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St. Mary's City, Md. - The St. Mary's College
of Maryland baseball team split a non-conference doubleheader with
the visiting Colonels of Wilkes University Saturday
afternoon. Wilkes captured the first contest, 2-1, while the
Seahawks won the second half of the twin bill, 3-0, behind a solid
complete game from sophomore right-hander Mikel
Iraola (Silver Spring, Md./DeMatha Catholic).
Wilkes (1-1) took an early 1-0 lead in the third inning as
junior shortstop Mike McAndrew (Avoca, Pa.) scored
on a throwing error by junior RHP Jon Gill (Owings
Mills, Md./Park) who was looking to pick off senior second baseman
Geoff Miller (Pottsville, Pa.).
Gill held the Colonels at 1-0 as he struck out the
next batter and then ended the inning with a fly out to right
field.
The contest remained 1-0 until the seventh inning when the
Colonels capitalized on a wild pitch by Gill to
double their lead. After a lead off ground out, Wilkes loaded
the bases with three consecutive singles then sophomore right
fielder Al Clocker (Swoyersville, Pa.) crossed
home plate on the wild pitch. Gill avoided
more runs with back-to-back ground outs to end the inning.
Clocker paced the WU offense in the first half
with a 2-for-3 effort and a run scored.
The Seahawks (5-3) attempted a rally in their half of the
seventh inning as sophomore shortstop Matt Baden
(Sunderland, Md./Huntingtown) connected on a two-out, RBI single to
score freshman Nick Urso (Newtown,
Conn./Newtown). Sophomore DH Brad Shepherd
(Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) had a lead off walk before being
subbed out by Urso. The last out of the
inning came on a fly out to center.
Junior RHP Tom Buckler (Plains, Pa.) picked up
the win as Buckler (1-0) pitched 4.0 innings with
four walks, two strikeouts, and one hit. Freshman
Ryan Fetterman (Endwell, N.Y.) earned his first
collegiate save as Fetterman gave up the run on
two hits with three walks.
Gill dropped to 1-2 on the season despite
striking out five as he threw a complete game with one earned run
on six hits and one walk. Shepherd led the
Seahawks at the plate with a 2-for-2 showing and a run scored.
In the nightcap, Iraola (2-0) notched his
second straight victory as he fanned a season-high seven batters
with only two hits and two walks in a complete, 7.0 inning
game. Senior south paw Justin Huff
(Montrose, Pa.) suffered the loss for Wilkes as two runs scored
during Huff's (0-1) four innings.
St. Mary's posted a 2-0 advantage in the second inning as junior
leftfielder Justin Rabon (Charlotte Hall, Md./La
Plata) picked up a two-out RBI single to bring home junior catcher
Donald Redmiles (Davidsonville, Md./DeMatha
Catholic) who reached base on an error by the Colonel third
baseman. Rabon then scored on an RBI single
by Gill.
Junior second baseman Lyle Kralle (Great Mills,
Md./Great Mills) gave the Seahawks a 3-0 cushion in the sixth as
Kralle's RBI single allowed Baden
to score.
The Seahawks will wrap-up the three-game series with Wilkes
tomorrow afternoon as the first pitch is set for noon in the Hawk's
Nest.
