2026 Baseball Seniors
Dave Janosz
0
Delaware Valley DELAWARE 6-8
8
Winner Stevens STEVENS 8-7
Delaware Valley DELAWARE
6-8
0
Final
8
Stevens STEVENS
8-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Delaware Valley DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Stevens STEVENS 2 0 3 0 0 3 X 8 9 2

W: Finch, David (2-0) L: Colin Foley (2-2)

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Delaware Valley DELAWARE
14
Winner Stevens STEVENS
Delaware Valley DELAWARE
13
Final
14
Stevens STEVENS
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Delaware Valley DELAWARE 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 13 8 1
Stevens STEVENS 2 0 0 1 0 3 5 3 X 14 12 2

W: Wolf, Garret (1-1) L: Andrew Cullinan (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Sweeps Senior Day Doubleheader From Delaware Valley

HOBOKEN, N.J. – Strong pitching from David Finch in Game 1 and a barrage of timely, clutch offense in Game 2 led the Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team to a Senior Day doubleheader sweep of Delaware Valley Saturday afternoon in Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom play.

Stevens (10-7, 3-2 MACF) won 8-0 in Game 1 and 14-13 in Game 2.
How It Happened
In Game 1, with two out and no one on in the bottom of the first, Adam Barrington doubled and came in to score on a Garret Wolf single. After Wolf stole second + took third on a throwing error, Griffin Zitko walked and got caught in a rundown long enough for Wolf to scamper home with the second run of the inning.

Things remained 2-0 to the bottom of the third when walks drawn by Chip Krese and Adam Barrington were followed by a three-run blast to straightaway center off the bat of Wolf.

Staked a 5-0 lead, David Finch set down the side in order in the fourth, then escaped trouble in the fifth, first with a double play, then with an inning-ending outfield assist from Dylan Fishbough, cutting down an Aggie at the plate.

Tyler Wilke and E.J. Balewitz Jr. each went deep in a three-run sixth for the Ducks, as Connor McLachlan put the finishing touches on the shutout in the seventh.
 

In Game 2, Barrington had two home runs in the first five innings, but the Ducks still trailed 5-3 heading to the sixth and the start of three wild back-and-forth innings.

The madness began with Stevens answering a two-run Delaware Valley sixth with a three-spot of their own that was inches away from being more, but a diving catch by the Aggies' left fielder kept them in front 7-6.

After a grand slam put the Aggies up 11-6 through six-and-a-half, the Ducks roared back with five in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game, the big blows coming via a Balewitz Jr. home run and a Fishbough RBI double – Fishbough later scored the tying run on a passed ball.

Delaware Valley went back in front in the top of the eighth, 13-11, but the Ducks got one back in the eighth before Griffin Zitko capped the insanity with a towering two-run opposite-field shot, shooting Stevens out in front.

Wolf, after starting the game at first base before moving to right field, finished a scoreless 1.2 innings on the mound in the ninth, giving the Ducks the conference series sweep.

Between games, the team honored the Class of 2026 – Finch, Zitko, Fishbough, Zach DeGeorge, Jonah Swarts, Wiliam Sotiropoulos, Erik Sibbach, Justin Zachery -- for their accomplishments on and off the diamond.

Inside the Box Score
  • Finch allowed just two hits while striking out seven in six scoreless innings, surpassing 100 strikeouts as a Duck
  • The 2-3-4 hitters in each game, Balewitz, Barrington, and Wolf finished the day a combined 14-for-22 with 15 runs and 13 RBI
    • Balewitz, who had a homer in each game, finished the twinbill 4-for-8 with three extra-base hits, four runs, and three RBI
    • Barrington finished the day 4-for-6 with three extra-base hits, six runs, three RBI, and a pair of steals
    • Wolf had three hits in each game, finishing the day 6-for-8 with five runs, six RBI, and three steals
Up Next
Rescheduled from last Saturday, the Ducks finish their MAC Freedom series with DeSales in Center Valley, Pa. on Monday at 4:00 PM.

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