Saturday, March 1
RADFORD
12:00 PM
Radford University
3-6
10
vs
4
Siena
0-7
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siena College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Radford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 | 11 | 1 |
Photo by: RUHighlanderPhotos.com
BASEBALL SWEEPS SIENA IN HOME OPENER
3/1/2014 7:17:00 PM | Baseball
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RADFORD, Va. – Radford opened the 2014 home season in style, recording 25 hits and sweeping a doubleheader from Siena on Saturday afternoon and RU Baseball Stadium.
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An 8-run sixth and a third straight strong start from sophomore Dylan Nelson powered the Highlanders (4-6) to a 10-4 game-one win. Game two saw the Saints (0-8) rally and send the game into extra innings with a six-run seventh, but Alexander Lee's walk-off double in the eighth lifted the Highlanders to a 9-8 triumph.
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Nelson tossed eight innings to improve to 3-0 in game one. He surrendered two runs on five hits with four strikeouts and no walks.
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Offensively, junior Patrick Marshall hit his first two collegiate home runs in game two and finished the twinbill, 4-for-7 with six RBI and three runs scored. Lee also had a big day, going 5-for-10 with two doubles, three RBI and three runs scored.
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Game 1
With the score knotted at 2-2, the Highlanders exploded for eight runs in the sixth to break the deadlock and cruise to the win.
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The big inning was highlight by Hunter Higgerson's two-run home run, which was preceded by Marshall's two-run single. Junior Josh Gardiner and senior Alexander Lee added run-scoring singles that started the rally. Two Siena errors during the frame extended the inning and only one of the runs was earned.
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Lee was 3-for-5 with a double, RBI and two runs scored. Marshall (2-3) knocked in three and scored once. Higgerson and Josh Reavis each went 2-for-5. Higgerson had two RBI, while Reavis scored a pair.
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Radford scored single runs in the first and third to grab a 2-0 lead. Two walks and two passed balls by Siena aided in the first inning run and Marshall doubled the lead with a RBI single to left in the third.
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Siena strung together four hits and evened the ball game on a two-out RBI single by Patrick Ortland in the fourth. Ortland finished 2-for-3 with two RBI for the Saints.
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Game 2
A six-run fifth afforded Radford an 8-2 lead, but Siena posted a six spot in the top of the seventh to force extra innings in the night cap. The momentum was short lived for the Saints as Lee roped a one-out walk-off double to the centerfield fence for the 9-8 victory in a scheduled seven-inning game.
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Lee finished 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI. Junior Aaron Scoville, who scored the winning run, went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Marshall walloped two long balls, knocked in three and scored twice, while Higgerson and Zach Woolcock had two hits apiece. Woolcock scored a pair of runs as well.
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Marshall gave the Highlanders a 1-0 lead lacing the first pitch of the second inning over the leftfield fence for an opposite field home run, the first of his career.
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After Siena's Dan Swain put his squad up 2-1 in the third with a two-run single, the Highlander quickly evened it in the fourth before exploding for six runs in the fifth.
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Following Lee's go ahead RBI single, Marshall launched his second long ball of the day extending Radford's lead to 5-2. An RBI single by sophomore Jordan Taylor, sac fly by sophomore Chris Coia and a bases load hit by pitch pushed the advantage to 8-2.
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Starter Michael Boyle was cruising along retiring nine consecutive Saints between the fourth and sixth innings. However, the sophomore lefty got into a little trouble in the seventh hitting the first batter and walking the next.
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After Boyle exited, the Saints drew another walk and cut the lead in half on a two-run single by Carlos Tapia. A sac fly closed the gap to 8-5 and then with two outs a bases loaded double off the glove of the diving centerfield sent the game to extras setting up Lee's heroics.
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Senior James Woods (1-0) picked up the win after striking out the only batter he faced with the go-ahead run on in the eighth. Boyle got the no decision. He went 6-plus, surrendering four runs on three hits with three strikeouts and one walk.
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The series closes out tomorrow at 12:00 p.m.
RADFORD, Va. – Radford opened the 2014 home season in style, recording 25 hits and sweeping a doubleheader from Siena on Saturday afternoon and RU Baseball Stadium.
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An 8-run sixth and a third straight strong start from sophomore Dylan Nelson powered the Highlanders (4-6) to a 10-4 game-one win. Game two saw the Saints (0-8) rally and send the game into extra innings with a six-run seventh, but Alexander Lee's walk-off double in the eighth lifted the Highlanders to a 9-8 triumph.
