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N.C. Wesleyan NCWU 2-10
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Winner Salisbury SAL 7-1
N.C. Wesleyan NCWU
2-10
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Final
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Salisbury SAL
7-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
N.C. Wesleyan NCWU 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 1
Salisbury SAL 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 10 1

W: Williams, Cole (3-0) L: Chase Chappell (1-2) S: Sterling, Bryce (3)

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N.C. Wesleyan NCWU 2-11
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Winner Salisbury SAL 8-1
N.C. Wesleyan NCWU
2-11
3
Final
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Salisbury SAL
8-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
N.C. Wesleyan NCWU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1
Salisbury SAL 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5 9 2

W: Hirschfeld, Ethan (1-0) L: Colby Lewis (0-4) S: Sterling, Bryce (4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Will DeBoer

No. 2 Baseball checkmates NCWU in twin bill

SALISBURY, Md. – The second-ranked Salisbury University baseball team used timely hitting from the middle of its order and yeoman's work from its relief pitchers to checkmate the North Carolina Wesleyan Battling Bishops in both ends of a doubleheader, winning 5-4 and 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium.
 
GAME ONE
The Sea Gulls put on a conga line in the first inning, scoring three runs on five singles with Jackson Inman, Mike Delgaudio, and Griffin Shirk all plating one each. The Bishops countered with four two-out tallies in the second, taking a 4-3 lead on an RBI knock by Schumata Brown.
 
Inman tied the game in the third with a leadoff home run, then Delgaudio followed with a wall-banging triple and scored two batters later on a Shirk RBI groundout, putting SU back up 5-4. From there the Salisbury bullpen took over, with Cole Williams, Tyler Villa, and Bryce Sterling combining for seven scoreless frames to close it out.
 
NCWU's last true threat came in the eighth. With men on the corners and one out, Matthew Hannah rolled a grounder to the barehand side of Trent Waire at short. Waire threw across his body to Max Ehrhardt at second, who executed the perfect turn to get Hannah at first for the inning-ending double play to preserve the one-run lead.
 
Game Notes
  • Jackson Inman went yard for the first time this season, finishing 2-for-4 with the homer, two runs, and two RBIs.
  • Mike Delgaudio batted 2-for-3 with a triple, RBI, and run scored.
  • Ethan Ruiz doubled and scored a run, going 2-for-4.
  • Griffin Shirk went 1-for-4 with a pair of rib-eyes.
  • Cole Williams (3-0) shut the Bishops down over four scoreless innings out of the bullpen, scattering two hits while walking none and striking out six on 61 pitches.
  • Bryce Sterling nailed down his third save of the season with a scoreless ninth. With nine career saves, Sterling now owns sole possession of fifth in Sea Gull history and is one away from tying Drew Baldwin '11 and Pete Grasso '17 for third all-time.
  • Tyler Villa provided an effective bridge from Williams to Sterling, notching two scoreless with one hit, one walk, and two punchouts.
  • Aidan Brinsfield lasted just two innings in his start, surrendering four runs on seven hits.
 
GAME TWO
After spotting NCWU three runs in the top of the first, the Sea Gulls got all three back in their half of the inning. Ethan Ruiz reached on an error to lead off and Nathan Tondreault clubbed a two-run homer to right. Jackson Inman then singled and stole second, and after a walk Conner Seeley shot an RBI single up the middle to tie it at 3-3.
 
Inman came through again in the fifth, cracking a go-ahead solo home run to dead central to give SU the lead. Then in the seventh, Tondreault walked, stole his way to third, and came in on a two-sacker by Mike Delgaudio to make it 5-3.
 
Salisbury's bullpen got all 27 outs without surrendering a run, and Bryce Sterling slammed the door with a 1-2-3 ninth to put the nightcap in the books.
 
Game Notes
  • Jackson Inman finished 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two runs scored to pace the Sea Gull bats.
  • Nathan Tondreault batted 2-for-3 with a dinger, two runs, and two RBIs.
  • Mike Delgaudio and Conner Seeley combined for three doubles and two RBIs from the heart of the order.
  • Ethan Hirschfeld (1-0) put up five innings of no-hit work out of the bullpen, walking one and striking out six on 71 pitches.
  • Bryce Sterling saved both ends of the doubleheader after tossing a perfect ninth. He is now the fifth Salisbury pitcher in program history with 10 career saves after moving into a tie for third on the all-time leaderboard.
  • Jack Rucker failed to get an out in his start, allowing three runs (two earned) on two hits, a walk, and a hit batsman.
  • Tyler Katz took the baton from Rucker and fired two scoreless before handing it to Hirschfeld. Davis Bush and Garrett Beaver then teamed up to pitch a scoreless eighth as a bridge to Sterling.
  • Between the two games of the doubleheader, the SU relief corps spun 16 innings of scoreless work, giving up only six hits as a unit.
 
The Sea Gulls will now cross the Chesapeake Bay for a top-five showdown at fifth-ranked Johns Hopkins on Sunday, with first pitch from Baltimore slated for 1 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), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (field hockey), and Colonial Women's Golf Conference (women's golf). 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 207 conference championships, and have produced 54 Academic All-Americans.

To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
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