Haverford gets run record on Tuesday

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Trailing by a 4-3 margin after four innings, MIT tied the game in the sixth and used a three-run seventh to rally past Springfield College for the 7-5 victory on Tuesday afternoon. The win gives MIT a sweep of the two-game, regular-season series with the Pride.
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Haverford (12-15, 2-5 CC) undoubtedly provided one of the more incredible offensive displays you can imagine on Tuesday, as the Fords set new program single-game records for runs scored (33) and hits (30) in a 33-8 victory over Washington College (11-17, 1-6 CC) at Kannerstein Field. Haverford's 30 hits were also a new Centennial Conference record and the 33 runs scored represented the third-most in CC history, and most in 20 years. The offensive outburst featured a 19-run seventh inning, as Haverford sent 22 batters to the plate in the frame that can only be considered an outright historic one. When all was said and done in the frame, there were two grand slams and 10 total hits recorded.

Penn State Harrisburg extended its recent win streak to 15 in a row thanks to a 7-1 non-conference victory over No. 17 Rowan on Tuesday afternoon. Danny Eden earned his fifth win of the year on the mound after going eight innings and allowing just one run to go along with five strikeouts. Matt Parks, Maddux Ryan, and Carlos Irizarry each had multi-hit outings to lead the way at the plate. The win over Rowan is Penn State Harrisburg's fourth victory over a ranked team this season after defeating Arcadia (twice) and Randolph-Macon earlier this spring. The win is the 15th in a row for the Lions - tied for the longest active streak in NCAA Division III.

Ramapo posted a non-conference win over Manhattanville, 20-6. The Roadrunners improved to 15-9 overall while the Valiants now stand at 9-13 overall. Ramapo scored three in the first, three in the second and broke open the game with six runs in the third. Ramapo belted out 20 hits in the game as TJ Roman, Matt Lalomia and Christian Alonso each collected three hits. DJ McGuiness (1-0) earned the win on the mound for Ramapo. He struck out three, walked three and scattered four hits in five innings of work while he surrendered five runs.

Noah Leopold and OakLee Spens both drove in four runs on the day and Lakeland cruised past Maranatha for a doubleheader sweep Tuesday afternoon. The Muskies defeated the Sabercats by scores of 9-3 and 19-0 in the non-conference matchup on a beautiful spring day where temperatures pushed near the high 70s, nearly doubling the temperature of the teams' meeting a year earlier that was played in 42-degree conditions with heavy winds. Lakeland improved to 4-15 overall on the season and has won four games in a row after earning its first wins of the season Saturday against Concordia University Chicago. The Muskies won in a different manner in both games, relying on an opening outburst in the first game before scoring in every inning of the second contest.

Dorothy had it right: There's no place like home. Just ask the Mississippi University for Women baseball team after its 6-1 win over Millsaps College at Heritage Field. The Owls (3-18), playing their first home game since February 22, used some home cooking to snap a 16-game skid. Consequently, The W's last victory goes back to its doubleheader sweep of Greenville on that home date of Feb. 22. On a day when MUW honored its five seniors – Xavier Harrison, Austin Telano, Tanner Evans, Ethan Carrouth, and CJ Wise – the team led wire-to-wire versus the Majors (16-18). After scoring one in the first, The W added three in the fourth and two more in the fifth, building a 6-0 advantage before Millsaps spoiled the shutout with its lone run in the top of the sixth.

Bates stole seven bases on Tuesday, breaking the program record for steals in a season along the way, in a 9-3 victory over the Husson University Eagles at Leahey Field. The Bobcats (11-9) have stolen 90 bases so far this season, two more than the previous program record of 88, which was set in 2010. First-year Jack Margiloff had the honor of recording the record-breaking steal with his swipe of second base in the bottom of the sixth inning on Tuesday. Junior Corbin McAlpine struck out four in three hitless and scoreless innings out of the bullpen to earn the victory for Bates. McAlpine (2-0) lowered his ERA to a team-best 2.70 on the season.

St. Joseph's (L.I.) secured their seventh straight win with a 12-5 non-conference victory over New Jersey City at Gregg Alfano Field on Tuesday evening. Freshman Marco Gullo finished 2-for-5 with a game-high three RBIs and a run scored. Senior Ryan Decoursey recorded two hits with two RBIs and a run scored. Senior Phil Krpata went 2-for-5 with a walk, three runs scored, and four stolen bases. Junior Peter Manger improved to 3-0 on the season allowing three runs on eight hits with four strikeouts in six innings.

