WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Senior A.J. Llorente (Williamsport, Pa./Montoursville Area) tossed a two-hit shutout in his first Landmark Conference start of the season and the Lycoming College baseball team wrapped 14 hits and used a seven-run seventh inning to down the Catholic University of America, 11-0, on Sunday, March 22, at Talbot Field.
 
Llorente (1-0) allowed two hits, a walk and a hit batter, allowing just two runners to reach second base and retiring the last 14 batters he faced, striking out four Cardinals (11-8 overall, 2-5 Landmark).
 
Five Warriors (9-11 overall, 2-5 Landmark) wrapped two hits and three doubled in the seven-inning run-rule win, as the Warriors beat the defending conference champions in two of three games in the series. Llorente was one of the five, finishing 2-for-4 with a run, two RBI and a double, junior Eric MacCluen (Downingtown, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) went 2-for-4 with two runs, senior Nick Hoheb (Brick, N.J./Brick Township) was 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBI, junior Anthony Guzman (Inglewood, Calif./Paramount) was 2-for-2 with a run and RBI and sophomore Kaden Shay (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport Area) was 2-for-3 with a run and RBI.
 
First-year Miles Pealer (Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny) broke open a scoreless tie  in the fifth, scoring Hoheb, who led off with a double. Pinch-runner Guzman came around to score on a two-out double from senior Nick Reeder (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) and an error allowed Llorente to score. In the sixth, Hoheb scored MacCluen with a one-out single to score the team's fourth run.
 
The Warriors used five hits, an error, three walks and three wild pitches to score seven times in the seventh and ensure the run-rule win, with senior Sean Perkins (Berlin, N.J./Eastern Regional) delivering a two-RBI double and Llorente delivering a two-RBI single in the inning.
 
Charlie Belli (1-2) pitched 5 2/3 innings for Catholic, allowing nine hits, three earned runs, two walks and he struck out two.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Wednesday, March 25, when they host Susquehanna University in Landmark Conference action at 3:30 p.m., at Brandon Park.