Lebanon Valley 6, Hood 2

LVC Lineup: 1. Puglisi (CF), 2. Kiessling (LF), 3. Albright (C), 4. Fundell (1B), 5. Orlando (DH), 6. Z. Smith (SS), 7. Berry (3B), 8. Seibert (2B), 9. Harned (RF), Houseal (SP)

Hood Lineup: 1. Esposito (CF), 2. Cook (SS), 3. Warrenfeltz (3B), 4. Gall (C), 5. Johnson (1B), 6. Shriver (LF), 7. Baldwin (2B), 8. Puryear (DH), 9. Friend (RF), Franke (SP)

How It Happened
FREDERICK, Md. – Lebanon Valley racked up 15 hits and Michael Houseal pitched a complete game as the Dutchmen downed Hood College 6-2 in MAC Commonwealth baseball action on Friday afternoon. LVC improved to 17-20, 8-11 MAC Commonwealth, while the Blazers fell to 14-24, 5-14 MAC Commonwealth.

In today's victory, Michael Puglisi became the fourth Dutchmen of the season to record his 100th career knock. He joined Zac Edwards, Brett Fundell, and Zach Smith.

LVC got on the board quickly when Colin Albright singled home Puglisi in the top of the first to make it 1-0, and Albright later scored on a passed ball to give the Dutchmen a 2-0 advantage. LVC held the 2-0 lead until the bottom of the fourth when Gall homered to make it 2-1, and in the bottom of the fifth, Brooks Warrenfeltz singled to score Esposito, tying things up at 2-2.

From there, the Blazers' offense was shut down for the remainder of the game by Houseal. The Dutchmen scored once in sixth off an RBI-single by Puglisi, and again in the seventh when Phil Berry singled down the left field line to make it 4-2. LVC added some insurance in the eighth when Fundell hit a sacrifice fly, followed by a Greg Orlando single that scored Marshall Kiessling.

Inside the Numbers
 - Puglisi, Albright, and Jonathan Harned all had three hits, while Kiessling and Orlando had two hits.
 - Houseal won his team-best fifth game of the season today, tossing all nine frames while giving up just an earned run while striking out seven.

So You're Saying There's A Chance...
Stevenson defeated Albright 7-0 this afternoon and is 9-10 in conference action. So, if LVC can sweep Hood tomorrow and if Albright sweeps Stevenson, the Dutchmen will sneak in as the fourth and final seed in next week's MAC Commonwealth Tournament.

Who's Next?
The regular season finale starts tomorrow at 12 p.m. against Hood when the Dutchmen will honor its seniors on Senior Day.