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Baseball Scores Season-high 15 Runs Vs. Mules

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FLEMINGTON, N.J.—Eastern University Baseball won its second game in a row with a 15-run outburst on Tuesday night against the Muhlenberg College Mules.

On a cold and windy night under the lights on Diamond Nation's turf field, Eastern topped Muhlenberg 15-6.

The Eagles pounded out 19 hits and took advantage of seven Muhlenberg errors en route to their most runs since scoring 21 against Lebanon Valley College in April last year.

Eight of nine Eagles' starters recorded a hit. Freshman Timmy Gorton went a perfect 4-for-4 from the plate and scored four times. Senior Ryan McMenamin recorded four hits and scored three times. Eric Rossi and Joe Grato each went 3-for-6. Grato and freshman Cal Sanelli each posted three RBIs.

Eagles' pitcher Ryan Kehr tossed five innings in relief and struck out five batters en route to the win. Kehr allowed four hits, walked one and gave up two earned runs. Eastern's Korey McCormack, Justin Fredericks and Tyler Sterkenburg combined to strike out five batters in a two-hit scoreless final three innings.

Muhlenberg scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, but Eastern responded with a crooked number of its own in the top of the third. Eastern scored five runs in the inning on five hits, including a two-RBI double by Sanelli.

Eastern led 8-4 going into the bottom of the sixth, but Muhlenberg got two back with back-to-back home runs. However, Eastern kept Muhlenberg scoreless the rest of the way.

The Eagles scored four runs in the seventh, capitalizing on three Mules' errors, and added three more runs in the eighth to put the game completely out of reach.

Eastern (2-7) added a game with Swarthmore College at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

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Players Mentioned

Cal Sanelli

#8 Cal Sanelli

IF/OF
First Year
R/R
Joe Grato

#20 Joe Grato

1B
Junior
R/R
Korey McCormack

#29 Korey McCormack

P
Junior
R/R
Ryan Kehr

#11 Ryan Kehr

RHP
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Tyler Sterkenburg

#32 Tyler Sterkenburg

LHP
6' 2"
Junior
L/L
Timmy Gorton

#3 Timmy Gorton

C/IF
6' 0"
Senior
L/R
Justin Fredericks

#11 Justin Fredericks

P
6' 0"
Senior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Cal Sanelli

#8 Cal Sanelli

First Year
R/R
IF/OF
Joe Grato

#20 Joe Grato

Junior
R/R
1B
Korey McCormack

#29 Korey McCormack

Junior
R/R
P
Ryan Kehr

#11 Ryan Kehr

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Tyler Sterkenburg

#32 Tyler Sterkenburg

6' 2"
Junior
L/L
LHP
Timmy Gorton

#3 Timmy Gorton

6' 0"
Senior
L/R
C/IF
Justin Fredericks

#11 Justin Fredericks

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
P