Quinton Sterling
4
Centenary (N.J.) CENTENAR 6-11
12
Winner Stevens STEVENS 10-8
Centenary (N.J.) CENTENAR
6-11
4
Final
12
Stevens STEVENS
10-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Centenary (N.J.) CENTENAR 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 2
Stevens STEVENS 3 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 X 12 13 1

W: McLachlan, Connor (1-0) L: Liam Smith (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Moves to 7-0 at Home With 12-4 Win Over Centenary

Hoboken, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team scored nine runs in the first three innings in a 12-4 win Wednesday night over Centenary at Dobbelaar Field.

How It Happened
The Ducks answered an early run from the Cyclones with a three-spot in the bottom of the first. Chip Krese led off with a double, then stole third ahead of a Tyler Wilke walk. Quinton Sterling drove in Krese with a single to left, then after Griffin Zitko walked to re-load the bases, Ethan Simpson reached on a fielder's choice to second, scoring Wilke and Sterling, who came all the way around from second.

In a scoreless second for each side, Veer Wadhwani, making his first career start, started a stellar 5-3 double play off a line drive to third base. Centenary scored twice in the third to tie the game, but Stevens (11-8) quickly took the lead back in aggressive fashion.

Wilke reached on a fielder's choice ahead of walks to Sterling and Zitko, loading the bases with one out. Next up stepped Simpson, who drove in Wilke and Sterling with a single to left. After Zitko and Simpson pulled off a double steal (with Zitko scoring and Simpson taking third on a throwing error), Simpson scored the fourth run of the inning on a passed ball. Luke Mahala followed with a walk, then stole second and third ahead of a Wadhwani RBI single. After Wadhwani took second on a wild pitch, John Czernyk doubled him home for the sixth and final run of the inning.

Both pitching staffs settled in after the third inning barrage from the Ducks, putting matching zeroes on the scoreboard from the fourth through the sixth inning.

Mahala answered a run from Centenary in the seventh with a tape-measure opposite field blast in the bottom of the inning. Sterling (RBI single) and Zitko (RBI double) added on in the bottom of the eighth for the final runs of the game.

Inside the Box Score
  • After going the first 13 games of the season without scoring 10+ runs, the Ducks have now hit double digits three time in their last six games
  • Each of the Ducks' 1-through-7 hitters (Krese, Wilke, Sterling, Zitko, Simpson, Mahala, Wadhwani) scored at least one run
  • Entering the game with no RBI in 12 at-bats this season, Simpson drove in four
  • Sterling finished 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI
  • Connor McLachlan struck out two and allowed just one hit in two scoreless innings in relief
  • Connor Herlihy and Ryan Ciesla closed the game with 2.1 combined innings of scoreless relief, notching three strikeouts between the two
  • As a team, the Ducks stole seven bases, one off their season-high
Up Next
The Ducks begin a MAC Freedom series on Friday at Misericordia.
 
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