WINCHESTER, Va. – No. 6/24 Shenandoah University baseball won its third game of the week Thursday with a 17-5 non-league win over Nichols (Mass.).
Shenandoah (14-2) scored at least one run in every inning except the eighth and held Nichols (1-9) without a hit for the first 5 1/3 innings.
IN BRIEF
Junior
Luke Lageman (1-0), who came on for starter
Aaron Leinenbach after Leinenbach was injured prior to the start of the third, got the win with 3 1/3 innings of relief. He continued Leinenbach's no-hit bid until tiring in the sixth and allowing four runs (three earned) on a triple, two walks, and a hit batsmen.
Grady Dillon,
Michael Usa, and
Matt House finished up with Dillon striking out four in 1 2/3 innings of work.
Shenandoah banged out 26 hits Thursday after recording 27 in Wednesday's win at Mary Washington and eight of the nine starters had at least one hit.
Leadoff hitter
Frankie Ritter was 5 for 6 with two RBI and three runs scored,
Kyle Lisa four hits including a solo home run and
Kooper Anderson,
Gavin Horning,
Colby Martin had three hits each.
Graduate student
Pearce Bucher had two hits with his RBI single to left in the second becoming his 200
th career hit in addition to being the game-winning RBI.
Bucher, Martin, and Anderson all drove in three runs and catcher
Dillon Partin was 2 for 4 with a pair of runs batted in.
BY THE NUMBERS
Kyle Lisa's home run traveled 391 feet.
UP NEXT
Shenandoah returns to ODAC play Saturday by hosting Guilford in a noon doubleheader.
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