Cairn scored 24 runs, the second-most runs scored in a game in program history (26, at Polytechnic University on April 7, 2011), in their 24-8 rout of non-conference adversary Penn College of Technology on Wednesday afternoon. Cairn athletics photo

No. 3 Shenandoah had an outstanding day at the plate Wednesday in an 18-5 non-league victory at Dickinson. Shenandoah (21-2) broke the contest wide open with a six-spot in the third versus the Red Devils (12-6-1) and never looked back in running its winning streak to 11 games. SU had 20 hits in the contest with seven hitters having multiple-hit afternoons. After Dickinson cut the deficit in half with three runs in the bottom half of the third, the Hornets pulled away with three runs in the fourth, one in the sixth, three in the seventh, four in the eighth, and one in the ninth. Michael Prosperi (1-0) tossed the initial 7.0 innings and allowed three runs on four hits and one walk against six strikeouts. Matt House pitched the eighth and Torrey Savoia the ninth to close out the contest. Horse struck out two and Savoia one. Pearce Bucher had a game-high four hits with three RBI while Frankie Ritter and Gavin Horning both had three hits.

A midweek matchup with national implications lived up to its billing as second-ranked Salisbury outdueled the 10th-ranked Rowan Profs, 6-4, for its seventh straight win on Wednesday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. The Profs drew first blood in the top of the first inning but the Sea Gulls countered with one in the bottom of the first. In the second, doubles by Jacob Ference and Dom Frigiola were part of a three runn inning to make it 4-2 Salisbury. Phil Sedalis led off the eighth with a low liner to left that Caster dove for and missed, and Sedalis raced all the way around for an inside-the-park home run to bring Rowan back within 6-4. The Profs got the tying run to the plate in the top of the ninth as Anthony Schooley singled with two out, but Jimmy Adkins dotted the corner to strike Chris Curcio out looking and put it in the books for the Sea Gulls.

The home vibes stayed high for Tufts, moving to 4-0 at new Sol Gittleman Park with a 9-5 non-conference victory over UMass Boston on a sunny afternoon in Medford. The contest was a make-up of a postponement of Tuesday afternoon's game that was originally slated to be played in Boston. The Jumbos (7-5) got back into the win column thanks to a quick start and some clutch hitting late in the contest. Tufts would get some great pitching on Wednesday, as Lucas Gustavson and Jack Schwartz each went two frames while allowing just one hit and combining for four strikeouts. The Beacons wouldn't go away but neither the Jumbos as Tufts made it 8-3. UMass Boston came right back with two runs in the top of the eighth, but Brendan McFall came out of the bullpen to squash the rally and keep it a three-run game. Tufts added on a run in the bottom of the eight on a RBI double by Fleckner and McFall worked a clean ninth to earn his third save of the season.

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Oneonta picked up its sixth win in four days following a 6-1 victory over Utica on Wednesday afternoon. Senior Jake Barrett batted 4-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI to help the Red Dragons to their 13th straight win. Oneonta (15-3) scored five runs in the opening two innings to take an early 5-0 lead over Utica (10-5) and cruised to the win. Anthony Foglia went 2-for-4 with one double, one run, and one RBI. Gregory Bandura added two RBI.

No. 7 nationally ranked Endicott defeated Southern Maine, 21-4, in non-conference action on Wednesday evening at North Field. The Gulls scored at least once in the first five innings of play to run away with the contest. Jake Nardone and Caleb Shpur combined for seven runs, three hits, and nine RBI to highlight the offense. Nardone homered in the fourth (solo) and fifth (three-run) innings, respectively, while Shpur launched a grand slam in the second to erase a 2-1 deficit and the Gulls never looked back.

Junior Josh Cofrancesco and sophomore Hank Penders each had four hits and sophomore leadoff hitter Ray Leonzi drove in four runs in Eastern Connecticut State University's 13-5 non-conference win over WPI Wednesday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium. A winner of four straight after a two-game losing streak, No. 4 nationally-ranked Eastern (15-3) collected 20 hits off six WPI (10-7) pitchers, finally breaking the game open by scoring seven runs on nine hits in its final two at-bats after the Engineers had cut the Warriors' lead to two on No. 3 hitter Kyle Johns' three-run home run in the fifth. The Warriors scored three runs with two out in the seventh on Penders' RBI single and Leonzi's two-run single to make it 9-4, and tacked on four more in the eighth on RBI singles by Cofrancesco and Penders and No. 9 hitters Noah Plantamuro's (Bristol) two-run double which carried halfway up the left field fence.

