SALISBURY, Md. – The ninth-ranked Salisbury University baseball team picked up a convincing win over a Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) rival, torpedoing the Christopher Newport Captains, 8-0, on Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium.
After a pair of quiet innings to start, the Sea Gulls manufactured their first runs in the third. CNU walked the bases loaded with one out,
Dylan Winebrenner punched an RBI single into center, then
Noah Burroughs brought another home on a sac fly to right to make it 2-0.
SU broke it open with a five-run fourth. With the bases loaded and one out,
Max Ehrhardt was plunked to force in a run, then
Danny Sheeler brought home two more with a single. Winebrenner followed with a sac fly, and Burroughs capped the rally with a groundball RBI single through the left side, boosting the margin to 7-0.
Salisbury starter
Tyler Villa was locked in on the hill, pitching into the eighth and giving up just one CNU hit. The Sea Gulls tacked on one more in the eighth for reliever
Cole Williams, who slammed the door over the final two frames.
GAME NOTES
- Max Ehrhardt set the tone at the top of the lineup, finishing 1-for-3 with a walk, steal, RBI, and three runs scored.
- Danny Sheeler, Dylan Winebrenner, and Noah Burroughs each drove in two runs.
- Andrew Kell went 1-for-2 with a double, run, steal, and three walks.
- Tyler Villa (5-0) dominated the Captains to the tune of seven-plus innings of scoreless one-hit ball. Villa walked four and punched out two on 100 pitches.
- Cole Williams finished the job with two scoreless two-hit frames.
- The clean sheet marks Salisbury's first shutout win over CNU since a 1-0 squeaker on Apr. 7, 2019.
- With the win, SU improves to 3-0 in C2C play and has clinched at least a share of the league's regular season crown with a chance to claim it outright next Saturday at Mary Washington.
The Sea Gulls will play their final home game of the regular season against Hood on Tuesday, with first pitch from Donnie Williams Stadium slated for 3 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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