2-1) provide a terrific outing in picking up the win for Rochester, striking out a career-high seven batters across a career-long 4.2 innings. He scattered seven hits and gave up three runs, pitching into the ninth. Mark Aaronson got the final out of the game for UR.
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Luther posted its first conference win of the year, defeating Simpson College in Indianola 8-7 tonight. Luther entered the bottom of the ninth with an 8-1 lead. The Storm scored six runs on five hits in their last at-bat, giving Norse fans a good scare. Harry Blum (5-1), who was credited with the win, entered the ninth and loaded the bases. Noah Dutler took over for Blum and faced one batter, who hit a three-run double. Blake Jondle, who was credited with his fourth save, was called in to stop the Storm rally. Jondle faced four batters, allowed two hits and struck out two. He ended the game with a pick-off of pinch runner Landon Couse to end the game. During his eight innings of work, Blum faced 31 batters, allowed five runs on four hits, walked two and struck out eight. All five runs were earned. At one point, he retired 12 Storm batters in a row. Offensively, Luther tallied 12 hits, scoring twice in the first, once in the second, fifth and sixth innings, and adding three in the seventh.
Cortland remained unbeaten in SUNYAC play with a 6-3 win over visiting Plattsburgh in the first game of a three-game weekend series at Wallace Field. The teams will play a doubleheader in Cortland Saturday at noon. Devin Georgetti tossed seven shutout innings for the victory. He allowed five hits and one walk and struck out three. Plattsburgh starter Kolby Mordecki gave up five runs, two earned, on five hits over seven innings. He struck out three and walked three. Plattsburgh made things interesting with three runs in the ninth. Conner Gonzalski and Aidan Diltz led off with singles, and a one-out Dan Novelli single loaded the bases. Joey Di Rocco doubled down the left field line to bring home two runs and Ben Catrambone's groundout to short drove home a run before a groundout to second ended the game.
Finishing off the American Southwest Conference series by sweeping the double header, no. 7 East Texas Baptist University scored 22 runs with 19 hits in 15-5 and 7-5 wins over McMurry University. ETBU is now 21-6 and 11-1 in the ASC. Four different players had three hits in Brett Wagner, Michael Gallegos, Hunter Rumachik, and Dylan Burnaman. Rumachik led the way with seven RBI as Austin Barry had four and Burnaman three. Wagner, Nick Massarini, and Jacob Evangelista all had one RBI. Michael Gallegos hit his first home run of the year as Burnaman and Evangelista both added one, too. Sayers Collins and Peyton Miller received the wins as the pitching staff combined for 20 strikeouts on the day. Landry Powell recorded six, Collins five, Hayden Robichaux three, Tate Sloan and Miller two, each, and Robert Croft and Jackson Jones with one. Croft also received the save in game two
No. 21 Kalamazoo defeated Albion 9-1 in the MIAA opener on Friday. The Hornets improved their record to 12-4 (1-0 MIAA) on the season, and the Britons fell to 8-10 (0-1 MIAA) in 2024. Jacob Davis (3-1) started the conference season strong by allowing one run on eight hits over eight and a third innings with three strikeouts. Owen Schihl came in and struck out the next two batters to end the game. Harrison Poeszat was 3-4 with two doubles, a home run, three runs scored, and five runs batted in to lead the offense. Tanner Hawkins was also 3-4 with a double and a walk, scoring all four times he was on base. Ryar Rinehart was on base twice with a hit and a walk and drove in two runs.
The 16th-ranked Trinity (Texas) Tigers took the second game of this weekend's Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series with a 3-1 win over the University of St. Thomas on Friday evening. Jonathan Newman picked up the win in relief to move to 3-0 this season. He threw two shutout innings out of the bullpen, giving up just two hits and recording three strikeouts. Trajan Lee got the start and lasted 4.2 innings before giving way to his Tiger teammates. Lee gave up just one hit and recorded four strikeouts, but did walk four batters. Will Hellings got his third save of the year by pitching the final 2.1 innings, allowing one run on two hits, and striking out six batters. Trinity's offense was held to just three runs on eight hits and Cristian Holloway was the only Tiger with more than one hit in the game, going 2-for-4 with a double. Kaleb Woodward came off the bench and went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Powered by a 17-hit team effort where the Corsairs tallied up a season-high 22 runs, UMass Dartmouth took a big victory over Emerson College, 22-6, on Friday. The Corsairs improve to 8-10 overall, while the Lions drop to 3-11 overall. UMass Dartmouth saw several players contribute in their at-bats, highlighted by Tempone and Wixon, who had identical days by each going 2-for-3 with three RBI's and three runs. Bartalini was 2-for-2 with three RBI's and a run scored. 14 different Corsairs recorded hits and 10 batters recorded at least one RBI.
