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Fredericksburg, Va. - Since
2000, the St. Mary's College of Maryland baseball team has never
swept the University of Mary Washington in any given season as the
Eagles owned an 18-5 record during the eight-year span.
However, the Seahawks swept Mary Washington in this afternoon's
doubleheader to complete the three-game series sweep as St. Mary's
had picked up an 18-2 victory in a single game on Wednesday.
The Seahawks (9-3, 3-0 CAC) scored five runs in the sixth inning
and the game-winner in the seventh to overcome a 5-0 deficit en
route to their 6-5 victory in the first game. St. Mary's
followed up with a 6-4 win in the nightcap with three runs in the
sixth to erase Mary Washington's 4-3 lead. Freshman closer
Matt Siciliano (Ardmore, Pa./Lower Merion)
recorded two saves to bring his season total to four.
In the first game, freshman RHP Eric Gronbeck
(Owings, Md./Northern) pitched just 1.0 inning to pick up his first
collegiate win of his career, facing four batters with one walk.
Mary Washington (3-3, 0-3 CAC) rushed out a 5-0 lead after three
innings as the Eagles scored four runs on four hits and one Seahawk
error.
The Seahawks capitalized on three UMW errors and connected on
six hits, including three doubles, as the visitors exploded for six
runs in the final two innings of the first half of the twin bill.
This week's Capital Athletic Conference (CAC)
Player-of-the-Week, senior Andrew Cox (Orlando,
Fla.) suffered his first loss of the season as Cox
(2-1) pitched the complete game, allowing six runs (only two
earned) on eight hits with five strikeouts and four walks.
The pitching victory in the second game went to the aptly named
freshman RHP Mike Victory (Westford,
Mass./Westford Academy) as Victory (2-0) threw 4.0
innings of relief with one run on two hits.
The contest was tied 3-3 after the first inning before the
Eagles broke the deadlock with a run in the fifth as junior
Will Wright (St. Louis, Mo.) singled to score
junior Seamus Bergen (Fredericksburg, Va.) who had
singled to center field to lead off the inning.
St. Mary's three runs in the sixth resulted from junior
centerfielder Jacen Killebrew's (La Plata, Md./La
Plata) walk with bases loaded and senior third baseman
Blake Beaudoin's (Damascus, Md./Damascus) two-run
double down the right field line.
Senior RHP Wes Hayden (Burlington, Vt./Burr
& Burton Academy) took the loss for the Eagles as
Hayden (1-1) threw a complete game and gave up six
runs on 10 hits with six strikeouts and four walks.
Sophomore shortstop Matt Baden (Sunderland,
Md./Huntingtown) led the Seahawk offense on the day with a 4-for-7
effort at the plate with a triple, two runs and an RBI, while
sophomore DH Brad Shepherd (Columbia, Md./Oakland
Mills) went 3-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI.
The Seahawks will return to action tomorrow when St. Mary's
faces the College of Southern Maryland for a doubleheader at
1:00. The games will be played at the home of the Southern
Maryland Blue Crabs, the Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, Md.
