Wednesday, March 7
RADFORD
4:00 PM
Radford University
6-7
7
vs
2
La Salle
5-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Salle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Radford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 | 17 | 0 |
Photo by: Big South Sports Photos
BASEBALL TOPS LA SALLE 7-2, SWEEPS SERIES
3/7/2012 7:05:00 PM | Baseball
BOX SCORE
RADFORD, Va. – Matt Hillsinger and Carl Travers had three hits and a home run each, Jake Palese went a career-long seven innings in his first start of the season, and Radford completed a series sweep of La Salle with a 7-2 win on Wednesday afternoon.
The Highlanders (6-7) earned their third straight win with 17 hits and five early runs to grab a lead they didn't give up.
Hillsinger and Travers headlined a day where seven of the nine Radford batters had multi-hit games. Hillsinger was 3-for-3, walked and was hit by a pitch, and hit a two-out, two-run homer (2) in the first to give the Highlanders a 2-0 lead. Travers was 3-for-4 and launched a solo home run (1) in the second with two outs. Josh Gardiner went 3-for-5 and scored twice, and Brett Mollenhauer was 2-for-4 with RBI singles in the third and eighth innings.
Cam Hodge made his collegiate debut and added a 2-for-4 effort, including a one-out single that knocked in a fourth-inning run on his first career hit. Hodge scored on Mollenhauer's two-out single in the eighth inning, when the Highlanders put a pair on the board for insurance.
“We swung the bats really well today,” head coach Joe Raccuia said. “Balls were hit off walls, we had doubles and drove in runs at big times.
“In the eighth inning, I thought Cam Hodge not giving in with two outs and no one on created a little rally and allowed us to score runs – those runs were important because we didn't have to use our closer.”
Palese (2-0) gave Radford its second straight seven-inning start with an efficient 62 pitches – he allowed a run on six hits while striking out four. He retired the side in order four times and set down the first eight hitters of the game.
“Palese gave us an outstanding start,” Raccuia said. “His pitch count was really clean and he put balls in play. We try to force contact because we want to play defense, and that's what he did today.”
La Salle (5-6) got a 2-for-4 effort with an eighth inning solo homer (1) from Brendan Norton to lead the way – the Explorers had 10 hits. La Salle got its other run in the sixth on Marshall Garcia's one-out single that scored Norton.
Jason Patten earned the two-inning save (2) after coming into the game with a runner on first and a run already in for La Salle in the eighth.
Lefty starter Dominic Sgroi lasted 3 1/3 innings in the loss, surrendering five runs on 10 hits.
Radford continues its five-game homestand on Friday, welcoming Bryant for the first of three games at 4 p.m.
RADFORD, Va. – Matt Hillsinger and Carl Travers had three hits and a home run each, Jake Palese went a career-long seven innings in his first start of the season, and Radford completed a series sweep of La Salle with a 7-2 win on Wednesday afternoon.
The Highlanders (6-7) earned their third straight win with 17 hits and five early runs to grab a lead they didn't give up.
Hillsinger and Travers headlined a day where seven of the nine Radford batters had multi-hit games. Hillsinger was 3-for-3, walked and was hit by a pitch, and hit a two-out, two-run homer (2) in the first to give the Highlanders a 2-0 lead. Travers was 3-for-4 and launched a solo home run (1) in the second with two outs. Josh Gardiner went 3-for-5 and scored twice, and Brett Mollenhauer was 2-for-4 with RBI singles in the third and eighth innings.
Cam Hodge made his collegiate debut and added a 2-for-4 effort, including a one-out single that knocked in a fourth-inning run on his first career hit. Hodge scored on Mollenhauer's two-out single in the eighth inning, when the Highlanders put a pair on the board for insurance.
“We swung the bats really well today,” head coach Joe Raccuia said. “Balls were hit off walls, we had doubles and drove in runs at big times.
“In the eighth inning, I thought Cam Hodge not giving in with two outs and no one on created a little rally and allowed us to score runs – those runs were important because we didn't have to use our closer.”
Palese (2-0) gave Radford its second straight seven-inning start with an efficient 62 pitches – he allowed a run on six hits while striking out four. He retired the side in order four times and set down the first eight hitters of the game.
“Palese gave us an outstanding start,” Raccuia said. “His pitch count was really clean and he put balls in play. We try to force contact because we want to play defense, and that's what he did today.”
La Salle (5-6) got a 2-for-4 effort with an eighth inning solo homer (1) from Brendan Norton to lead the way – the Explorers had 10 hits. La Salle got its other run in the sixth on Marshall Garcia's one-out single that scored Norton.
Jason Patten earned the two-inning save (2) after coming into the game with a runner on first and a run already in for La Salle in the eighth.
Lefty starter Dominic Sgroi lasted 3 1/3 innings in the loss, surrendering five runs on 10 hits.
Radford continues its five-game homestand on Friday, welcoming Bryant for the first of three games at 4 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Palese, Jake (2-0)
L: SGROI, Dominic (0-2)
S: Patten, Jason (2)
Batting:
HR: NORTON, Brendan 1
RBI: NORTON, Brendan 1 ; GARCIA, Marshall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: NORTON, Brendan 2
Batting:
2B: Gardiner, Josh 1
HR: Hillsinger, Matt 1 ; Travers, Carl 1
RBI: Mollenhauer, Brett 2 ; Kemp, Jeff 1 ; Hillsinger, Matt 2 ; Travers, Carl 1 ; Hodge, Cam 1
SH: Mollenhauer, Brett 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gardiner, Josh 2 ; Kemp, Jeff 1 ; Hillsinger, Matt 1 ; Burgess, Ryan 1 ; Travers, Carl 1 ; Hodge, Cam 1
HBP: Hillsinger, Matt 1 ; Mack, Matt 1
PO: Burgess, Ryan 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
2
H
3
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
3
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
2
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