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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lebanon Valley banged out 26 hits and utilized 10 Moravian errors as the Flying Dutchmen swept a Commonwealth Conference baseball doubleheader from the Greyhounds Friday afternoon at Gillespie Field.

LVC won the opener 12-6, then notched a 15-3 victory in the nightcap as the Dutchmen tied their season-high scoring total.

Lebanon Valley (10-17, 8-7 CC), which has won six of its last seven Commonwealth Conference games, completed its first three-game conference sweep since taking three straight from Susquehanna University in the 2004 season.

For the second night in a row, junior Dan Kelly and sophomore Corey Lamoureux were the Dutchmen's offensive stars. Kelly went 4-for-6 with four runs scored and five RBIs over the two games while Lamoureux was 5-for-8 with four runs and three ribbies.

Kelly finished the three-game series 7-for-11 while Lamoureux was 8-for-12.

Junior Matt Sanders worked five innings to get the win in game one while freshman Kyle Caruthers came on in relief to throw 4 1/3 innings of scoreless, hitless ball in the second game en route to his first collegiate victory.

In the first game, the Dutchmen scored in every inning from the second through the sixth and did the bulk of their damage with a five-hit, eight-run outburst in the second. LVC sent 12 batters to the plate in the big inning, with freshman Bert Malloy providing the big blow, a bases-loaded, two-out triple.

After scoring another run in the third, Moravian plated five in the bottom of the inning on three hits, three walks, and an error to make it 9-6 game. But Sanders and freshman Jimmy Luchansky shut out the Greyhounds the rest of the way, and the Dutchmen scored single runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth.

Lamoureux was 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the opener, when all but one LVC starter had at least one hit. Sophomore Chris Schank and junior Brad Brandt had two hits and two runs apiece for the Valley while Kelly drove in three runs.

Sanders (2-2) allowed all six runs (five earned) on seven hits and six walks while striking out four. Luchansky retired six of the seven batters he faced, as a hit batsman was his only blemish.

Moravian starter Matthew Swartz (1-4) was charged with the loss. He lasted only 1 1/3 innings.

The Dutchmen used another big inning to take control in the nightcap. Moravian led 3-2 after two innings of play before LVC got six runs on three hits and three errors in the third against Greyhound starter Trevor Lawrence. Lebanon Valley used a bases-loaded walk, a sacrifice fly, and back-to-back two-run singles to make it 8-3.

After a scoreless fourth, LVC lit up the scoreboard with seven runs over the fifth and sixth. The Dutchmen scored four times on three hits and an error in the fourth before junior Derek Helwig applied the finishing touches with a three-run double in the sixth.

Making his first collegiate relief appearance, Caruthers (1-3) came on in the second to replace starting pitcher Travis Smart with two out and a runner on second. He ended the inning by getting a ground-out, then fired three consecutive three-up, three-down innings from the third through the fourth. Caruthers, who finished with a season-high three strikeouts, retired the first 14 batters he faced before a Moravian batter reached on an error with one out in the sixth, but he got the next two hitters to complete his nearly flawless outing.

Senior Brian McFarlane threw a perfect seventh inning for the Dutchmen, getting three fly-ball outs.

Kelly was 3-for-3 with three runs and two RBIs in game two while Lamoureux was 3-for-4 with three runs. Malloy scored four runs despite an 0-for-4 day at the plate while junior Richie Schwartz, senior Matt Rich, and senior Alex Morrison all had two hits. Schwartz and sophomore John Mentzer each drove in a pair of runs and Morrison scored twice.

Lawrence (1-6) went five innings and surrendered 12 runs (four earned) on 11 hits and two walks.

Lebanon Valley returns to action on Tuesday, when it takes on Millersvile University at 3:30 p.m. at Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster. Clipper Magazine Stadium is the home of the Lancaster Barnstormers, an independent league professional baseball team.

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