Penn State Harrisburg extended its recent win streak to 11 straight and remained unbeaten in United East play thanks to a convincing doubleheader sweep of conference foe Penn State Berks on Friday afternoon. Penn State Harrisburg shutout the visiting Lions 12-0 in the opener before rolling to a 12-1 victory in the second contest. Penn State Harrisburg (14-5, 4-0 United East) broke through in the third inning and never looked back in the team's game-one victory over Penn State Berks (4-15-1, 2-4-1 United East) on Saturday afternoon. Penn State Harrisburg (15-5, 5-0 United East) completed the doubleheader sweep of conference foe Penn State Berks (4-16-1, 2-5-1 United East) with a 12-1 victory in Saturday's nightcap. The hometown Lions scored early and often, beginning with a three spot in the bottom of the first that was keyed by three consecutive RBI singles from Carlos Irizarry, Dallas Hite, and Tim Haftl. They added two more in the second thanks to Kevin Lehner's double that drove in Coy Schwanger and Drew Sassaman before pushing the lead to 7-0 in the third when Schwanger hit a two-run home run. Penn State Harrisburg put up its final crooked number of the day with a five-running bottom of the fifth, using four hits, including two doubles, and a pair of walks to blow the game open.
Mitchell College came out on top in both games of a doubleheader against GNAC foe New England College on Friday afternoon, topping the Pilgrims 4-1 in the opener, before cruising to a 10-3 victory in game two. The Pilgrims jumped out to an early one run lead in the top of the first when junior Brady Philibotte singled, moved to third following a passed ball and an error, then came around to score on a single through the left side off the bat of senior Brett Patnode. From there, the Mitchell pitching silenced the NEC bats, as senior Camren Varney picked up his first win of the season by tossing seven innings of one run ball, allowing just four hits and two walks, while striking out seven. Sophomore Jacob Quiles came out of the bullpen and tossed two no-hit innings for his first save of the spring, striking out four Pilgrims along the way. After a quiet first inning in game two, the Mariners pounded on NEC starter Christopher Chagnon for 10 runs on ten hits in the first six innings.
Keystone took both games of their doubleheader as they defeated the University of Valley Forge 21-13 and 12-0 Friday afternoon at Christy Mathewson Field. Chase Boyle went 5-for-5 with five RBI. The junior infielder crushed a two-run home run in the fourth inning. Jacob Yager went 3-for-4 with four RBI. Darren Hagan went 2-for-4 with a solo home run. Brayan Villar got the start and win as he went 4.2 innings with four strikeouts. Fisher Sheffield, Julian Gonzalez, and Dylan Byler appeared in relief. Byler struck out four batters in his outing. In game two, Hagan went 3-for-4 with one RBI. Yager went 2-for-3 with five RBI as he had three run home run and two RBI-double. Hunter Rauch went 3-for-3 with three runs scored. Griffin Yastremski recorded two hits which was highlighted by a two-run. Justice Ramirez was solid on the mound as he went five innings and allowed one hit, no earned runs with five strikeouts. Nick Gravel pitched the last two innings of the second game and had five strikeouts as well.
Sul Ross State split the doubleheader with the University of the Ozarks Eagles on Friday afternoon at Clarksville High School's Dave Ross Baseball Stadium. The Lobos took Game 1 by a score of 2-1 before dropping the series finale 11-1 in seven innings. In the opener, the Eagles led 1-0 in the bottom of the first after a solo home run. Sul Ross State answered back in the top of the second by scoring two runs. Alvaro Hernandez brought in Peyten Kennard with a sacrifice fly to left while Christopher Ulloa hit an RBI single to left for the winning margin. In the nightcap, the Lobos trailed 5-0 before erasing the shutout in the top of the fifth. The Eagles scored a run in the sixth while they pushed across five runs in the seventh to end the game early due to the run-rule.
