BOX SCORE
Annville, Pa. (Apr. 24, 2007) – Junior leadoff Tim Carroll (Bensalem, PA/Conwell Egan) reached first, stole second, and scored in each of the first three innings and Alvernia College posted 10 runs in those innings en route to a 13-5 win over Lebanon Valley College Tuesday afternoon in non-conference baseball action at McGill Park.
Carroll finished the day 3-for-3 at the plate with three walks, four stolen bases, one triple, and four runs scored. Senior Scott Schuler (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) and junior Steve Burdan (Pottstown, PA/Pottstown) both knocked in three runs, and freshman Ryan Weber (Philadelphia, PA/Roman Catholic) three 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn his first career win.
Carroll walked and stole second in the first and later scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Zach Lutz (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin). Burdan doubled in Chris Raniere (Manalapan, NJ/St. John Vianney) and later came around to score and the Crusaders led 3-0 after one.
In the second, Carroll walked and stole second again, took second on a single, and scored on Lutz’s RBI-single through the left side of the infield. Five straight players, starting with Carroll, reached and scored for Alvernia which led 8-1 after two innings.
Carroll reached on a bunt base hit with a man on in the third, again stole second, and scored on Schuler’s two-run single to right center.
Freshman starter Brian Longo (Uncasville, CT/Montville) pitched into the fifth inning, but gave way to Weber after allowing a sac fly and a two-run double to successive batters. Weber got the second out of the inning on a fly ball to right, and ended the inning when Steve DeBarberie (Drexel Hill, PA/Monsignor Bonner) threw out a runner trying to score from second on a single to right.
Alvernia tacked on two runs in the seventh and triples from Ben Reifsnyder (Wyomissing, PA/Wilson) and Carroll and Schuler’s RBI single, and one more in the eighth on a sac fly by Dale Curry (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge).
Alvernia will travel to Rutgers-Newark for an afternoon game on Wednesday and wrap up the regular season with an important three-game series with Neumann College this weekend.
Alvernia 13, Lebanon Valley 5
