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Reading, Pa. (Apr. 22, 2008) – Alvernia College seniors Dale Curry (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) and Steve Burdan (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) each homered twice and sophomore Steve DeBarberie (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) added another, but seven fielding errors led to 12 unearned runs for Lebanon Valley including the game-winner in the 10th inning of a 15-14 Dutchmen win Tuesday afternoon in non-conference baseball action at Alvernia.

LCV (10-28) actually earned its first two runs on back-to-back, two-out doubles in the first inning and tacked on a third run after the first Alvernia (28-9) error of the game extended the inning. The Crusaders atoned for the early mistake plating three runs of their own in the bottom of the first aided by an LVC error.

Senior leadoff Tim Carroll (Bensalem, Pa./Conwell Egan), who reached base in his first five plate appearances and finished a homer short of the cycle, singled and stole second and scored on a Chris Stoudt (West Lawn, Pa./Governor Mifflin) single. Stoudt reached third on a Curry double and both players scored on a James Geosits (Wyomissing, Pa./Wilson) singled that was followed by an error on the shortstop.

The top of the second inning featured three more runs for the guests, this time with all three being unearned. The first two batters reached on errors by the left side of the Crusaders' infield and after a fly ball out LVC first baseman Joe Soupik smacked a three-run home run.

The Crusaders, who scored in each of the first six innings got a leadoff double from freshman Reid Martin (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) to start the second and Carroll brought him in with an RBI-single.

Lebanon Valley scored once on two base hits and an error in the third, but Alvernia matched that with Curry's first home run of the game. All five long balls hit by the Crusaders were solo shots.

LVC plated another run in the fourth on three singles, and Alvernia finally started to make us ground with three more runs in the bottom of the inning. Freshman Brendan Barry (Franklin Square, N.Y./St. Mary's) and Carroll opened the inning with back-to-back doubles and Corey Berghardt (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown) lifted a sacrifice fly to right field. Curry hit his second home run in as many at-bats to knot the score at 8-8 and Alvernia plated three more runs in the fifth fueled by back-to-back solo shots by Burdan and DeBarberie for an 11-8 lead.

Alvernia recorded the first out in the top of the sixth, but another error preceded a pair of base hits. After a pitching change another miscue kept the LVC inning alive for an RBI-single and the big blow, a three-run, pinch hit homer off the bat of Brandon Stoothoff put the Dutchmen up three, 14-11.

Burdan's second homer of the day leading off the sixth cut the gap to two and after a scoreless seventh, DeBarberie delivered a two-run double in the eighth to knot the score at 14-all.

Both teams had a base runner in the ninth, but failed to score. The Lebanon Valley 10th started with Alvernia's seventh error of the day and a two-out double drove home the 11th unearned run, and eventual game-winner.

Alvernia had a man on with one out in the bottom of the 10th, but a Martin's groundball to third was turned into an around-the-horn, game-ending double play.

Alvernia will host Juniata College this Thursday in the final home game of the season.

Lebanon Valley 15, Alvernia 14 (10)