WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – A pair of eighth-inning hits and a pair of wild pitches helped the Lycoming College baseball team score two runs and lift itself to a series sweep of Moravian University, 3-1, in Landmark Conference action at Brandon Park on Saturday afternoon, April 19.
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With the game tied at one, senior
Evan Mok (Daly City, Calif./St. Ignatius) delivered a line single under the second baseman's glove with one out in the bottom of the eighth before junior
Nick Reeder (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) drove a hard-hit ball under the first baseman to put runners on second and third. A wild pitch brought Mok diving across the plate with the go-ahead run and Reeder scored on a two-out wild pitch.
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Sophomore
Grayson Rinker (Jersey Shore, Pa./Montoursville Area) saved his eighth game of the year, facing four batters, allowing a hit and striking out one to close the game in the ninth.
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The Warriors (19-15 overall, 11-8 Landmark) used four pitchers, allowing just five hits in the game. Junior
A.J. Llorente (Williamsport, Pa./Montoursville Area) pitched the first five innings, allowing four hits, allowing an unearned run in the second inning, and striking out seven. First-year
Eddie Weindel (Stewartsville, N.J./Philipsburg) pitched a scoreless sixth before sophomore
Hunter Daab (Howard Beach, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) (1-0) pitched two innings, getting a ground ball double play in the seventh and striking out the side in the eighth before yielding to Rinker.
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Moravian hurler Matt Snyder (6-4) tossed 7 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and three runs. He allowed a second inning single before sophomore
Sean Perkins (Berlin, N.J./Eastern Regional) drilled his fourth homer of the season to tie the game in the sixth. He walked one and struck out two.
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The Greyhounds fell to 10-21 overall and 4-13 in the Landmark.
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The Warriors get back on the field on Tuesday, April 22, when they host Marywood University in a 4 p.m. non-conference game.
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