ANNVILLE, Pa. - The Arcadia University baseball team opened its Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) series with Lebanon Valley with a 6-5 rain-shortened six inning victory on Friday afternoon.
FOR THE RECORD
-Arcadia improved to 7-6 overall and 3-1 in conference play.
-Lebanon Valley moved to 6-7 and 3-1, respectively.
ARCADIA 6, LEBANON VALLEY 5 (F/6)
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Thomas Strauch opened the scoring in the top of the second with a two-run homer scoring
Solomon Abdullah.
-LVC tied the score with a run in the second and another in the fourth.
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Taro Pustilnik gave the Knights the lead back in the top of the fourth with a single to left-center that brough
Simon Abdullah home.
-Arcadia added three more runs in the top of the fifth on a
Ryan Radigan solo home run, a
Thomas Strauch sacrifice fly plating
Max Oswald, and a single from Jake Keirstad scoring
Joshua Agriesti.
-LVC cut the lead to 6-5 in the sixth before the game was called due to rain.
-L.J. Wolff earned his first win of the season, allowing four runs on five hits across 5.1 innings with three walks and eight strikeouts.
KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: Radigan (1) / Oswald (1) / Agriesti (1) / So. Abdullah (1) / Strauch (1) / Peter Trencafilov (1) / Keirstead (1) / Pustilnik (1)
Runs: Radigan (1) / Oswald (1) / Agriesti (1) / So. Abdullah (1) / Strauch (1) / Si. Abdullah (1)
RBI: Strauch (3)
Walks: Radigan (1) / So. Abdullah (1) /
Eric Shandler (1)
UP NEXT
-The Knights conclude their series with LVC tomorrow for a 12:00 p.m. doubleheader at Skip Wilson Field.
