|
|
|
Nick
Papillo |
Brian
Healy |
Ross
Danzig |
Box score (game one)
Box score (game two)
Photo gallery (courtesy of Dan
Ceccacci)
MOOSIC, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team
could not come up with the big hit all night on Monday, dropping a
doubleheader to Merchant Marine Academy, 10-3 and 5-4 in nine
innings, at PNC Field.
The Royals (8-12, 3-8 Landmark) had a 4-3 lead in the seventh
inning of the second game, but Merchant Marine (15-9-1, 6-6
Landmark) scored a run in the seventh and again in the ninth to
earn the sweep.
Sophomore outfielder Nick Papillo
(Germantown, Md./St. John's College H.S.) had a go-ahead
RBI single in the bottom of the sixth after fellow sophomore
outfielder Brian Healy
(Middletown, N.J./Middletown South) had tied the game in
the fourth with a bases-loaded walk.
Junior first baseman Ross Danzig (Clarks
Green, Pa./Abington Heights/Blair Academy, N.J.) added a
two-run single in the first inning. Junior righty Michael
Villegas (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) took the
loss despite allowing two runs, one earned on three hits in 4 1/3
innings of relief.
In the opener, the Royals fell behind 5-0 after three and a half
innings and managed just three hits in the game. Junior shortstop
Justin Klingman
(Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights) singled and scored,
and seniors Matt Maghini
(Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand) and Michael Gaeta
(Cranford, N.J./Cranford) and junior Michael Umerich
(Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights) each had
RBIs.
Scranton is back in action on Wednesday, April 16, when it
travels to LaPlume, Pa. to take on Keystone College at 4 p.m.
--ROYALS--
