Box Score

ANNVILLE, Pa. – Ursinus College broke open the game with a five-run fourth inning en route to a 13-5 victory over Lebanon Valley in non-conference baseball action Wednesday afternoon at McGill Park.

The Bears led 4-2 after three frames before ripping five of their 17 hits in their big inning. They did most of their damage with two outs, when they scored four of their five runs. It was 5-2 before a walk, two singles, and a double made it a 9-2.

Ursinus (5-9) was led by Brendan Evans, who was 3-for-6 with five RBIs. David Randolph went 3-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs while leadoff hitter Tom Hermann was 3-for-4 with three runs and four stolen bases.

Lebanon Valley (4-11) got a 2-for-3 performance from junior designated hitter Dan Kelly while freshman third baseman Brandon Stoothoff clouted his first collegiate home run, a two-run blast to left-center in the bottom of the eighth.

After falling behind 2-0, the Flying Dutchmen came back to tie it with a pair of runs on four hits in the bottom of the first. Kelly led off with a double before freshman centerfielder Bert Malloy and sophomore catcher Chris Schank each followed up with an RBI-single.

With LVC trailing 11-2 in the bottom of the sixth, the Dutchmen pushed across a run when sophomore shortstop John Mentzer led off with a triple and scored two batters later on a single from junior first baseman Brad Brandt.

Freshman Kyle Caruthers started on the hill and worked 3 2/3 innings, suffering the loss while falling to 0-3. Sophomore Andrew Pipkin pitched 2 1/3 innings of relief for LVC before freshman Mike Snyder threw two innings. Senior Brian McFarlane fired a scoreless ninth.

Winning pitcher Pat Higgins (1-0) threw three scoreless innings for Ursinus.

Lebanon Valley returns to Commonwealth Conference action on Friday, when it visits Messiah College for a nine-inning game starting at 3 p.m.

[Photo - Junior Dan Kelly]

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