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Game 1 – Lebanon Valley 1, Misericordia 9
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Misericordia got on the board in the second inning and never looked back in a 9-1 win over Lebanon Valley.
Corey Cinicola made his first start for the Dutchmen, allowing six hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
Four of the six runs Cinicola allowed in his seven innings were unearned. Bubba Jasinski reached on a single in the first, advanced two bags on a throwing error, and scored on a groundout by Jeff Slanovec.
The Cougars pieced together a four-run inning in the sixth to gain a 5-0 lead over the Dutchmen.
Ryan Schwartz reached on an error in the top of the seventh and scored on an RBI single by
Jordan Witmer to give LVC its only run of the game.
The Cougars scored again in the bottom of the seventh and added three runs in the bottom of the eighth against freshman reliever
Brandon Popp.
Popp pitched most of the eighth, allowing three runs (one earned).
Cody Richard came in to record the last out – a groundout to second base.
Game 2 – Lebanon Valley 2, Ursinus 1 (10 innings)
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. – In his first start of the season, lefty
Derek Brousseau allowed just one run to Ursinus: an unearned score in the third. He allowed just four hits and struck out seven batters without surrendering a walk.
Zack Rex took over in the seventh and pitched into the ninth inning. He was pulled in favor of
Brent McDowell with two outs and a runner on third. McDowell got Ursinus third baseman Joel Ackerman to fly out to center for the final out.
The Dutchmen responded with a run in the bottom of the frame. Jake Rhody singled and was replaced by pinch runner
Jimmie Miller. Miller eventually came around to score on a single by
Aaron Mills to tie the game at 1-1.
Colt Zarilla singled in the winning run in the bottom of the tenth.
Andrew DeCew singled and advanced on a throwing error when Phillip Dohner laid a sac bunt down. The Bears intentionally walked Schwartz to load the bases, and Zarilla took advantage of the opportunity.
McDowell earned his first win of the season having pitched the final 1.1 innings. He faced just four batters.
LVC (2-3) plays La Roche Wednesday at noon.
