BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – The Saint Joseph's baseball team notched a win in its first road contest of the season, using a three-run first and a three-run ninth to power past Gardner-Webb, 6-2, at John Henry Moss Stadium on Friday.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
• Saint Joseph's (2-0) jumped out to a lead right away as
Conlan Wall led off the game with a walk and scored on a triple by
Ryan Weingartner.Â
Luke Zimmerman followed with an RBI single to plate Weingartner; he would come around to score himself on a groundout by
Owen Petrich three batters later.
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• Hawk starter
Will McCausland kept the Runnin' Bulldogs off balance through the first six innings, but the hosts would break through for a singleton in the seventh on a two-out single by Ethan Rossow.
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• The Hawks added some key insurance runs in the top half of the ninth. A walk by Petrich, a single from
Jakob Reed, and a walk by
Brandon Drapeau loaded the bases with nobody out for
Max Hitman, whose sacrifice fly scored Petrich to restore the three-run advantage. Reed would score on a wild pitch two batters later before Drapeau came in on a single by Weingartner to make it a five-run lead.
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• Gardner-Webb (1-4) loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the frame, but managed just a single consolation run on a sac fly by Matt Ilgenfritz.
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BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• McCausland was outstanding on Friday, scattering three hits and striking out 10 across six shutout innings for his first win of the season. He did not allow a runner past second base and fanned five of the last seven batters he faced.
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• Blake Brogdon allowed three runs on three hits in five innings to fall to 0-2.
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• Weingartner finished the day 3-for-5 with a run scored and two runs batted in. He ripped a pair of triples in the game, the sixth time in program history that a Hawk has recorded a two-triple game and the first since Brendan Hueth against UMass on April 10, 2021.
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Ryan Picollo added two hits as well, while both Petrich and Wall reached base twice in the game.
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UP NEXT
The Hawks visit Presbyterian on Saturday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
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