AMBLER, Pa. – The Arcadia baseball team picked up a 15-11 win over Susquehanna Wednesday afternoon. The Knights were led by the top of the lineup as the first five batters all had a multi-hit game.
 
FOR THE RECORD:

• The Scarlet and Grey board a 16-8 record.
• The River Hawks dropped to 7-15.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The bats went to work early, plating four runs in three consecutive at-bats in the bottom of the first. Junior Luke Hohenstein scored as senior Nick Cardace reached on a fielder's choice, before freshman Brett Moyer drew a bases loaded walk to bring in junior Sean Carew. Sophomore Tyler Wisnewski followed with a fielder's choice that brought in junior Phil Pierfy; Cardace scored on the throw as the River Hawks attempted to complete the double play.
• Five more runs crossed the dish in the bottom of the third, again on consecutive at-bats. Wisnewski singled with the bases loaded to plate Pierfy, before Cardace scored when junior Nick Ponente reached on an error by the first baseman. Moyer scored on a groundout by classmate Matt Ernst, before junior Bryan Gillen sent a single to center field to bring in Wisnewski and Ponente.
• The bottom of the fifth saw five more runs score. Gillen plated Wisnewski with a sac fly to center, before Hohenstein and Carew hit back-to-back RBI singles. Carew then scored on a single by Pierfy to put the Knights up 14-2.
•  Susquehanna scored seven in the top of the sixth and one in the top of the seventh. Hohenstein plated the final run of the game with a single through the left side in the bottom of the eighth.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Arcadia's 15 runs came on 16 hits.
• The top five batters in Arcadia's order, Gillen, Hohenstein, Carew, Pierfy and Cardace, combined for 13 hits. Gillen, Carew and Pierfy all had three hits to lead the team.
• Gillen drove in three runs, while Carew and Wisnewski each plated a pair.
• Wisnewski went 2-for-3.

ON THE HILL:

• Sophomore Tyler Showers (2-0) got the start, allowing five runs in five innings of work. Junior Nick Roda tossed 0.2 innings, followed by an inning from senior Ryan Ulrich. Hohenstein tossed a hitless 1.1 innings, before senior Mike Boulanger pitched the ninth inning.
• Cole Luzins (0-1) allowed nine runs (six earned) on six hits in three innings of work. John Cooley was tagged for five runs on seven hits in two innings, before Sean Rodriguez allowed one run over the last three innings.

NOTES:

• Gillen now has 14 multi-hit games, is on a 13-game hit streak and has reached base in all 24 games this season. He is four hits and one double shy of cracking the top-five all-time in each category.
• Pierfy has eight multi-hit games, has a hit in five straight contests and reached base in the last 13 games.
• Cardace has 12 multi-hit games, while Carew has 10 and Hohenstein has nine.
• The Knights defeated Susquehanna 16-12 earlier this season.

UP NEXT:

• The Knights are back in action Friday when they open their three-game set with Albright. First pitch at Skip Wilson Field is slated for 3:30 p.m.