Senior Matt Myers had a pinch-hit single to start the top of the eighth and his two-run single later in the frame put the Yellow Jackets ahead for good in the 10-run inning as Randolph-Macon rallied for a 10-6 victory at Mary Washington on Friday afternoon. Sophomore William Wian pitched four innings of relief with three hits, one run, no walks and three strikeouts to earn his first collegiate victory. Junior Bere Bauers tossed the final two scoreless frames with two hits, no walks and three strikeouts. RMC extended its win streak to seven games.
Westminster (Pa.) split a doubleheader with Presidents' Athletic Conference rival Allegheny Friday afternoon. Buoyed by a terrific start by junior righty Ryan Gibbons, the Titans rolled to a 3-0 game one victory before suffering a 12-0 (8 inn.) run-rule loss to the Gators in game two. Gibbons fired 7.2 scoreless innings to earn his first victory of the year (1-2), allowing seven hits and fanning two. It was his longest start since a nine-inning complete game victory over Geneva College on April 23, 2022. Senior right-hander Kolton Banfi allowed just one hit and struck out one in 1.1 innings of relief work to earn his first save since April 9, 2022 against Bethany College. Allegheny, up 5-0 after plating four runs in the third, broke things open with four more runs in the seventh and another three runs in the eighth. JD Robinson went 4-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored to lead the Gators.
Hardin-Simmons swept Howard Payne 5-4 and 13-6 on Friday afternoon at Hunter Field to take all three games of the American Southwest Conference series. In the opener, Howard Payne stung the Cowboys with a three-run home run in the sixth inning by Tanner Benson to take a 4-3 lead. HSU responded right back and tied the game in the sixth with an RBI single by Baylan Vaughan. In the ninth inning, the Cowboys loaded the bases and Leatherwood was hit by a pitch to drive in Kyler Reed with the winning run. The second game the Cowboys opened up the offense with 13 runs. They scored six times in the second inning to take a 6-1 lead. HPU responded with five runs in the third inning to tie the game, William Burford had a two-run home run in the inning. HSU took the lead in the bottom of the third inning on a Buchkowski RBI groundout. Azios added another home run a two-run shot in the fifth inning. Luke Kirkbride had an RBI single, Reed walked with bases loaded and two more runs scored on an error for HSU.
Visiting Eastern Connecticut State grabbed its 11th-straight victory, topping WPI 7-3 at the New England Baseball Complex on Friday. Eastern Connecticut's Justin Marks got the victory to move to improve to 2-0 on the season. He threw six innings, allowing three runs on five hits with five strikeouts. Nathan Furino and Finn Doherty closed out the game with Furino tossing two scoreless innings, and Doherty, one. Offensively for ECSU, Alejandro Soriano,Teige Kimbler, and Jason Claiborn all picked up two hits with one RBI. Ray Leonzi added two hits and two runs scored, while Ryan Parent and Emmanuel Zaiter drove in runs. For WPI, Zachary Roethlein finished with three hits, including a double, while Andrew Cash drove in two runs, including collecting his fifth home run of the season. Jacob Hand added two hits with his team-leading sixth dinger of the year. Luke Blandino (Eden, NY) was saddled with the loss (1-1), going 5.2 innings, allowing four earned runs on eight hits with three strikeouts.
Behind the strong starting pitching of senior Johnny Dougherty and sophomore Derek Watts, Farmingdale State opened Skyline Conference play Friday afternoon with a pair of shutout victories over visiting Manhattanville. The Rams (8-6, 2-0 Skyline) captured a 1-0 victory in game one against the Valiants (7-9, 2-2), before taking a 5-0 decision in the nightcap. In the seven-inning opening contest, Dougherty tossed a complete-game four-hitter with one walk and nine strikeouts, facing just four batters over the minimum in his 86-pitch outing. He retired the last eight Manhattanville hitters in order, pitching around a one-out double by the Valiants in the top of the fifth inning to move to 3-1 on the season. Farmingdale State tallied a four-run fifth inning to secure a lead that it would not relinquish. Watts fired seven innings of four-hit ball while fanning four Valiants, and has now pitched 20.2 consecutive scoreless innings across his last four outings. Senior Christian Esperon took over on the bump for the final two innings to preserve FSC's third-straight shutout, scattering one hit and one walk while striking out two along the way.