Playing at home for the first time in its 2023 season, No. 15 Denison defeated Adrian for the third time in the last four days, winning by a score of 17-4 at the Big Red Baseball Field. Denison got on the board in the bottom of the second inning with an RBI-groundout to shortstop by Alex Vaszquez before a single up the middle by Erik Sundgren to make it 2-0. The Big Red then put up seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning that started off with a triple to center field by Noah Leib and featured RBI-doubles by Eli Aronson, Eric Colaco, Charlie Glennon and then Leib. The Big Red would finish the game with seven total doubles, including two by Colaco and one by Bobby Haarde. Denison's starting pitcher, Will Rettig, pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the first and third innings and held the Bulldogs hitless through his four innings before giving way to the bullpen.

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Texas Lutheran cruised to a midweek sweep of DePauw Wednesday night at Katt-Isbel Field. The Bulldogs shut out the Tigers in game one, picking up a 7-0 win in seven innings, before run-ruling the Tigers 21-11 in seven innings in game two. Texas Litheran athletics photo

Freshman Austin Amburgey tied a Marietta single game record with six hits leading the No. 19 ranked Etta Express to an 18-5 win over Wittenberg Wednesday evening. The Pioneers improve to 14-6 overall, while the Tigers fall to 11-6 on the season. Amburgey is the sixth Pioneer in program history to record six hits in a single game. He is the first since Ryan Hanahan accomplished the feat against Denison University in 2015. The other Pioneers that hold the record include Ken Laveck (1975), John Schaly (1982), Monte Duncan (1985), and Chris Tekulve (2000). Amburgey got the night started with a grand slam in the first inning. He then added singles in the third, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings. His hits in the sixth and seventh each drove in a run, while the final hit in the eighth plated two for a total of eight runs batted in. In addition to Amburgey tying the single game hits record, Nick Bonnizzio tied the program record for at bats in a game with seven. The Etta Express leadoff man tied a record held by numerous former Pioneers. Bonnizzio finished with four hits and drove in three runs.

Juniors Brant Savage and Tanner Santos homered and classmate Tristen Spalter pitched seven strong innings as Babson College defeated Suffolk University, 7-2, in non-conference action Wednesday afternoon at Govoni Field. With the win, Babson posted its fifth straight victory to even its record at 7-7 while Suffolk fell back to the .500 mark at 6-6. Santos, senior Michael O'Brien and first-year Ryan Hvozdovic all had two hits and an RBI and Savage scored twice and knocked in two to lead the Beavers. Graduate student Ryan Noone and first-year Chris Basile also drove in a run in the victory. Spalter pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on eight hits while striking out six to improve to 2-1 on the season. He got out of trouble in the first and third innings, stranding runners at second and third in both frames after recording a strikeout to end the inning. Seniors Tim Person and Stephen McLendon each threw a shutout inning in relief to close out the win.

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John Carroll took to the road in a non-conference matchup with the Wooster Fighting Scots. The weather stopped the action after just five innings, but there was no lack of excitement due to the shortage of game, as the Blue Streaks took home the win, 15-11. John Carroll led after their first at-bats, 3-0 but the path to victory was bumbpy. The Fighting Scots gave one last effort in the home half of the fifth by pushing across three runs with a two-RBI single from Leo Widtmann and RBI base knock from Dean Brown. Unfortunately for Wooster, that's all they would find in the fifth before the game was called early due to inclement weather.

Washington & Jefferson rode a pair of early leads to earn a sweep of Saint Vincent, 10-1and 8-4, Wednesday afternoon in a Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader at Bearcat Ballfield in Westmoreland County. The sweep improves the Presidents to 4-0 in conference play and 13-5 overall. The pair of setbacks drops the Bearcats to 1-3 in PAC tilts and 7-12 overall. Ethan Marszalek earned the victory to improve to 3-1. Marszalek allowed three hits over five scoreless innings. The sophomore struck out eight and walked two in the win. Shane Fox recorded two shutout innings out of the bullpen. Trevor Dean produced a three-hit effort to lead the W&J offense in game two. Tyler Horvat finished with a pair of hits and picked up the victory on the mound. Horvat worked the first two innings as W&J used six different pitchers in the game two win. Horvat is now 5-2 this season.

