SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 6 Salisbury University
baseball team continued its nation leading win streak with their
25th consecutive victory on Wednesday afternoon at Sea Gull Field.
The Sea Gulls (25-1, 12-0 CAC) defeated Capital Athletic Conference
foe St. Mary's (Md.) College 7-0 behind the one-hit pitching
performance by freshman Dustin Herbert before a
crowd of 124.
Herbert (7-0) had another strong start for the Gulls as he threw
a complete game one-hitter to grab his seventh win of the season.
Herbert struck out six batters and allowed just one walk in the
nine-inning contest as he lowered his ERA to 0.96 for the season.
The young left-hander leads the SU pitching staff in strikeouts
(48) and innings pitched (46.2) the last 24 of which were
scoreless.
The eventual game-winning run came early for SU when in bottom
of the first inning senior Justin Armiger hit a
fly ball to center field to score junior Jordan
Crystal from third base. The Gulls added six insurance
runs over the next three innings to keep the Seahawks (13-15, 6-7
CAC) at bay.
Sea Gull senior Randy Boyle extended his
record-breaking hit streak to 26 games when in the bottom of the
second inning he took Seahawk starting pitcher Brian Briggs (3-3)
to right field to drive in two runs for the Sea Gulls. Boyle has
hit safely in every game for the Sea Gulls this season.
Sophomore Mike Celenza smashed a two-RBI double
to left-center in the fourth inning to round out the scoring for
SU. Freshmen Will Evans (2-for-4, one stolen base)
and Andrew Miller (2-for-3, one stolen base) were
the only Gulls to have multiple hits on the day.
After five consecutive CAC victories the maroon and gold are set
to host non-conference LaGrange College from LaGrange, Georgia this
Friday, April 4, at 2 p.m.
