Purchase, N.Y. – The Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team put on an offensive clinic Monday afternoon in a 17-6 win over Manhattanville University.
The Ducks' 17 runs, 19 hits, 15 RBI, and 11 stolen bases were all season-highs, with the 11-run margin of victory also establishing a new high for the year.
How It Happened
Jackson Wein singled, stole two bases, and scored on a
Griffin Zitko sacrifice fly in the first, though Manhattanville scored twice in the bottom of the frame, adding a run in the second, carrying that lead into the fourth, when the Ducks got a run back. After the teams traded two-spots in the fifth, Manhattanville carried a 5-4 lead into the sixth that Stevens (12-11) quickly and emphatically erased.
After
Robert Savely reached on an infield single took second on a wild pitch,
Veer Wadhwani reached on a Savely-scoring error to tie the game. After Wadhwani stole second and third,
John Czernyk walked ahead of a go-ahead RBI single from
Chip Krese. Two batters later, Zitko broke things open with a three-run homer to center.
Garret Wolf and E.J. Balewitz Jr. each followed with singles (moving to second and third on the throw in) ahead of a wild pitch that scored Wolf and a
Quinton Sterling groundout that scored Balewitz Jr., capping a seven-run inning for the Ducks, who opened an 11-5 lead.
The fireworks continued in the sixth as Wadhwani led off with a double and Krese followed with an RBI triple. After Wein was hit by a pitch + stole his third base of the game, Wolf was hit by a pitch as well, ahead of a Balewitz Jr. bases loaded walk and Sterling two-run single as the Ducks went up 15-5.
After Manhattanville scored in the bottom of the seventh, Krese drove in Wadhwani (single + stolen base + advance on groundout) with a sac fly in the eighth and
Vinnie Stigliano singled in Zitko (triple) in the ninth, helping the Ducks complete the quadfecta of season-highs.
Inside The Box Score
- The 1-through-3 hitters (Krese, Wein, Zitko) finished the game a combined 9-for-15 with eight runs and nine RBI
- Zitko, who hit for the cycle, continued his recent hot streak, as the grad transfer has now hit .429 (15-for-35) in his last 10 appearances with 13 runs, 11 RBI, and seven extra-base hits
- Wein hit safely for the seventh straight game; Krese hit safely for the sixth straight game, falling a home run shy of the cycle
- Sterling recorded his second multi-hit, multi-RBI game of the season, the other coming in a win over Montclair State on February 27
- Wadhwani had his first multi-hit game as a Duck; he, along with Wein and Savely, all stole three bases, the most in a game by one player this season
- Mack Lipari closed the game with a scoreless inning in just his second appearance on the mound this season, striking out a pair
Up Next
The Ducks will begin a crucial Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom series on Friday at 2:00 PM on the road at Lebanon Valley, whom the Ducks defeated two games to one in the semifinals of last year's conference tournament.
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