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Nelson tossed eight innings to improve to 3-0 in game one. He surrendered two runs on five hits with four strikeouts and no walks.
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Offensively, junior Patrick Marshall hit his first two collegiate home runs in game two and finished the twinbill, 4-for-7 with six RBI and three runs scored. Lee also had a big day, going 5-for-10 with two doubles, three RBI and three runs scored.
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Game 1
With the score knotted at 2-2, the Highlanders exploded for eight runs in the sixth to break the deadlock and cruise to the win.
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The big inning was highlight by Hunter Higgerson's two-run home run, which was preceded by Marshall's two-run single. Junior Josh Gardiner and senior Alexander Lee added run-scoring singles that started the rally. Two Siena errors during the frame extended the inning and only one of the runs was earned.
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Lee was 3-for-5 with a double, RBI and two runs scored. Marshall (2-3) knocked in three and scored once. Higgerson and Josh Reavis each went 2-for-5. Higgerson had two RBI, while Reavis scored a pair.
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Radford scored single runs in the first and third to grab a 2-0 lead. Two walks and two passed balls by Siena aided in the first inning run and Marshall doubled the lead with a RBI single to left in the third.
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Siena strung together four hits and evened the ball game on a two-out RBI single by Patrick Ortland in the fourth. Ortland finished 2-for-3 with two RBI for the Saints.
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Game 2
A six-run fifth afforded Radford an 8-2 lead, but Siena posted a six spot in the top of the seventh to force extra innings in the night cap. The momentum was short lived for the Saints as Lee roped a one-out walk-off double to the centerfield fence for the 9-8 victory in a scheduled seven-inning game.
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Lee finished 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI. Junior Aaron Scoville, who scored the winning run, went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Marshall walloped two long balls, knocked in three and scored twice, while Higgerson and Zach Woolcock had two hits apiece. Woolcock scored a pair of runs as well.
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Marshall gave the Highlanders a 1-0 lead lacing the first pitch of the second inning over the leftfield fence for an opposite field home run, the first of his career.
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After Siena's Dan Swain put his squad up 2-1 in the third with a two-run single, the Highlander quickly evened it in the fourth before exploding for six runs in the fifth.
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Following Lee's go ahead RBI single, Marshall launched his second long ball of the day extending Radford's lead to 5-2. An RBI single by sophomore Jordan Taylor, sac fly by sophomore Chris Coia and a bases load hit by pitch pushed the advantage to 8-2.
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Starter Michael Boyle was cruising along retiring nine consecutive Saints between the fourth and sixth innings. However, the sophomore lefty got into a little trouble in the seventh hitting the first batter and walking the next.
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After Boyle exited, the Saints drew another walk and cut the lead in half on a two-run single by Carlos Tapia. A sac fly closed the gap to 8-5 and then with two outs a bases loaded double off the glove of the diving centerfield sent the game to extras setting up Lee's heroics.
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Senior James Woods (1-0) picked up the win after striking out the only batter he faced with the go-ahead run on in the eighth. Boyle got the no decision. He went 6-plus, surrendering four runs on three hits with three strikeouts and one walk.
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The series closes out tomorrow at 12:00 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nelson, Dylan (3-0)
L: Gage, Matt (0-2)
Batting:
RBI: Connors, Brett 2 ; Ortland, Patrick 2
SH: Citro, Vincent 1 ; Martis, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jimenez, Yahriel 1 ; Duarte, Nick 1 ; Ortiz, Andres 1 ; Allen, Mike 1
HBP: Allen, Mike 1
Batting:
2B: Lee, Alexander 1
HR: Higgerson, Hunter 1
RBI: Gardiner, Josh 1 ; Lee, Alexander 1 ; Woolcock, Zach 1 ; Marshall, Patrick 3 ; Higgerson, Hunter 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Coia, Chris 1 ; Reavis, Josh 2 ; Gardiner, Josh 1 ; Lee, Alexander 2 ; Woolcock, Zach 1 ; Marshall, Patrick 1 ; Higgerson, Hunter 1 ; Scoville, Aaron 1
SB: Woolcock, Zach 1
HBP: Marshall, Patrick 1 ; Sipe, Blake 2
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
2
H
3
RBI
1
AB
5
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
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