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Marshall Kiessling
7
Winner Alvernia University ALVBB 17-2-1
6
Lebanon Valley LVC 10-9
Winner
Alvernia University ALVBB
17-2-1
7
Final
6
Lebanon Valley LVC
10-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Alvernia University ALVBB 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 10 1
Lebanon Valley LVC 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 13 0

W: A. Baglivo (1-0) L: Berry, Philip (1-1) S: Z. Landy (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | By Mike Freeman

Baseball Clipped by No. 18 Alvernia

No. 18 Alvernia 7, LVC 6

LVC Lineup
Edwards (2B), DeClerico (SS), Kiessling (C), Marcelli (1B), Berry (DH), Weik (3B), Puglisi (CF), Harned (RF), Herring (LF), Houseal (SP)

Alvernia Lineup
Sides (SS), Cirilli (2B), Dubas (RF), Coons (1B), Briner (LF), Dunne (SP), Francis (C), Gaynor (3B), Iacobelli (CF)

How It Happened
ANNVILLE, Pa. – In a game that featured five lead changes, Lebanon Valley was edged out by No. 18 Alvernia 7-6 on Sunday afternoon in MAC Commonwealth baseball action. The loss dropped the Dutchmen to 10-9, 4-4 MAC Commonwealth, while the Crusaders improved to 17-2-1, 8-1 MAC Commonwealth.

On a 3-2 pitch in the bottom of the first, Chase Weik gave LVC an early lead when he drew a bases-loaded walk that scored Chris DeClerico. Alvernia, however, took the lead in the top of the third when Ben Dubas singled through the right side to score two. In the bottom of the frame, Marshall Kiessling tied it up with one swing of the bat when he homered down the right field line to make it a 2-2 contest.

In the sixth, the Dutchmen went ahead 4-2 when DeClerico singled home Josh Herring and Michael Puglisi, but again, the Crusaders had an answer as Cameron Coons hit a two-run homerun in the top of the seventh to knot the game again, this time at 4-4.

The back-and-forth affair continued when Zac Edwards doubled down the left field line to plate Herring and put LVC back up by one at 5-4. In the top of the ninth, Coons was at it again for Alvernia when he sent an 0-2 pitch over the right field wall for a three-run homerun to put the Crusaders up 7-5. Puglisi made it a 7-6 score with a double down the left field line in the bottom of the ninth and the Dutchmen got the tying run to third, but were unable to score him, resulting in the narrow 7-6 defeat.

Inside the Numbers
 - Herring finished the day going 3-for-5 at the plate with two runs scored.
 - Edwards, DeClerico, Puglisi, and Kiessing recorded two hits each.
 - For Alvernia, Coons went 4-for-4 with five RBI and two runs scored.
 - Michael Houseal got the start on the mound but in the third, took a groundball off his throwing hand, which resulted in a bleeding finger, forcing the senior captain out of the game. Dylan Stephen was solid in relief, going 3.1 innings while allowing just an earned run.
 - Anthony Baglivo (1-0) got the win for Alvernia after throwing 2.2 innings of relief.
 - LVC outhit the Crusaders 13-10 as a team.

 Who's Next?
LVC was originally slated to play at DeSales tomorrow, but they will be making up MAC Freedom games, so that contest has been postponed. The Dutchmen will head to Elizabethtown on Wednesday to battle the Blue Jays at 3:30 p.m.
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