- White Sets CC Record With 21 Strikeouts
- Shoremen Earn Split With Diplomats
- Haverford Turns Tables on Ursinus
- Eliopoulos Outduels Taylor in Hopkins Win
- Mules Use "Small Ball" to Subdue Swarthmore
Dickinson 19, McDaniel 0
CARLISLE, Pa. – Sean White struck out a program- and Centennial Conference (CC)-record 21 batters and the Dickinson offense brought the bats to record a 19-0 CC baseball victory over McDaniel on Friday. The junior lefty went the distance, allowing just four hits and becoming the first pitcher in the 18 years of CC baseball to break the 20-strikout barrier. White was one strikeout shy of the NCAA Division III record of 22, accomplished three times – most recently in 2003. Entering the 2011 season, only five other pitchers had fanned at least 21 in a single game. White struck out the side four times in the contest, including fanning 12 of the final 15 batters to come to the plate. Offensively, Tyler Rosa led the way with three hits, three runs scored and six RBIs for the Red Devils (16-13, 3-9 CC), who completed the season sweep of the Green Terror (10-14, 3-9 CC) one day after taking a 7-4 decision in Westminster.
Washington College 4, Franklin & Marshall 3
CHESTERTOWN, MD – Host Washington College scored a run each in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to rally from a 2-1 deficit to top visiting Franklin & Marshall, 4-3, on Friday afternoon at Athey Baseball Park in Centennial Conference baseball action. The Shoremen are now 16-12 overall and 7-5 in the conference, while the Diplomats fall to 17-12 and 9-3 respectively. Washington reverses a 10-3 loss to F&M yesterday afternoon in Lancaster, Pa. On the mound, sophomore pitcher Joe Kearney-Argow (Mt. Laurel, NJ / Lenape) got the win and improves to 3-3. He went eight innings and gave up just two runs, while scattering seven hits. Sophomore pitcher Kyle Aldrich (Warren, NJ / Watchung Hills Regional) pitched the ninth inning to record his second save of 2011.
Haverford 6, Ursinus 3
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Turnabout was fair play Friday afternoon as Haverford College's baseball team earned a, 6-3, Centennial Conference victory over host Ursinus College, reversing the results of Thursday's game on the Fords' home diamond. Haverford (24-5, 9-3 CC) never trailed in Friday's game, getting three runs off the Bears (9-15, 5-7) in the top of the first inning. Jonny Williams (6-1) surrendered a total of three runs—only one was earned—in his seven innings of work to pick up the victory. He scattered four hits and allowed only one more base runner on a walk while fanning five. Starter Nate Schnell (0-4) took a hard luck loss for Ursinus allowing a total of six runs, but only one went into the book as an earned run. Schnell gave up five hits and a pair of walks while striking out three in his 4.2 innings of work.
Johns Hopkins 3, Gettysburg 0
GETTYSBURG, PA - Junior Alex Eliopoulos pitched a three-hit, complete-game gem to lead the Johns Hopkins baseball team to a 3-0 shutout road victory over Gettysburg on Friday afternoon. The win, coupled with Franklin & Marshall's 4-3 loss to Washington College, moves the Blue Jays into a three-way tie atop the Centennial Conference standings with F&M and Haverford. JHU is now 16-10 overall and 9-3 in the conference, while Gettysburg falls to 9-18 overall and 3-9 in conference play. Friday's matchup was the very definition of a pitcher's duel as both Eliopoulos and Gettysburg sophomore starter Ryan Taylor pitched complete games and combined to allow just seven hits with 19 strikeouts on the afternoon. Eliopoulos was sharp from start to finish as he allowed only three hits and nine base runners, including only four in scoring position, as he went the distance for the second time in the 2011 season. The junior righthander recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts while walking four to move to 5-2 on the year.
Muhlenberg 11, Swarthmore 10
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - One day, it was a blast over the fence in right. The next day, it was five batted balls that strung together, would have barely made it to the outfield. It's all about finding ways to win, and after a season in which the winning formula has been elusive, the Muhlenberg baseball team is finally turning things around. The Mules played "small-ball" to the extreme, parlaying five sacrifice bunts and a couple of misplays into a three-run rally that was the difference in an 11-10 win against Swarthmore. The win gave Muhlenberg a season sweep of the Garnet, a day after an 8-7 victory on a three-run walkoff home run.