UW-Whitewater opened up conference play with 2 wins against UW-Stout. The #14 Warhawks (12-3, 2-0 WIAC) cruised to a big 14-0 win in the first game of the doubleheader. The Blue Devils (5-5, 0-2 WIAC) made the second game a little closer, but UW-Whitewater came out on top after 9 innings, 6-2. It was all UW-Whitewater offensively in the first game, and they got things started right away in the first inning. Going though all 9 batters, the Warhawks scored 6 runs, capitalizing on 5 hits and an error. The Warhawks added two more runs in the third, making it 8-0. Then in the 6th inning, another 6 runs gave UW-Whitewater what they needed to close out the game. Stout was unable to score in the top of the 7th, so the Warhawks came away with the 14-0 run rule win in 7 innings. The second game was a little closer, as Stout scored their first run of the day in the top of the first. The Warhawks would answer back in the bottom of the second, with Daryl Jackson hitting a 2-RBI single to retake the lead. Justin Sedin from Stout hit a homer to left center to tie up the game at 2-a-piece, but it didn't take long for the Warhawks to regain control, with Eli Frank hitting an RBI double to put the Warhawks up 3-2. Another three runs in the bottom of the 7th for the Warhawks helped distance themselves from Stout. Stout only recorded two hits in their final three innings, helping the Warhawks with the 6-2 victory.
Cal Lutheran scored nine runs in the first game and 13 in the second of its doubleheader against Occidental to secure the three-game sweep over the Tigers on Friday afternoon. John Frazier (W) struck out nine Tigers (8-19, 4-8 SCIAC) across 7.0 innings while allowing no runs, improving his ERA to 2.09 across 47.1 innings of work on the season. Up 9-0, the Tigers gave the Kingsmen a scare in the ninth, rallying for eight runs in the inning. The Kingsmen used three pitchers in the inning, with Kyle Johnson getting the last two outs with the tying and go-ahead runners on base for the Tigers. Josh Kim (W) picked up the decision win in his first start of the season for the Kingsmen after having 11 appearances out of the bullpen. He allowed five runs while striking out three in 6.0 innings of work. Frank Willius had another impressive outing, going 3.0 scoreless innings while striking out five to earn a save. The Tigers picked up five runs in the first two innings, but the Kingsmen never wavered and would take the lead in the middle innings. Kim settled in after the second inning, pitching four scoreless innings to finish his outing strong. The Kingsmen put up a big inning in the fourth to take a 9-5 lead. Quinn singled with the bases loaded to score Eric Gonzalez, Anderson doubled to push across two more, and Danielewicz drove in Anderson with a single.
Trey Faulkner blasted the go-ahead, two-run home run to spark an eight-run fifth inning where Westfield State would run away with an 11-4 victory over Mass. Maritime in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference opener from Hagan Field in Westfield, Mass. Faulkner and Nolan Florence launched bookend homers in the fifth as the Owls have now won six straight games, improving to 12-3 on the season and 1-0 within the conference. The Buccaneers drop to 7-9 on the year and 0-1 in the league. Owls starting pitcher Ryan Lapierre was sharp throughout the contest, finishing his outing by retiring six straight Buccaneer hitters to lock up his fourth win of the campaign. He gave up two first-inning unearned runs on five hits with two walks and eight strikeouts over six innings.
Case Western Reserve University graduate students Dane Camphausen and James Powers combined to drive in seven runs to lead the Spartans to a 12-5 win over Emory University during the teams' University Athletic Association opener in Atlanta on Friday afternoon. The Spartans have now won seven straight games and nine of their last 10 to improve to 15-5 overall. CWRU also put an end to a three-game winning streak for Emory, which dropped to 13-10 for the campaign. Camphausen went two-for-four with a double, four runs batted in, and a run scored in the game. Powers added a three-for-five day at the plate with two runs, three RBIs (increasing his team-leading total to 26), and a pair of stolen bases. Graduate student catcher Jack Anderson went two-for-four with a pair of doubles, a walk, and three runs scored, and graduate student left fielder Franco Alonso tallied a pair of hits as well, going two-for-four with a run scored. Senior left-handed pitcher Reece Marley started and recorded the win in the game to improve to 3-2 on the campaign. He scattered six hits and two walks in the game while allowing four runs and striking out four batters. Senior right-handed pitcher Tyler Horvath added an inning and a third in relief, allowing just one run on three hits, while junior righties Jackson Brewer and Kyle Gearding each added a scoreless inning in relief to help close out the victory.
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