St. Mary's City, Md. - St. Mary's College of
Maryland and Wesley College each notched a win as the two teams
wrapped their three-game series Saturday afternoon with a Capital
Athletic Conference doubleheader. Wesley (19-5, 6-3 CAC)
edged the Seahawks 2-1 in the three-game set as the Wolverines
posted a 9-8 triumph in the single-game outing on Thursday.
Game One: SMC
8, Wesley 2
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The Seahawks (11-12, 4-4 CAC) used a six-run second
inning to claim an 8-2 victory in the first half of the twinbill.
Two Wesley errors, an RBI single to left center by junior
infielder Jason Turen (Clarksville, Md./River
Hill), a two-run triple to center field by freshman outfielder
Bobby Corton (Owings Mills, Md./Calvert Hall)
tripled to center field, an RBI double by senior infielder
Jay Benedetti (Laurel, Md./Hammond), and an RBI
single to center field by senior DH Mike
Broccolino (Millersville, Md./Old Mill) helped St. Mary's
plate six runs in the second.
The Wolverines picked up runs in the third and seventh to make
the final, 8-2. SMCM had eight runs on eight hits and made
only one error in the game.
Broccolino, Corton, and
Turen all had two hits for the Seahawks.
Broccolino connected on his second home run of the
season in the fourth, while Turen scored twice.
Junior Stu Madden (Langhorne, Pa.) and freshman
Kevin Murphy (Middletown, Md./Middletown) each
notched a pair of hits for Wesley. Murphy
picked up his sixth double of 2008 as well as his first career
triple.
Senior right-hander Brian Briggs (Laurel,
Md./Hammond) improved to 2-2 on the year with five strikeouts, two
walks, and two earned runs on six hits in 6.2 innings pitched.
Senior John Passwaters (Bridgeville, Del.)
dropped to 2-2 for the season, giving up four earned runs on eight
hits with no strikeouts.
Game Two:
Wesley 7, SMC 5
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Wesley staked a 7-5 win in the nightcap as a result of two
runs in the top of the ninth and a solid inning of relief pitching
by sophomore closer Colin Warner (Dagsboro, Del.)
who picked up his third save of the year.
With the contest knotted at 5-5 through eight innings, senior
Dan Bunnion (Blackwood, N.J.) registered a one-out
RBI single to give the Wolverines a one-run lead. Then
Bunnion scored on a single to right field by
sophomore Grant Morlock (Bel Air, Md./Fallston)
after Bunnion advanced to second on a balk by
sophomore righty Jon Gill (Owings Mills,
Md./Park). Bunnion finished the game 4-for-5
with two RBI and three runs, while Morlock went
3-for-5 with two RBI and one run.
After Warner gave up a leadoff triple to
Turen, he was able to get Corton
to hit into a double play as Turen was tagged out
at home. Warner then struck out the next
Seahawk batter for the game's final out.
Broccolino, freshman infielder Matt Baden
(Sunderland, Md./Huntingtown), and sophomore outfielder
Jacen Killebrew (La Plata, Md./La Plata) had two
hits apiece for SMCM. Gill (2-2) suffered the loss after
allowing the game-winning runs on seven hits in 4.0 innings of
relief with two strikeouts.