Moravian Takes Two From Scranton to Complete Weekend Sweep
The Moravian College baseball team swept a Landmark Conference doubleheader from The University of Scranton on Sunday afternoon by identical 4-2 scores to extend the Greyhounds home winning streak over conference opponents to 18.
Game 2
Game 2
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The Moravian College baseball team swept a Landmark Conference doubleheader from The University of Scranton on Sunday afternoon by identical 4-2 scores to extend the Greyhounds home winning streak over conference opponents to 18.
Moravian is now a win away or a Juniata College loss away from clinching its third straight Landmark Conference Tournament, and head coach Paul Engelhardt is one win shy of 100 career wins in just his fifth season.
In the opener, the Royals took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Sophomore outfielder Michael Gaeta scored the opening run on a passed ball before senior outfielder Jason Lane hit an RBI single that scored junior second baseman Jesse Outhouse.
The Greyhounds answered with four runs in the bottom half of the second to take the lead. Junior designated hitter Gregg Steinman was hit by a pitch to start the inning, and he scored on an RBI double from junior catcher Austin Rock. Two batters later, junior shortstop Dave Zubia connected on a two-RBI double to score Rock and sophomore outfielder Rocco Del Priore, who had walked. Senior outfielder Jason Huber finished the inning with an RBI triple scoring Dave Zubia.
Moravian had a 6-5 edge in this in the game with Rock and Huber each going two-for-three with an RBI. Dave Zubia was one-for-three with two RBIs.
Sophomore Thomas Fenyak, pictured at left, improved to 3-2 on the season, allowing a pair of unearned runs on three hits with four strikeouts in six innings of action. Junior Kyle Longernecker earned his fourth save of the year, giving up two hits and striking out one natter in an inning.
Scranton junior pitcher Rocky Sawyer took the loss after giving up four runs on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts.
The Royals took an early 2-0 lead in the second game as well with a pair of runs in the top of the third inning. Junior shortstop Matt Rayha scored on a throwing error on a stolen base attempt while senior first baseman David Giglio had an RBI single.
In the bottom of the third inning, Huber, pictured at left, stole his second base of the game for the Greyhounds, becoming the school's all-time record holder with 44 career stolen bases.
Moravian scored once in the bottom of the fourth inning when Dave Zubia was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score senior third baseman Jon Baltz, who had walked earlier in the inning.
The Greyhounds then scored three times in the bottom half of the fifth for the 4-2 lead. Junior first baseman Kevin O'Keefe would score the tying run on a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt attempt from freshman outfielder Joseph Connell. Baltz followed with an RBI single to score senior outfielder Mike Zubia with the winning run. Connell finished with scoring with an RBI sacrifice fly to score Baltz.
Scranton had a 7-5 edge in hits in the second game with Giglio going three-for-three with an RBI. Sophomore third baseman Richard Pohl was two-for-four for the Royals. Baltz was one-for-two with a pair of RBIs to lead the Greyhounds.
Freshman Jonathan Harasin improved to 4-1 on the mound for the Greyhounds, allowing two runs on seven hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six innings of action. Longernecker, pictured at right, picked up his second save of the day and fifth of the season with two strikeouts in the final inning.
Junior Corey Gorman took the loss for Scranton after allowing four runs on five hits and five walks with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings of action.
