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IMMACULATA,Pa.- Eastern University Baseball used a pair of
big innings early to jump to a 13-2 lead and never looked back en route
to an 18-10 win at Immaculata. Gary Moses went his scheduled four
innings to pick up his second win of the year for the Eagles.
After
each team scored single tallies in the first inning, Eastern put a
five-spot on the board in the third to open up the game. Eric Smith,
Brendon Spall, and Dillon Schwartzer each singled to load the bases.
After Scott Renauro walked in a run with one out, and Dave Preager hit a
400 foot sacrifice fly to straightaway center, Greg DeSarro singled to
drive in a run and Devon Ziegenfuss tripled to the fence in right-center
to drive in a pair. Ziegenfuss finished the day with three hits and a
team-high three RBIs. His first hit of the day was an RBI double in the
first.
Moses allowed a single run in the second and escaped a
little bit of a jam when Ziegenfuss made a running catch on a sinking
line drive with one out and runners on the corners. Moses allowed three
runs on seven hits in four innings.
Eastern put the game away in
the fourth. Prager doubled to lead off the inning and advanced to third
on a ball that skipped away from the catcher. Greg DeSarro then hit a
ground ball single through a drawn in infield to start a seven run
inning.
"The heads up base-running by [Dave] Prager changed the
game," Head Coach Matt Midkiff commented, "He gets to third on a ball
that doesn't get that far from the catcher and now we get a big inning."
André Butler recorded an RBI triple for the big hit of the seven hit inning.
Greg
Lukasik came on in relief and allowed one run on one hit in two innings
of work. Ryan Chenault, Matt Martin, and Ben Melendez finished out the
game on the mound. The Eagles (19-12) will now prepare for a huge
Freedom Conference series this weekend agaisnt Manhattanville College.
Eastern will play the first game in Purchase and the Saturday
doubleheader at home. Eastern has a one-game lead on the Valiants with
six games to play.
Saturday's games can be viewed on Eagle Vision.
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