Baseball Sweeps Lancaster Bible

MYRTLE BEACH, SC: Rivier baseball swept Lancaster Bible College in non-conference play today, with game one ending in a walk off.  

THE BASICS:

- Date: 3/9/23

- Score: Rivier 3, Lancaster 2. Rivier 10, Lancaster 5

- Records: Rivier (2-4), Lancaster (2-7)

HOW IT HAPPENED: Game One

-  This one was a low scoring affair, with both starting pitchers throwing well. Lancaster was the away team in game one and started the scoring off in the top of the second. The Chargers started the inning with a walk and a double. Both would come around to score on a passed ball and a single.

- Rivier would answer back with a run of their own in the bottom half of the second. Zach White (Long Beach, CA) would get the RBI on a sacrifice fly.

- The Raiders would go on to plate two runs in the bottom of the seventh to walk it off. After a Frank Gulezian (Derry, NH) single and a wild pitch, he got into scoring position. A walk later, White would lay down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move the two runners over. Now, with one out, Rivier had a runner, a second, and third. John Canto (Harwich, MA) would plate the tying run on a Sacrifice fly. The winning run would come around to score on the same play. While trying to advance to third, the cutoff man overthrew third base trying to get another out.

-  Patrick Young (Billerica, MA) got the start going 4.2 innings, allowing five hits, two earned runs, and four strikeouts. Ty Baker (Hudson, NH) would pick up the win after tossing 2.1 innings allowing just one hit, no earned, and four strikeouts. Colin Brubaker was tagged with the loss after going 6.2 innings with just four hits allowed, one earned run, and ten strikeouts.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

-  Hits: Lancaster 6, Rivier 4

-  Strikeouts: Rivier 10, Lancaster 8

-  Walks: Lancaster 8, Rivier 1

HOW IT HAPPENED: Game Two

-   The Chargers jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead going into the fourth inning. Rivier would cut their deficit to just one run, making it 3-4 going into the bottom of the fourth. Their runs were manufactured after the inning started with two walks, followed by a double from White and a single from Jacob Plamondon (Manchester, NH) down the right-field line. White had one RBI on the double, with Plamondon getting two with his single.

-  Lancaster would add on their final run in the bottom of the inning to make the score 5-3 after four. The very next inning, the Raiders would plate seven to get the final of 10-5. The inning consisted of six walks, two hits, and a passed ball. White came up big again with the bases loaded, hitting a single up the middle to plate one. Plamondon had the other hit in the inning, plating another run. The rest came via walks with the bases loaded.

- Sam Kalivas (Methuen, MA) pitched a complete game, going all seven innings allowing eight hits, five earned runs, and two strikeouts. Kalivas earned the win, the first of his Collegiate career. James Toney suffered the loss (0-1) after not getting an out and allowing three earned runs on one hit and a walk.   

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Top Performers

-  White finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored.

-  Plamondon was perfect, going 2-for-2 with three RBIs.

-  Jack Nance finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs.

UP NEXT:

- Rivier baseball will be back tomorrow at 3:00 PM against McDaniel.

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