WINCHESTER, Va. – No. 34 Shenandoah University ran its baseball winning streak to five games by sweeping a non-league doubleheader from Widener University Saturday afternoon.
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Shenandoah (5-0) was a 5-3 winner in the opener before taking out the Pride, 10-1, in the nightcap.
GAME ONE RECAP
Widener jumped on the Hornets for three runs on five hits in the first, but the lead was short-lived.
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Frankie Ritter led off the bottom of the frame with a single to center and
Henry Delavergne followed by being hit by a pitch.
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Senior
Keegan Woolford stepped to the plate and quickly tied the game with a three-run blast to right center.
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Woolford's home run, his third of the season, puts him three home runs away from the top of the career charts at SU.
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Catcher Jake Peters put the Hornets on top to stay one inning later by bringing home
Pearce Bucher on a groundout to short.
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Bucher put himself in scoring position with a one-out double down the right field line and then was sacrificed to third.
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In the fourth, Peters drove home another run with a single through the left side. He plated
Gavin Horning, who had led off the inning by being hit by a pitch.
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Sophomore
Tad Dean (2-0) threw the final four innings to pick up his second victory of the spring. He allowed just one hit (a fourth inning single) and struck out three.
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Kade Jones (0-1) took the loss for the Pride. He went the distance and gave up the five runs on eight hits while striking out six.
GAME TWO RECAP
A pair of four-spots, in the third and sixth, along with two runs in the fourth, keyed the 10-1 game two victory for SU.
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Sophomore
Michael Prosperi (1-0) tossed the initial five innings and scattered three hits and two walks against three strikeouts to pick up the win.
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Seth Comer and
Joel Smith pitched the sixth and seventh, respectively, in support of Prosperi.
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Anthony Ward drove in three runs and Woolford two to lead the offense.
Tyler Kroll was 2-for-4.
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The top five hitters in the Hornets lineup were a combined 5-for-11 with seven runs scored and five RBI.
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Dylan Peiffer (0-1) took the loss for Widener. He gave up six runs (four earned) on five hits and four walks in 4.0 innings.
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UP NEXT
Shenandoah completes weekend play with a 2 p.m. non-league game Sunday versus Susquehanna.
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