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| Following a shutout victory over Baldwin Wallace, No. 5 Denison took the field on Saturday against the RV Webster Gorloks. From the first pitch, Denison set the tone and never looked back, piling up 20 runs on 20 hits in a commanding performance. The 20–4 victory pushes Denison to 3–1 on the season and marks the program's highest single-game run total since the Granville Regional, when the Big Red erupted for 26 runs in a win over Rowan. Denison athletics photo |
In the fourth game of the season with double-digit runs scored, No. 2 Lynchburg thumped York, 16-1, on Saturday afternoon at Fox Field. The Hornets (6-1) earned an impressive 15-run win against the Spartans (0-3) after beating them yesterday by one run after a two-score final frame. Lynchburg has now scored 12-or-more runs in three of its last four outings. The Hornets also upped their win streak against York to five consecutive games with today's victory. Offensively, Lynchburg errupted for 16 runs on 10 hits and drew 15 walks. Quinn Madden finished with six RBI, while Jack Pokorak drove in four scores on two home runs. Benton Jones scored three times and added two RBI. The Hornets broke the game open in the sixth with six runs. On the mound, Logan Tapman earned the win, tossing six innings and allowing one run on three hits while striking out eight. Davis Watson and Michael Rowlands combined for three scoreless innings of relief as Lynchburg completed the convincing victory.
The fourth-ranked Salisbury Sea Gulls got 11 strikeouts from its hurlers and manufactured enough offense in the middle innings to secure a 5-2 victory over TCNJ Lions on Saturday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. After surrendering a pair of unearned runs in the top of the second innings, the Sea Gulls scraped one back in each of their next two turns at bat. Three runs in the fourth made it 5-2 Salisbury. SU starter Aidan Brinsfield found a new gear after being spotted the lead, striking out the side in the fifth and two more in the sixth to finish strong. Cole Williams then put up a pair of scoreless frames out of the bullpen before handing the ball to Bryce Sterling, who punched out three in a row to put it in the books.
No. 10 Johns Hopkins erupted for 18 unanswered runs Saturday afternoon to defeat Hamilton, 18-6, in game one of a two-game series at Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium. The victory improves the Blue Jays to 5-1 on the season. After a rocky start, right-hander Kieren Collins settled in to earn his second win of the year (2-0). Hamilton tagged Collins for four runs over the first two innings as he battled command issues early. However, he struck out the final two batters in both the first and second innings to limit further damage and shift momentum. Collins went on to toss 5.0 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine — tying his career high. He retired seven of the final eight batters he faced, four by strikeout.
Zach Wernoski matched his career high with four hits in the nightcap and William Wian held the Generals hitless over his final seven innings in Game two as 25th-ranked Randolph-Macon split an ODAC doubleheader at Washington and Lee on Saturday afternoon. Washington and Lee won game one 8-3. In the opener, the Generals used five singles, of which three didn't leave the infield, and a hit batsman to plate five in the bottom of the fourth. RMC would chip away but never found a lead. W&L put up a run in the eighth before RMC got its final run in the ninth. Duff delivered a one-out double and came home on a single by Brooks to make the final 8-3. Wian (1-0) pitched eight innings in recording the victory in the nightcap. He allowed four hits and two earned runs in the first before not allowing a hit over the next seven scoreless frames with eight strikeouts. RMC recorded a season-high 13 hits. The Yellow Jackets have had at least eight hits in each of their six games and have reached double figures in hits three times. The Yellow Jackets also drew six walks and were plunked twice.