HANOVER, Md. – The sixth-ranked Salisbury University baseball team saw its nine-game winning streak come to an end, falling to the Catholic Cardinals 10-5 on Wednesday afternoon at Joe Cannon Stadium.
The Cardinals opened with a slow drip of one run each in the first three innings. The Sea Gulls answered with one in the second on a
Cole Swift RBI single and one in the third on an RBI knock by
Andrew Kell, and CUA took a 3-2 lead out of the first third of the game.
Joe Marini belted a solo homer in the fifth to put CUA up 4-2, but SU got that marker back in the sixth as
Noah Burroughs hit a groundball that the second baseman booted, allowing
Danny Sheeler to score and make it 4-3.
Catholic broke it open with a five-run seventh. The first run came in on a bases-loaded walk, then Zach Burton doubled home a pair. Joe Haines followed with a two-run single to put CUA up 9-3. The Cardinals tacked on one more in the eighth on a run-scoring double play.
The Sea Gulls rallied for two in the ninth.
Jackson Inman tripled and scored on a Kell single, then after a
Ben Anderson pinch-hit single Kell scored on consecutive passed balls, bringing SU within 10-5. That was as close as the visitors would get, though, as the Cardinals got the final two outs to salt it away.
GAME NOTES
- Andrew Kell paced the Sea Gulls at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
- Cole Swift went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.
- Danny Sheeler and Jackson Inman each had two hits and scored a run. Inman's triple was SU's only extra-base hit of the day.
- Cole Williams (4-2) endured the loss after giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits in 2.1 innings.
The Sea Gulls are back at home on Saturday for a doubleheader against Eastern Connecticut State, the teams' first showdown since the final round of the 2022 Division III World Series. First pitch of the opener at Donnie Williams Stadium is set for 12 p.m.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming) and the Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 202 conference championships, and have produced 51 Academic All-Americans.
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