FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – No. 6/24 Shenandoah University banged out a season-high 27 hits in a 14-6 non-league baseball victory at Mary Washington Wednesday afternoon.
The Hornets (13-2) snapped the Eagles (14-6) eight-game winning streak with the triumph.
IN BRIEF
Shenandoah scored runs in all but two innings – the first and the seventh – and scored multiple runs in the third, fourth, sixth, eighth, and ninth.
Eight of the nine SU starters hit safely in the contest with
Pearce Bucher leading the way with a 5 for 6 afternoon that included a pair of runs batted in.
Kooper Anderson,
Gavin Horning, and
Colby Martin had four hits each.
Horning, who finished 4 for 6 with 5 RBI, capped his afternoon with a three-run home run in the ninth after hitting a two-run shot in the sixth. Anderson had three RBI with Martin and
Haden Madagan matching Bucher's two RBI.
Shenandoah used four pitchers in the contest with
Brian Ferreira (1-0) earning the victory with 2 2/3 innings of relief work. He and starter
Michael Prosperi both struck out five. Ferreira allowed one run on two hits and Prosperi two runs on three hits and two walks in 4 1/3.
Weekend starters
Jacob Faivre and
Reilly Owen pitched the eighth and ninth, respectively.
UP NEXT
Shenandoah returns home for a 2 p.m. non-league game Thursday afternoon versus Nichols (Mass.) College.
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