Walk-Off Single Downs Aggies
North Carolina A&T sophomore pitcher Nick Oelker had his best outing of the season, but Duke's Dennis O'Grady hit a walk-off single to left field to help the Blue Devils defeat the Aggies 2-1 in baseball action at Jack Coombs Field.
Oelker (2-5) surrendered six hits, one earned run, three walks and struck out five over 8 1/3 innings. Xavier Macklin had two hits for the Aggies, and freshman Kelvin Freeman scored the Aggies only run of the night.
The Aggies tied the game after Freeman and Rivenbark led the fifth inning off with singles. Freeman moved to third on Rivenbark's single, which led to him eventually stealing home. The Aggies dropped to 19-23 on the season.
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UMES Splits With Lehigh Behind Haines' Complete-Game Victory
Freshman right-hander Donnie Haines pitched a complete game, earning his first collegiate win, 4-2, in Game 1 of Maryland Eastern Shore's non-conference doubleheader with Lehigh Tuesday at Hawks Stadium.
Haines, the reigning MEAC Rookie of the Week (1-8), went seven innings, scattering six hits, four walks and two earned runs in his 109-pitch outing to help the Hawks to their first home win. UMES dropped the second game of the day, 4-0, falling to 5-35 on the season. With the split, Lehigh is 17-24. Haines, whose earned run average fell by more than two-and-a-half points with the performance, struck out to Lehigh batters.
Fellow freshman Tre-von Johnson led the Hawks at the plate in the win, going 2-for-2 with a triple, run scored and an RBI. UMES outhit the Mountain Hawks, 8-6, in the first game, getting hits from seven different players.
UMES wasted little time getting on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning. Senior Phil Vaughn walked to start things off and moved to second on a groundout. He went to third when pitcher Jordan Warncke's pickoff throw sailed into center field and came home on Johnson's RBI single up the middle with one out.
Lehigh got back within one at 3-2 in the top of the fifth on a Jim McConologue RBI groundout, but Johnson led off the bottom of the inning with his fourth triple of the season and was plated with an Elliott Alston sacrifice fly to center for insurance.
Warncke (0-1) took the loss on the mound for the Mountain Hawks in four innings. He allowed three runs on six hits and two walks before giving way to Brandon Sady for the final two innings.
In the second game, Lehigh scored three runs in the second inning off junior righty Matt Witte to cruise to victory. Witte last four frames, surrendered all four runs on seven hits and to fall to 2-5 on the season. McGaheran was 2-for-4 with two runs driven in and a stolen base to pace the visitors.
Johnson had another two hits - including his fourth double - for the Hawks.
All three Lehigh runs in the second came courtesy of base hits up the middle of the infield as the Mountain Hawks sent seven to the plate.
Ross Biggs made it 1-0 with a single scoring Sean Killeen with no one out. After a fielder's choice Jacquez and McGaheran put together consecutive base hits to extend the lead.
Rob Russell (1-2) went all seven innings for a complete-game shutout on just eight hits and no walks. He struck out three using 92 pitches.
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Stetson Hatters Beat Wildcats 16-9
The Stetson Hatters bats came alive with 20 hits to beat Bethune-Cookman, 16-9 Tuesday night. Stetson won the fourth game of the season series after the Wildcats won three straight games earlier in 2010.
Matt Wright had three hits and hit a solo home run in the ninth inning. Jeremy Davis and Wright had back-to-back home runs in the ninth inning. Emmanuel Castro had a three-run home run in the ninth to make the final score 16-9. The Wildcats scored eight runs in their final at bat.
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