Arcadia topped Elizabethtown, 8-7, on Tuesday afternoon at Skip Wilson Field. The Knights improved their record to 21-7 with the victory. Anthony Bruno led the Knigths at the plate with three hits and two RBI's, including driving in the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Drew Pecorilli earned his first career win on the mound for the Knights as he pitched the final 1.2 innings. Nadell Booker got the start and tossed three scoreless innings.

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor used a ninth-inning rally to earn an 8-6 win over No. 24 Southwestern Tuesday evening in Georgetown. The win improved the Cru to 10-15 on the season while the Pirates suffered their second loss to UMHB, falling to 20-6. Southwestern opened the game with a three-run first inning to take an early lead. UMHB fought back, evening the game in the top of the third. Erick Roberts entered the game on the mound for the Cru in the seventh inning, pitching a shutout in that frame before throwing a perfect inning in the eighth. UMHB rallied in the ninth inning to take an 8-4 lead. Southwestern threatened in the bottom of that frame, loading the bases with just one out. Reid Cromie entered and allowed one run before striking out the next batter for the second out. Southwestern added another run on a passed ball but a groundout to third base gave UMHB the 8-6 win.

After a big day on their home field after a Wisconsin Lutheran sweep, Concordia Chicago secured another victory after downing the North Park Vikings 11-4. Tyler Krater went three-for-three on the day with one RBI. Tyler Dorsch and Elijah Hickman each drove in two runs each, going two-for-five and two-for-three at the plate, respectively. Christian Jacob pitched six complete innings for the Cougars, picking up his first win of the season with a new season-high four strikeouts.

Led by another standout pitching performance from sophomore Jackson Baird (5-1), nationally-ranked Christopher Newport earned a 6-2 win over St. Mary's College of Maryland on Tuesday afternoon. Baird struck out 10 over 7.0 innings of work to help the Captains improve to 26-7 overall this season. On the mound, Baird needed just eight pitches and less than four minutes to get through the top of the first inning with a pair of strikeouts surrounding a groundball out in what was a preview of the rest of his game on the hill. He struck out two in the third, fifth, and seventh and also used his defense with an inning-ending double play in the sixth. It was the second time this season that Baird has reached double-digit strikeouts and moved him into the team lead with 59 K's for the year. He improved to 5-1 with a 2.36 ERA after allowing two runs on four hits in seven innings of work.

Freshman right fielder Jacob Watson stole his way into the Rutgers-Camden baseball record books and with his accomplishment, he helped the Scarlet Raptors swipe another victory here Tuesday night. Watson drew his 20th walk of the season to lead off the bottom of the first inning and stole second base to set a new single-season program record. His 27th steal (in 28 attempts) broke the old season mark of 26 set by Chris Godish in 2002. Moments later, he scored the first run of the game on a single by sophomore left fielder Frankie Romond and the Scarlet Raptors were on their way to a 5-3 non-conference victory over Penn State-Abington. The win lifts Rutgers-Camden to 17-9, including a stellar 9-1 mark in home games at the Camden Athletic Complex.

Hamline came through with their first MIAC sweep of the season with 8-7 (7 innings) and 13-3 (7 innings) victories at St. Olaf on Tuesday afternoon. Two lead changes occurred in the opening contest, engineered by a pair of five-run innings from each team. Hamline set the tone with a 2-0 lead before a five-run Ole third inning gave them a 5-2 lead. A trio of home runs from Braeden Bourne, Mac Enlow, and Gavin Renwick (three-run) engineered a Pipers five-run fifth inning that gave them a 7-5 lead they wouldn't relinquish in an 8-7 victory. In the nightcap, the Pipers led from start-to-finish, as their six-run first inning gave them enough cushion in a 13-3 victory.

Second-ranked Salisbury shook off a weeklong layoff and extended its winning streak to 10 games, downing the Stockton Ospreys, 12-4, on Tuesday afternoon at Stockton Baseball Field. Danny Sheeler powered the Sea Gulls from the cleanup slot, going 1-for-3 with his ninth home run of the year, two runs scored and two RBIs. Cameron Hyder finished 2-for-3 with a run, RBI and sac bunt. At 248 career hits, he is now four shy of the Salisbury program record of 252 held by Pete Grasso '17. Jackson Balzan (7-1) won his fifth straight start, lasting 6.2 innings and giving up four runs (three earned) on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Robbie Hollenbeck got the final out of the seventh, and Brandon Epstein and Jimmy Adkins put up a zero in the eighth and ninth, respectively.

