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Chris DeClerico
9
Lebanon Valley LVC 17-14
12
Winner Widener WIDBB 22-9
Lebanon Valley LVC
17-14
9
Final
12
Widener WIDBB
22-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lebanon Valley LVC 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 9 18 3
Widener WIDBB 2 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 X 12 16 2

W: Elliot Snyder (3-0) L: Houseal, Michael (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | By Mike Freeman

Big Inning Costs LVC at Widener

Widener 12, LVC 9

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

Widener Lineup
Elfreth (3B), Enos (2B), DeBellis (SS), Healey (1B), Garofolo (RF), Peiffer (DH), Barnett (LF), Seymour (C), Addvensky (CF), Davis (SP)

How It Happened
CHESTER, Pa. – Widener University used a big sixth inning to overtake Lebanon Valley and eventually win 12-9 on Sunday afternoon in MAC Commonwealth baseball action. The Dutchmen fell to 19-14, 10-8 MAC Commonwealth and the Pride jumped to 22-11, 10-8 MAC Commonwealth.

In the early innings, LVC had built a nice lead, mostly due to a big four-run top of the third. With Widener up 2-1 heading into the top of the third, Chris DeClerico crushed a three-run homerun to left field, propelling LVC in front at 4-2. In the top of the fourth, he increased the Dutchmen's lead to three at 5-2 with an RBI-single to left field.

In the bottom of the sixth, however, Widener sent 14 batters to plate and scored nine runs to go ahead by six at 11-5. The Pride knocked out starting pitcher Michael Houseal and made the Dutchmen use three pitchers in the inning. In the top of the eighth, Nick O'Shea made things interesting when he launched a pinch-hit three-run bomb to right to make it 12-9, but the Pride were able to hang on for the win despite the Dutchmen bringing up the tying run to the plate in the top of the ninth.

Inside the Numbers
 - LVC outhit Widener 18-16.
 - Marshall Kiessling put together a career-day, going 5-for-6 with two runs and an RBI.
 - DeClerico went 3-for-6 with a game-high four RBI.
 - Zac Edwards went 3-for-5 and still leads the MAC in batting average.
 - For the Pride, Nick Enos went 4-for-5 and Stephen DeBellis was 2-for-4 with four RBI, while Justin Healey added three RBI.
 - Houseal went 5.1 innings and was charged with the loss. Widener's Elliot Snyder earned his third win of the year after throwing 2.2 innings of scoreless baseball.

Playoff Picture
After another weekend-series win, the Dutchmen sit at 10-8 in conference action and are currently in fourth. Three conference games remain for LVC, and all three are next weekend against Albright, the last-place team in the MAC Commonwealth.

Who's Next?
LVC heads to Center Valley tomorrow to take on DeSales at 4 p.m.
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