BOX SCORE

Reading, Pa. (Apr. 24, 2013) - Alvernia University (27-9) sent 10 men to the plate and scored five runs on four hits and an error in the eighth inning of a 9-6 win over Moravian College (18-16) Wednesday afternoon in non-conference baseball action at Gillespie Field.

Chris Ray (Exton, Pa./West Chester Henderson) for the first RBI single fo the eighth inning then after a Billy Turner (Columbia, N.J./North Warren Regional) bunt single the Crusaders knocked in runs in four straight at-bats.  Two on ground outs and two on singles by Chris Gehris (Sinking Spring, Pa./Holy Name) and Kevin Bailey (Fallston, Md./Fallston).

Gehris and Bailey both had 2-RBI days for the Crusaders as did Matt Patterson (Hamilton, N.J./Nottingham).

Senior reliever Anthony Gambino (Allentown, N.J./Allentown) earned his first win of the season facing just one batter in the seventh, but retiring him on a groundout to preserve a tie game.  Kevin Becker-Menditto (Frederick, Md./Walkersville) earned a 4-out save, his 10th of the season.  He stranded runners on 2nd and 3rd in the eighth then threw a 1-2-3 ninth.  His 10th save of the season sets a new single season record for saves breaking a record he shared with Austin Rohrbach (2008-11).  His 19 career saves is also a school record.

Ray, Turner, Patterson, Gehris, and Bailey all had 2-hit days for the Crusaders.

Alvernia returns to the conference schedule on Friday at Arcadia.  One win in the 3-game series with the Knights would give Alvernia the top seed in the Commonwealth Conference Championships which are next Thursday through Saturday at Owls Field in West Lawn.

Alvernia 9, Moravian 6