On Tuesday afternoon, Anna Maria hosted the Nichols Bison for a non-conference matchup at the New England Baseball Complex. The AMCATS erased a five run deficit to win 7-6. The AMCATS spotted the Bison a five-run lead through the first three and a half innings, but the game quickly began to turn around in the bottom of the fourth. The AMCATS continued their power display to take the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Senior Brett Carson drove in Nick Bonnizzio with the winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning giving Marietta College a doubleheader sweep of Otterbein University Tuesday evening at Pioneer Park. The Pioneers won game one, 13-5, and then got the 6-5 win in the second game. Marietta improves to 19-8 overall and 5-3 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. The Cardinals fall to 18-8 on the season and 4-4 in conference games.

Muhlenberg extended its winning streak to three with a 7-3 home win against Dickinson. Junior Ryan Friesen and freshman Evan Virno combined on a five-hitter against the Red Devils (17-9-1, 5-2), who came into the game tied for first place in the Centennial Conference and average a CC-leading 10.67 runs in their first six league games. Three days after his offensive heroics contributed to a doubleheader sweep of Gettysburg, Friesen came back with the best pitching performance of his career. He completed eight innings, blowing past his previous career high of five, and struck out a career-high 7 batters. Friesen gave up one run in the second and two in the fifth, but in his other six innings he faced only two batters over the minimum. The second through fourth hitters in the Dickinson lineup were a combined 0-for-11 against Friesen. Virno pitched a scoreless ninth, striking out one.

The bats were alive early and often for Johns Hopkins as they finished with 15 hits to take an insurmountable lead for the Garnet and finish with an 18-6 win to move to 25-3 on the season. Isaiah Winikur set the table with a leadoff single in the bottom of the first. A couple batters later, Matthew Cooper stepped up to the dish and put the Blue Jays on the board, smacking a ball to opposite field over the fence to give JHU a 2-0 lead. It was Cooper's 12th homer of the season to match his total from last year. After getting blanked in the third inning, JHU would put the game out of reach early in the next couple of innings. Between the fourth and fifth inning, the Blue Jays brought 11 runs across the plate and did so with eight hits. Seven different Blue Jays picked up RBI's during this stretch to open an 11-0 lead.

William Paterson (15-9) secured a 6-3 non-conference victory at Wilkes (13-17) April 11. The Pioneers touched the plate twice during their first at-bat but the Colonels knotted the score at 2-2 in the fourth via a walk, stolen base, groundout and sac fly. WP surged back in front during the top of the fifth inning. The Colonels used a single, error and two hit by pitches to score once during the home half of the ninth, bringing the go-ahead run to the plate with one out. However, the Pioneers turned a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat and the game.

Maryville scored six runs in the seventh inning on Tuesday
to steal the mid-week matchup against Sewanee on the
road, 11-7. Zach Fritts had himself a day at the plate for
Maryville in this matchup. The senior didn't get the start in
the game, but when his number was called as a pinch hitter,
he didn't let his team down. The Lenoir City product went
2-for-2 with a home run and a double, driving in four runs
and scoring another two of his own. His hits accounted for
the Scots' only extra-base knocks of the day.

Cabrinia athletics photo by Brooklyn Wallet

Penn State Altoona broke its eight-game losing streak on Tuesday afternoon with a doubleheader sweep of non-conference opponent Lancaster Bible College. Penn State Altoona (10-19) established an early lead in game one, en route to a 13-2 victory. In game two, the Lions blanked Lancaster Bible (8-19) by a score of 6-0. Penn State Altoona broke its eight-game skid with a lopsided win in game one of the doubleheader, as the Lions put 13 runs on the board to tie for their second-highest run output in a game this season. Penn State Altoona hit four home runs as a team to tie for the most homers in a game in Lions history. The Lions held Lancaster Bible to just five hits in game two while scoring six more runs of their own, including hitting two more home runs.

