AMBLER, Pa. – Behind another outstanding start from emerging ace
Aidan Brinsfield, the 12th-ranked Salisbury University baseball team swept its two-game season series with the Arcadia Knights, winning 8-1 on Tuesday afternoon at Skip Wilson Field.
The Sea Gulls wasted no time going in front as
Nathan Tondreault led off the game with a double and eventually scored on a sac fly by
Conner Seeley. Then in the second inning, Tondreault returned the favor with his own sac fly that opened up a three-run push, followed by a
Jay Newton plunking with the bases loaded and a passed ball that let
Max Ehrhardt score and put SU on top 4-0.
The Knights scratched an unearned tally across in the home second on a bad pickoff move, but Brinsfield settled in from there and kept the home side off the board through the rest of his seven frames. In the meantime, Salisbury tacked on a run each in the fifth, sixth, and seventh, behind a
Trent Waire squeeze bunt and RBI knocks by Newton and Tondreault to make it 7-1.
Tondreault added one more rib-eye single in the ninth for good measure, more than enough for the one-two bullpen punch of
Cole Williams and
Bryce Sterling to close the book on an 8-1 victory.
GAME NOTES
- Nathan Tondreault continued to flourish in the leadoff slot, finishing 4-for-5 with a double, stolen base, two runs, and three RBIs.
- Jay Newton batted 2-for-3 with two rib-eyes and a run scored.
- Mickey Haynes stole three of the Sea Gulls' seven bags on the day and scored three runs to boot.
- Aidan Brinsfield (5-2) kept the foot on the gas during a hot run of starts, surrendering one unearned run on seven hits over seven innings with one walk and seven strikeouts on 110 pitches. Over his last five starts, Brinsfield has allowed only three earned runs over 34.2 innings, good for an 0.78 ERA.
- Cole Williams needed just four pitches to post a scoreless eighth, and Bryce Sterling struck out a pair over a clean ninth to seal the deal on the 19th SU win of the season.
- Salisbury is one win away from reaching the 20-win plateau for the 31st consecutive completed season, a streak that began in 1995.
The Sea Gulls will take two days before beginning a stretch of five games in six days at home against Virginia Wesleyan on Thursday. First pitch from Donnie Williams Stadium is pegged 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), 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.
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