Center Valley, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team dropped a Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom road game at DeSales on Monday night by a final of 18-5.
How It Happened
Down 1-0 after one, Stevens (10-8, 3-3 MACF) loaded the bases with no one out in the second via walks to
Griffin Zitko &
Tyler Wilke and a
Jackson Wein single.
Adam Kobayashi tied the game with a ground out, then, after
Ethan Simpson walked to re-load the bases, Wein scored on a passed ball and
Vinnie Stigliano plated Wilke with a sacrifice fly, putting the Ducks up 3-1, though DeSales scored five in the bottom of the second, seizing the lead back, 6-3.
In the third,
Adam Barrington singled ahead of a Wein hit by pitch. After the duo pulled off a double steal, Wilke drove them both in with a single to center, pulling the Ducks within one, 6-5.
DeSales tacked on five in the third, then after both sides went scoreless across the fourth, fifth, and sixth, the Bulldogs added two more in the seven before another five-spot in the eighth.
Stevens put runners on in the fourth, seventh, and eighth, but could not push another run across.
Inside The Box Score
- Wilke recorded his third multi-RBI game of the season
- Edward "E.J." Balewitz Jr. finished 1-for-4, extending his hitting streak to 10 games
- Yuvan Anthony made his third appearance of the season, establishing new career-highs with three innings pitched and a pair of strikeouts
- Chip Krese and Wein each finished with two hits
Up Next
The Ducks host Centenary on Wednesday night at 7:00 PM; the former Skyline Conference rivals squared off 16 times between 2003 and 2007 with each side winning eight, though the teams have not met since.
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