In a rescheduled meeting between George Fox and the Pacific Boxers, the Bruins evened the NWC series with dominant pitching and a high-scoring pair of innings in the fifth and sixth to win, 6-2. Fox managed to hold the high-powered Boxers offense to 10 hits, striking out 11 batters. Jared Miller went 2-4 with two RBIs and scored two runs, while Spencer Roos had two base hits as well and scored a run for Fox. Andrew Sutherland picked up the win, throwing 4.0 innings while he sent five batters back to the bench on strikeouts. "Great road win for us against a good team," Bruin head coach Kevin Kopple said, "Great pitching out of the bullpen and some timely hits."

St. Olaf College closed out its Florida trip by picking up its first win over a nationally-ranked opponent in over five years with a 10-3 victory over No. 25-ranked Augustana College (Ill.) on Wednesday morning at Chain O'Lakes Complex. St. Olaf (4-7) scored in each of the first three innings to get out to an early 7-0 lead and held on the rest of the way to salvage the final game of its three-game set against Augustana (15-4). The Vikings were ranked No. 25 in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 released earlier this week. The win was St. Olaf's first over a nationally-ranked team since the Oles defeated third-ranked UW-Whitewater by a 6-3 score on March 26, 2018.

A seven-game winning streak was snapped for 12th-ranked Christopher Newport on Wednesday afternoon as the Captains (24-7) fell on the road at No. 9 Lynchburg, 14-6. A late inning comeback attempt, scoring four runs in the final two frames, was thwarted as CNU suffered just it's second loss in the last 14 games. A nine run third inning proved to be the difference in the game as Lynchburg sent 15 batters to the plate and scored nine runs on four hits with three errors committed in the inning by Christopher Newport. CNU outscored the home team, 6-5, the rest of the contest, but could not overcome the Hornets outburst at the plate in the third.

Keystone dropped an 18-8 decision at #22 Montclair State in non-conference action on Wednesday at Yogi Berra Stadium. Keystone enjoyed a three-run second before allowing four in the bottom half and two more in the third to fall behind, 6-3. The Giants tallied a score in the fourth before Montclair opened up an eight-run sixth, followed by four more runs in the seventh and eighth. Jason Moore went 3-for-4 with three RBI, including the 100th hit of his career.

Lewis & Clark earned their third back-to-back 20-win season in program history and first since 1987-88 with a 3-2 comeback non-conference victory over Corban University. Senior Jack Thomson hit a 2-run homer over the center field fence in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Pioneers their first lead of the game and tied the program record for career home runs with his 39th long ball. Senior Noah Ferruggia took home the no-decision in his first start of the year with 5.1 innings, three hits, and two runs. Senior Kevin Kane, freshman Nathan Kerr, and sophomore Brennen Davis combined for no hits and no runs over 3.2 innings. Kerr earned his first collegiate win, and Davis struck out two batters in the ninth to earn his second career save after playing eight innings in center field.

Nichols picked up their first Commonwealth Coast Conference win of the season, defeating Wentworth, 6-2, on Wednesday evening. With the win, the Bison move to 2-13 (1-2 CCC) on the season, while Wentworth falls to 1-13 (0-3 CCC). The Bison jumped on the Leopards early, plating three runs in the top of the first, with the big hit, a two-RBI double, coming off the bat of Karl Miller and never trailed in the contest. Nichols picked up an insurance run in the top of the seventh on a squeeze bunt by Marasco, scoring Stanley Cipkas who pinch-ran for Luis Vargas. Wentworth scored one run in the bottom of the eight to cut the Bison lead to four, but Nolan Sullivan slammed the door in the ninth to give the Bison the win. Miller led the way for the Bison offense, collecting two hits, a walk, and two RBI. Nichols remained patient at the plate, walking a season-high 12 times.