Eleven runs over nine innings wasn't enough for the Clarkson last week against Plattsburgh State, so in the rematch the Golden Knights put up double that plus one just to be sure, as the Green and Gold routed the Cardinals 23-6 on Tuesday afternoon. The Golden Knights improved to 6-14 on the year while the Cardinals fell to 6-14. Clarkson has a pair of conference doubleheaders this weekend when the team travels to take on Bard College on Saturday and Rensselaer on Sunday. Clarkson scored in all but one inning on Tuesday, and had a crooked number in all but two as the team was consistent in its offense, pounding out a season-high 24 hits.

Junior Matt Myers reached base five times and scored three runs as 10th-ranked Randolph-Macon used a nine-run sixth to secure a 15-7 ODAC win over Hampden-Sydney on Tuesday afternoon. Sophomore Sam Slevin fanned two of the three hitters he faced in the sixth, leaving the sacks full of Tigers. Slevin picked up the win to make his record 1-0. Sophomore Bere Bauers pitched the final three innings without allowing a run in recording his second save. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven. Junior Jacob Lawler pitched two scoreless innings in relief with two strikeouts.

Suffolk knocked two grand slams and stole a dozen bases in a 16-6, eight-inning Commonwealth Coast Conference win over Gordon Tuesday afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park. A grand slam by Joe Ward gave Suffolk a 4-0 cushion after the first frame. The left fielder slugged a no doubter to right center that cleared the bases that were chucked after Max Iorio, Harry Painter and Marc Birbiglia all walked. The Fighting Scots figured Painter out in the top of the fifth as they poured in four runs on four hits to make it a one-run game, 7-6. Smart base running by Luke Harder padded Suffolk's lead back to a pair in the bottom of the fifth. Painter restored the four-run distance in the seventh when he collected a RBI on a base hit to left field. The pitcher turned designated hitter plated Gilbride, who led off with a walk. In the eighth, Gilbride and Roberts each wore a pitch with the bases loaded to stretch the gap to six to bring up Painter. He let the ball fly deep to left field and his second bomb of the day cleared the bases to turn on the mercy-rule and lock up the conference win.

North Central University had a doubleheader today versus two separate conference opponents. Both games took place at the University of Northwestern's Reynolds Field as Wintercrest Park still remains unable to play due to weather. In the first game, NCU lost 13-7 in ten innings to Northwestern. Later on that evening, North Central was defeated by Minnesota Morris 14-3. North Central would tie the game in the seventh. Both squads would hold the other off the scoreboard in the last two innings, bringing the game to extras. After getting two quick outs, UNW would string together multiple at-bats, leading to a huge 6 run top of the 10th. NCU couldn't respond, leading to a final score of 13-7 in favor of the Eagles. UMM would get some early success and build the score to 9-0 heading. It was the top of the seventh where the Cougars would put the game away with a five run inning. NCU needed to score two in the bottom half of the inning to keep things going but were unable to do so, leading to the final score, 14-3.

A valiant comeback effort from Rochester fell short as Hamilton's Michael Tallarida hit a walk-off 3-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to post a 13-11 win at the Loop Road Athletic Complex. Rochester (15-9) scored eight straight run from the fifth through the top of the ninth inning, rallying from as many as seven runs down to take the lead following an error on a Jackson Reed blooper in the ninth. Joseph Rende provided the big hit in the final frame for Rochester, doubling in two runs to tie the score at 10-all. In the bottom of the inning, Hamilton (13-8) got its leadoff runner on base via walk. After a sacrifice bunt and another walk, Tallarida blasted an 0-2 pitch off of Mark Aaronson over the right.

Lewis & Clark's pitchers gave up only two runs on five hits, and the offense produced a huge four-run sixth inning to beat Northwest Conference regular season champion Pacific University 7-2 and earned their 23rd win of the season, the most by the program since 1992 on Tuesday afternoon. Junior closer Anthony Clerici struck out the first two batters in the Boxer's last at-bat before Lovings hit his second homer to center field. Pacific's Andrew Thomas then grounded out to Gonzaga to secure Lewis & Clark's 12th conference win, the most by the Pioneers since 2008. Junior pitcher Tyler Shimabukuro earned the win on the mound giving up one run in three innings of pitching and striking out two. Senior Luke Ritter pitched one inning of relief for the Pioneers with no hits and one strikeout. Lewis & Clark currently sits in third place in the NWC standings. They hold a two-game lead over fourth place University of Puget Sound. The top four teams will play in the NWC tournament at Pacific.