ELMIRA, N.Y. (April 25, 2015) – The Stevens Institute of baseball team swept a doubleheader 6-1 and 14-4 against Elmira College on Saturday.
 
The Ducks are playing their best baseball of the campaign, running their unbeaten streak to nine and improving to 24-10 on the season. Elmira is now 2-24.
 
Game 1: Stevens 6, Elmira 1
 
After a scoreless first inning, Stevens tallied the first run of the afternoon on an RBI single from sophomore Michael Mule'. Junior Jayson Yano started the inning reaching on a hit by pitch and stealing second base. Yano drove the other run as he reached on an error, which scored freshman Tommy Baronner who hit a two-out double to right center.
 
Elmira put their only run of the first contest on the board in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Mike Burghardt. A sacrifice fly by sophomore Zeph Walters in the top of the fifth gave the visitors the two-run edge back, and in the top of the seventh Walters delivered the big hit to tack on two insurance runs, booming a one out double to left-center.
 
Freshman Alex Detweiler allowed five hits and one unearned run over six innings striking out seven to earn the win while Baronner went 2-for-3 with a double and a stolen base.
 
Hayden Rothenberg had two of the five hits for the Soaring Eagles who got a complete effort from Dennis Rudolph.
 
Game 2: Stevens 14, Elmira 4
 
The Ducks wasted no time in game two, tacking on four runs in the top of the first, with Yano delivering a two run single and seniors Brian Hennelly drawing a bases loaded walk and Gregg Nickels delivering a sacrifice fly respectively. Yano added another RBI in the top of the second on a sac fly and junior Nick Sieber kept up his torrid ways, belting a ribbie double to left field.
 
A Sieber single scored Yano in the fourth, but Rudolph delivered an RBI single to left center to break up the shutout in the home half of the inning. Another sacrifice fly, this time off the bat of junior Jonathan Toro extended the lead to 9-1, and senior Marc Calleo scooted home a passed ball. Dylan Bellinger cranked a three run homer to center field, but a two-run single by Sieber and an RBI knock by Mule' countered the homer.
 
Toro crossed home four times, while Sieber and Yano had four RBI's each with Sieber also having four hits. The Ducks were busy on the base paths, swiping six bags in the nightcap. Senior Gary Boardman went five innings, allowing three hits while striking out seven. The bullpen quintet of sophomores Bret Viola, William Korosec, Bridger Cohen and the debut of Nick Muglia, along with junior Danny McIntyre, held Elmira to two hits over four innings, notching five punchouts.
 
The two teams are back in action tomorrow with first pitch at noon.

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