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| Tim
LeCompte |
Eric
Pizzico |
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| Luke
Sheehan |
Greg
Monastra |
Box score
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team
scored five times in the first inning and didn't look back en
route to an 11-5 victory over Juniata College in a Landmark
Conference game Wednesday at Langdon-Goodale Field.
Scranton (17-10, 6-3) had 15 hits and five players finished with
at least two, led by senior shortstop Tim
LeCompte (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic), who went
3-for-5 with a run and two RBIs.
The Royals also received a single and double from junior
designated hitter Eric
Pizzico (Royersford, Pa./Spring Ford) and two singles
apiece from senior catcher Michael Amaturo (Rye, N.Y./Rye), senior right
fielder Greg
Monastra (West Chester, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) and
freshman left fielder Ray Grapsy
(Covington Township, Pa./North Pocono). Amaturo finished
with three RBIs, Monastra had two and also scored twice.
Scranton jumped ahead with five runs, all with two outs, in the
first inning. Amaturo and Monastra each had two-run singles in the
inning.
The Royals added another run in the second inning, then rode the
right arm of sophomore Luke
Sheehan (Bel Air, Md./Loyola Blakefield) into the late
innings. Sheehan picked up the win, allowing five runs, four
earned, on eight hits and a walk while striking out four in 7 2/3
innings. Sophomore righty Jimmy
Sawyer (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) worked the final 1 1/3
innings without allowing a hit.
Scranton added two runs in the seventh, two in the eighth and
one in the ninth to hold off the Eagles (8-19, 4-8 Landmark), who
tried to rally with a run in the seventh and four in the
eighth.
The Royals now sit in a first-place tie atop the conference
standings, matching Catholic at 6-3 at the halfway point.
Scranton returns to action on Saturday, April 13, when the
Royals travel to Bethlehem, Pa. for a Landmark Conference
doubleheader against Moravian College beginning at 1 p.m.
--ROYALS--
