ST. DAVIDS, Pa.– Eastern University Baseball used a few key hits and solid pitching to earn a 7-3 non-league win at The Yard.
Jacob Breyer,
Tyler Bennett,
Steve Sattanino, and
Shane Albertson held the visiting HIghlander (8-9) without an extra-base hit in the nine inning win.
How It Happened:
Breyer threw 11 pitches to retire the Highlanders in order in the top of the first and the Eagles picked up three runs in the bottom of the inning.
Shane Albertson and
Liam Clarke reached on singles to start the bottom of the inning and
Britton Lawrence took a pitch of the shoulder to load the bases.
Brady DiGiacomo laced a hard ground ball that could have been a double-play, but a hustling DiGiacomo beat the relay and advanced to second on an errant throw. The third run of the inning also scored on an error.
Breyer retired the first two Highlanders in the second inning before he had thrown his third pitch, but the inning took a difficult turn after that. After getting up 0-2, Breyer hit a batter and then gave up a single to left on an 0-2 pitch to the next hitter. The Highlanders cut the Eastern lead to 3-2 after a wild pitch and a 2-RBI single. Breyer finally escaped the inning with a strikeout.
The Eagles plated a single run on a two-out bases loaded walk from Zach Belansek in the bottom of the second for a 4-2 lead. The Eagles picked up their only other runs in the game on a two-out bases clearing double from Clarke in the bottom of the fifth.
Those runs would prove to be more than enough for the four Eastern pitchers. Bennett was very sharp through his first two innings. The sophomore southpaw used only 18 pitches to retire the side in order in the fourth and fifth. He gave up back-to-back two-out singles in the sixth before ending the rally with strikeout. Sattanino worked the seventh and eighth. He allowed a single run on two hits and an error in the eighth. Albertson retired all three hitters he faced in the ninth.
The Eastern pitchers struck out six and only walked two in the win.
Coach Renauro Says:
"Our pitchers did a great job getting ahead and pitching to contact. When you execute that plan you need to play clean defense. We did a really good job fielding batted balls today. Hitters took advantage of a few early opportunities. Liam was engaged the whole day. He had another two-hit day and he waa aggressive on the bases."
Up Next:
The Eagles will play a non-league game against PSU-Brandywine tomorrow night at the MapleZone Athletic Complex.
