GREENSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg baseball split its doubleheader against No. 11 Seton Hill on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies won game one 10-3 before falling 1-0 in the nightcap.
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Grant Russo (Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton Area) notched four hits on the day, going 2-for-4 from the plate in both legs of the doubleheaders.
Nathan Kress (Lansdale, Pa./La Salle College H.S.) posted four RBIs on his seventh inning grand slam in game one.
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Bloomsburg (8-2) notched 10 runs and 13 hits on the day while holding Seton Hill (11-4) to just four runs.
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Game One – Bloomsburg 10, Seton Hill 3
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After neither side recorded a hot in the first inning, Bloomsburg tallied the first hit of the contest in the second on a single to third base from
Anthony Trommer (Trevose, Pa./Neshaminy).
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The fourth inning saw
Drew Balestrini (Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy) lead off the inning with a left field single. Later in the frame, an RBI-single to left-centerfield from
Justin Weaver (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville). Broke open the scoring. The subsequent at-bat saw
Casey O'Brien (Moosic, Pa./Riverside) drive in Trommer on a shot to right field.
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Seton Hill broke the shutout in bottom of the fifth, scoring on a fielder's choice.
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Bloomsburg pulled away in the top of the seventh, opening the inning with a single to left field. A sacrifice bunt and a pitch moved O'Brien to third before a walk from
Matt Freda (Lafayette, N.J./High Point Regional) put runners on the corners. Russo's second hit of the contest brought in O'Brien to make a 3-1. After a walk to Balestrini loaded the bases, The marron and gold got a pair of runs off back-to-back hit by pitches to
Dylan Hirsh (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) and
Mike Miller (Lafayette Hill, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh). Trommer drew a walk to give Bloomsburg the 6-1 lead before a grand slam to made it 1-1 in favor of the Huskies.
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A pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh was not enough as the maroon and gold toke a 10-3 win over the No. 11 team in the nation.
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Brandon Wozniak (Nanticoke, Pa./Nanticoke Area) picked up his second win of the season, going five innings with three strikeouts and two hits. He allowed just one run in his start.
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Game Two, Seton Hill 1, Bloomsburg 0
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The nightcap started with
Grant Russo (Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton Area) leading of the game with a centerfield single. Trommer then doubled in the second before Russo recorded another single in the third.
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The bottom of the third saw Nate Dorinskyled off with a solo home run to notch the only run of the second game.
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Bloomsburg could not find an answer throughout the remainder of the contest, falling 1-o to the Griffins.
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Andrew Armstrong (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) got the start in game two with nine strikeouts while allowing one run and three hits in six innings pitched.
Pete Modrovsky (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale) pitched two innings of relief, giving up just one it and striking out two.
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Bloomsburg returns to Greensburg, on Sunday, March 15 as face off against the Griffins for another doubleheader beginning at noon.
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