New Jersey City resumed action, Wednesday, at home the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex, as the Gothic Knights hosted the College of Mount Saint Vincent. The Gothic Knights trailed early, however they won in thrilling fashion late, scoring 11 unanswered runs, including nine in the bottom of the seventh inning, to win 14-11 over the Dolphins. Trading nine run innings, the Gothic Knights came out on to with single runs in five innings. For the second time this season, Ricky Voss produced at least four hits. He now boasts a .500 average, batting 29-for-58. With his go-ahead grand slam in the seventh, Bryan Fernandez hit his fourth career home run and his first career grand slam with NJCU.

Wednesday night was a historic one for the Catholic University baseball program. The 13th-ranked Cardinals played their first-ever game under the lights at Talbot Field thanks to a generous donation from the Jones family. On the field, the sixth-ranked Blue Jays got the best of the 13th-ranked Cardinals in a midweek non-conference matchup, winning 12-3 in a game that featured 50 different players and 15 different pitchers. Catholic fell to 15-3 on the season while Johns Hopkins improved to 18-2.

Cortland scored four runs each in the second and third innings and the Red Dragons held on to defeat visiting Clarkson, 8-6, in non-league action. Cortland won its seventh straight game to improve to 12-7. Bryan Bernard, the first pitcher for Cortland in a predetermined alignment, earned the win after pitching two-plus innings. He allowed three hits and no walks, struck out four and gave up three runs, two earned. Tommy Lynch, the last of Cortland's six hurlers, earned the save. He entered in the top of the eighth with Cortland up 8-6 and the potential go-ahead run at the plate. He struck out a batter to end the eighth and retired the Golden Knights in order in the ninth. Matthew Krafft finished 2-for-3 with a double, hit-by-pitch and four RBI. Mat Bruno went 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored, while Chris Bonacci and Nick Chemotti each were 2-for-5. Zachary Kringdon was 1-for-2 with a double, hit-by-pitch, RBI and two runs and Adam Mieczkowski finished 1-for-2, was hit by pitches twice, drove in a run and scored twice.

St. Joseph's (L.I.) opened Skyline Conference play with a pair of wins, 21-2 and 23-1, over Yeshiva on Wednesday afternoon. In game one, senior Phil Krpata went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run. The right fielder drove in five RBIs, scored three runs, and swiped two bases. Sophomore Josh Dannenberg earned his second win of the season allowing just two hits with five strikeouts in four innings of work. Senior Nick Vicino was the key hitter in the second game. He went 3-for-4 with a double and a pair of triples. The first baseman knocked in four runs and scored two. Junior Peter Manger earned his second win of the season allowing just one run on three hits with a career-best 10 strikeouts in five innings of work.

SUNY New Paltz earned a non-conference series win over Centenary Wednesday on the road after defeating the Cyclones, 11-3. The Hawks had split the first two games, which were played March 10, both one-run games. However, Wednesday was a dominant performance by SUNY New Paltz, out-hitting Centenary 12-5, propelled by big first and six innings. Fabian Apicella led the way offensively, going 3-for-5 with a run, two RBI and a stolen base. The Hawks threw nine pitchers with James Trink earning the start and the win. Trink, Liam Ryan, Shane Linett, Bobby Ramsey, Robert Gregory, James McGovern, Connor Olson, Mike Ascanio and Xavier Zykoff combined to allow just five hits, three earned runs, three walks with seven strikeouts.

Rochester scored a whopping 11 unanswered runs to rally from an eight run deficit, pulling off a 16-13 come-from-behind victory over visiting St. John Fisher on Wednesday afternoon at Towers Field. Rochester (9-7) trailed 13-5 after the Cardinals (7-10) batted in the fifth inning, but scored three runs in the fifth, four in the seventh and four more in the eighth to post the comeback. The victory evens the all-time series between the two schools, with each team posting 32 wins in the series which dates back to 1990. Offensively, Rochester pounded out 19 hits in the win, with John Moses and Jackson Reed each smacking four in the game. Moses was 4-for-5 with 2 doubles, a triple, 3 runs and 3 RBI, while Reed finished 4-for-6 with 4 runs, 3 RBI and a pair of home runs.