MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Edgewood College Eagles baseball squad continued their Spring Break Friday afternoon. They played against the MUW Owls. The Eagles (2-3) emerged victorious the battle of the avian teams against the Owls (2-7) 7-2.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- A wild pitch opened the scoring in the third, bringing home
Kyle Sagan.
Joseph Kalafut followed it up with a solo blast to make it 2-0 Edgewood College after three.
- The Owls evened the game in the bottom of the fourth, a sacrifice fly to center and a single to left tying things up 2-2.
- Edgewood College broke the stalemate in the top of the fifth with a
Connor Goodwin single to center field. A passed ball brought home Sagan in the top of the seventh to give them a two-run cushion heading into the final stretch of play.
- A failed pickoff set up a
Daniel Bentivegna RBI single to left field to wrap up the scoring at 7-2.
- Four different Eagles recorded RBIs.
Jackson DeChristina and
Kyle Prindle both recorded a pair of hits and a run.
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Justin Grosse earned the victory in the start, allowing two runs in five innings pitched. The Edgewood College staff combined for eight strikeouts.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Eagles have won their first two games of their spring trip.
- The victory evened the all-time series at 1-1 against MUW.
- The eight strikeouts were a low for an individual game this season for Edgewood College.
UP NEXT
The Eagles play a doubleheader on Saturday. They participate in a rematch against the Castleton Spartans starting at 1:30 p.m. before battling with host Huntingdon Hawks at 4:30 p.m. The Eagles defeated the Spartans 12-4 on Thursday and are 3-2 against the Hawks in the all-time series.
