PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - Lafayette's Rob Froio went 10-for-12 with six runs and seven RBIs to propel the Leopards to a doubleheader sweep of Maryland Eastern Shore, 14-0 and 17-5, in non-conference action at Hawks Stadium Saturday.
Lafayette pounded out 42 base hits on the day, including four home runs - all in game one - to extend its winning streak to three and improve to 5-3 on the season. UMES (2-9) has lost four consecutive games.
Ten players had multiple-hit games for Lafayette. Froio (4-for-6, six RBIs) and Hall (3-for-5, three runs, four RBIs) paced the offense in game one and Justin Shepherd (3-for-5, four runs) did the same in game two.
Michael Guy was 2-for-3 with two RBIs in game two for UMES, while Josh Dunham was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Phil Vaughn had a hit, a walk and two runs scored.
Right-hander Zach Fritz (1-0) limited the Hawks to two hits and two walks, striking 10 in seven innings in the game one win, while Matt Hall belted a pair of homers, a solo shot to start the fifth and a three-run bomb in the eighth.
A.J. Miller and Jeff Butler also went yard for the visitors.
Lafayette posted multiple runs in four separate innings in the front end of the twinbill and was up, 3-0 in the second on Miller's home run to right-center field.
The Leopards added two more in the fourth on Butler's homer to right and benefited from a five run outburst in the eighth to go up, 12-0.
After Daniel Bierce singled to left to bring in Froio and an infield single by Ian McCutcheon scored Butler, Hall put his mark on the inning with his second roundtripper of the afternoon to left.
Russel Deutschmann took the loss in game one giving up 12 runs (nine earned) and 16 hits in seven innings to fall to 0-2.
The Leopards touched Cameron Zimmerman for seven runs in game two before Dunham singled to right, knocking Vaughn in for the Hawks' first run of the day in the third.
UMES tacked on another in the fourth with a Guy double to right-center, plating Ben Vasko to cut the lead to 7-2.
Lafayette extended its lead to 10-2 in the fifth with the big blow coming on a two-run double from Froio. The Leopards added seven in the sixth off of reliever Brian White, including three-run triple off the bat of Froio.
UMES answered with three in the bottom of the sixth on RBI singles from Guy and Pat Hercinger to account for the final margin.
Zimmerman (1-2) went five innings and suffered the loss giving up 14 hits and 10 runs and striking out three.
Left-handed starter Corey Shea (2-1) went five for the game two win on the mound. He surrendered six hits, two runs, three walks and struck out five.
The teams close their series with another doubleheader Sunday with first pitch slated for noon.