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| Johns Hopkins hosted Lebanon Valley in their final non-conference game of the regular season, scoring 12 unanswered runs in the sixth and seventh innings to top the Flying Dutchmen 12-2. Taking on one of the most difficult non-conference schedules in the country, the Blue Jays finished with a 13-7 record. Johns Hopkins athletics photo |
Mitchell College pounded out 16 hits on Monday afternoon and held off Johnson & Wales University, 7-5, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action at Alumni Field. With the win, the Mariners improve to a perfect 11-0 in GNAC play, while the Wildcats fall to 10-3 in the conference. Senior Cole Lalli accounted for four of the 16 hits by the Mariners, finishing the day 4-5 with two doubles and three RBI. Fellow senior Owen Robbins recorded three hits, including a double and a triple, and drove in one run, while senior Michael Gajda tallied three hits and one RBI, and senior Angel Galindez went 2-5 with a walk, one RBI, and two runs scored. Junior right handed pitcher Chris Gibbs got the start for Mitchell and picked up his sixth win of the spring, allowing five runs (four earned) over six and two third innings of work. Gibbs allowed six hits and five walks, striking out six. Senior Camren Varney came out of the bullpen to earn his third save of the season, twirling an inning and a third of one-hit ball.
Penn State Behrend earned its 20th win of the season with a 9-3 victory over Hiram Monday afternoon. A Chase Palmer single gave the Lions a 1-0 advantage in the bottom of the second. The Terriers responded with three runs in the top of the third to take a 3-1 lead. A throwing error by Hiram in the bottom half of the inning cut Behrend's deficit to one (3-2). A two-run fifth and four-run fourth by the Lions gave them back the lead and they would never look back. The innings were highlighted by RBI singles from Daniel Boehme and David Gibson, an RBI double from Silvio Ionadi, and a Gibson run-scoring triple. In the bottom of the eighth, Dylan Barnes capped off Behrend's win with an RBI double. Starter Jack Baumgartel put together a solid outing, surrendering one earned run on six hits with five strikeouts to secure his second win of the season. Nathan Campbell, Evan Bromley, and Spencer Deitz each threw a scoreless inning in relief. Barnes finished with a game-high three hits and two RBIs, while Gibson and Ionadi each drove in two runs.
Transylvania won their ninth consecutive game after defeating Centre College 9-4 on Monday evening to earn the season sweep over the Colonels. Henry Craig moved to 5-0 on the season after a 5 inning, 5 strikeout performance. He allowed just 3 runs on the night. Henry Mitcham led the red hot Pioneers, going 3-4 at the plate with a team high 3 RBI's. He tripled in the second inning to cap off a 5 run second by the Pioneers. The win pushes Transy to 27-6, their best record in over 2 decades. They're now 19-7 vs. Centre dating back to 2007.
Across the highway from the campus of Illinois Tech, the Illinois Tech Scarlet Hawks took on the University of Chicago Maroons at Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox in their annual Southside Showdown game, winning 17-10. The Hawks (18-13) came out bats swinging, scoring seven runs in the first three innings. In the third inning, the Maroons (12-19) picked up their first runs of the game. As the night went on the Maroons would cut into the Hawks lead, at one point coming within one run. In the end, the Hawks would remain ahead for the entirety of the game, and win the non-conference Southside Showdown by a final score of 17-10. This marks the Hawks first win over the Maroons since 2014. Sophomore Tyler Gutsfeld extended his hitting streak to 15-games. Senior Samuel Sproule recorded his 30th stolen bases on the season with 5 stolen bases in Monday's game. Sproule has also recorded a hit 29-of-31 games this season.
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| Penn College earned an 11-6 win over Mount Aloysius in a nonconference game Monday. The Wildcats improved to 17-16, while the Mounties fell to 19-2. Penn College athletics photo by Ralph Wilson |
Graduate student Patrick Sawyer and senior Ben Jerome each hit the 100 milestone for the Nichols College baseball team, as they topped Commonwealth Coast Conference opponent Curry on Monday afternoon in a pair of seven inning games. Nichols won game one 5-1 before cruising to a 10-1 win in the second game. Sawyer eclipsed the 100 strike out mark for his career with his first strikeout of the game in the third inning of game one. Jerome tallied three total hits on the afternoon for Nichols, and hit the 100-hit mark, becoming the 38th member to hit the mark for his career. Senior Brenna Hyde led the way offensively for the Bison. Hyde finished going 3-8 with six RBI and a run scored. Hyde launched his fifth home run of the season to tie himself for the all-time program record of 21 home runs for his career.
