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Box Score 4 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Penn College baseball started its spring break week with a 2-2 record. The Wildcats defeated Immaculata, 10-2 on Sunday and Otterbein, 10-5 on Monday before dropping a doubleheader to La Roche on Tuesday.
Matt Munoz is batting .533 (8-15) to lead the offense through the first four games while
Dallas Alexander and
Weston McClain earned the victories on the mound.
PCT continues action with a single game against Bridgewater State at 12 pm on Wednesday and a doubleheader against Dean Thursday afternoon.
--Sunday, March 8 --
W, 10-2 vs. Immaculata
After a rain delay washed out the first game of a scheduled doubleheader against Immaculata Sunday night, the Wildcats earned a 10-2 victory in game 2. The Wildcats scored a run in each of the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead. After Immaculata scored in the fourth and fifth inning to make the score, 3-2, the Wildcats scored twice in the bottom of the fifth and tacked on four more runs in the sixth inning. A Munoz RBI double in the eighth plated the final run of the night.
Mason Balfanz racked up six Ks in the four-inning start before Alexander pitched one inning in relief to earn the win. Griess, Munoz and Croasdale all earned three hits to lead the offense. Griess scored three runs while
Shawn Townsend, Munoz and Hinnershitz all collected three RBIs in the win.
-- Monday, March 9 --
W, 10-5 vs. Otterbein
The Wildcats pounded out double-digit runs for the third-straight game to defeat Otterbein, 10-5, in their lone action on Monday.
Shawn Townsend and
Matt Munoz collect three hits each.
Levi Purnell,
Logan Hinnershitz and John Corasdale each recorded two hits. Townsend scored twice while Munoz drove in three RBIs and Purnell cleaned up with two RBIs.
PCT's pitchers combined for seven Ks as
Weston McClain picked up his first win of the season after 3.1 innings with 3 Ks and one hit allowed.
--Tuesday, March 10 --
L, 5-2 vs. La Roche
L, 6-2 vs. La Roche
In game one, La Roche broke through a scoreless game with one run in each of the sixth and seventh innings. Penn College responded with a two-run single by Hinnershitz to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh before the Redhawks plated three runs in the ninth. Goebel was the lone Wildcat to record a pair of hits in the game while six others recorded a hit.
Griffin Vollman limited the Redhawk bats to just three hits through his 5.0 inning start.
In game two, the Wildcats were held to just five hits. La Roche scored in the second before PCT took a brief lead in the top of the fourth on an RBI double from Munoz and a Jenkins RBI single. The Redhawks scored three in the bottom half of the frame and two in the fifth.
-- Wednesday, March 11 --
vs. Bridgewater State, 12 PM
-- Thursday, March 12 --
vs. Dean (DH), 3 PM
