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St. Mary's City, Md. - Six runs in the fourth
inning allowed the Villa Julie College Mustangs to blow the game
wide open and post a 12-1 Capital Athletic Conference victory over
St. Mary's College of Maryland Friday afternoon in baseball
action.
The Mustangs (3-1-1, 1-0 CAC) enjoyed their first CAC victory
ever as the 2008 campaign marks VJC's first year as a conference
member. Four Mustangs connected on a pair of hits in helping
VJC to the win.
Junior catcher Griffin Stewart (Bel Air,
Md./Bel Air) paced the Mustangs with a 2-for-3 showing at the
plate, including three RBI and two runs. Infielders
Brett Steele (Arnold, Md./Broadneck),
Buddy Breidenbaugh (Perry Hall, Md./Perry Hall),
and sophomore outfielder George Papuchis
(Damascus, Md./Good Counsel) all went 2-for-5.
Stewart notched a two-run single through the left side with one
out in the third inning to give Villa Julie a 4-1 lead.
Steele doubled down the left field line and drove in three runs
with one out in the fourth, increasing the Mustang lead to 7-1.
Sophomore outfielder Jacen Killebrew (La Plata,
Md./La Plata) scored the lone Seahawk run in the bottom of the
first inning putting St. Mary's up 1-0. Killebrew had reached
base on a VJC error and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by
freshman infielder Matt Baden (Sunderland,
Md./Huntingtown). He then stole third before crossing home
plate on senior infielder Jay Benedetti's (Laurel,
Md./Hammond) ground out to shortstop.
St. Mary's (2-4, 0-1 CAC) had five different players register a
single as senior right-hander Brian Briggs
(Laurel, Md./Hammond) dropped to 1-1 on the season, giving up five
earned runs in 3.1 innings. Briggs walked three and struck
out two.
Junior lefty Wade Keenan (Eldersburg,
Md./Liberty) remained perfect thus far with a 3-0 mark, pitching
six innings with only three hits allowed. Keenan struck out
four.
The Seahawks will have a shot to redeem themselves tomorrow as
St. Mary's entertains the Mustangs for two more games in order to
complete the three-game conference series at the Hawk's Nest.
First pitch is slated for noon.