- Photo gallery: Hamline vs. Carleton game one | Hamline vs. Carleton game two
Carleton College capped a stretch of 10 games in 10 days by splitting a doubleheader against Hamline University. Behind a complete game effort from Sam Chutkow, the Knights won game one, 4-1, before the Pipers claimed game two by a 16-6 (8 inn.) tally. Chutkow finished off his second complete game of the season, with a scoreless fifth through seventh frames. Overall, the righthander allowed only one run and struck out four to take his pitching record to 3-2. Ananth Iyer led a 10-hit attack with his 2-for-3 day and two RBI. Will Schnepf was 2-for-4 with two runs scored, and John Hurtubise was the other multi-hit Knight with a 2-for-3 performance with a double. The Knights played a clean defensive game and benefitted from five Hamline errors. In game two, a big eighth inning offered hope for the Knights, as Iyer and John Hurtubise doubled and Aaron Rice tripled to score two, then one more on a Brayden Stark sacrifice fly. However, Hamline put the game to bed in the bottom half with six runs to salvage their split.
Brevard College (17-15, 10-8 USA South) snapped a five-game slide on Monday afternoon, scoring four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and shutting out William Peace University (13-21, 8-9 USAS) out down the stretch to earn a 9-7 victory in the home regular season finale at Gil Coan Field. After establishing an early 5-1 lead through the first four innings, Brevard surrendered three in the top of the fifth before the Pacers used a three-run top of the sixth to take a 7-5 edge through six innings. Brevard broke through in the bottom of the seventh with four runs to retake the lead, 9-7, and shut down WPU in the eighth and ninth to hold on and take game three of the three-game set. Matthew Evans (1-0) earned the win after four innings of relief in which he did not surrender an earned run, as the sophomore RHP gave up five hits and three unearned runs with three strikeouts. Blake Altschuler started the game on the mound, lasting five frames with eight hits, four earned runs and four strikeouts. Logan Clark paced Brevard's offense with a 3-for-4 effort with three runs scored and an RBI double. Luke Morton and Kenny Pridmore each went 2-for-5, with Pridmore and Frankie Vasquez driving in three runs apiece. Clark, Morton, Pridmore, and Cale Oehler all hit doubles in the game.
Sophomore left fielder Jacob Watson collected his milestone 100th career hit and it led to a two-run seventh inning that lifted Rutgers University-Camden over Wilson College, 3-2, in a non-conference game here Monday night. Trailing, 2-1, entering the bottom of the seventh inning, Watson led off with a single to right center field, producing his 100th hit in only his 74th career game. He became the third Scarlet Raptor to collect his 100th hit this season, as senior Jack Murphy notched his milestone on March 25 and senior Auggie Uzdanovics added his 100th hit March 30. The two runs made a winner out of Raptor freshman starter Anthony Angelo Jr., who threw seven strong innings to raise his record to 2-1. He allowed seven hits and two earned runs, while striking out one. He didn't walk any batters. Rutgers-Camden senior Jacob Brennan and sophomore Gavin Cunard both secured the victory with one shutout inning apiece. Cunard pitched the ninth inning, earning his second save. He allowed one hit – and picked off the pinch-runner at first base – and struck out one.
Scranton (22-8) got four scoreless innings from the bullpen and notched a 7-3 victory over the Ursinus Bears (12-22) in non-conference action on Monday at Volpe Field in Scranton. This marked the first meeting between the two programs since 1975. Ursinus got on the board with a pair of runs in the top of the first, but the Royals tied the game at two apiece in the home half of the second as a pair of two-out walks set the stage for junior TJ Pleban's two-out, two-run double. Scranton took the lead for good with a three-run third as sophomore Conor Campbell came through with an RBI single and later scored the go-ahead run when he stole home as part of a double steal with senior Jack Heineman. Following the swipe, senior Matthew Querey plated Heineman with an RBI single that extended the lead to 5-3. Ryan Barrow was dealt the loss for the Bears after allowing three runs on three hits while walking one in an inning of work. Senior lefty Matthew Moreira recorded the win for the Royals as he gave up three runs on three hits to go along with two walks and two strikeouts in five innings of work. In relief of Moreira, sophomore righty Aidan Rumain and senior righties Ryan Walsh, George Sengos and Johnny Flannigan combined to toss four scoreless frames and struck out five. A balk brought home a run in the fourth inning and Campbell delivered an RBI double which opened a 7-3 advantage. Holding a 7-3 lead, Walsh entered the game with Ursinus runners at the corners with two away in the sixth, but he sent Jordan Williams down on strikes to end the threat. Sengos struck out the side in a perfect eighth inning for the Royals. Campbell (2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 SB, R) and Querey (3-3, RBI, 4 SB, R) both recorded multi-hit games for head coach Mike Bartoletti's team. Scranton stole 10 bases in the game including four from Querey, two from Campbell and two from freshman James Nitti.