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12
Winner Alvernia University ALVBB 13-5
8
Lebanon Valley LVC 9-7
Winner
Alvernia University ALVBB
13-5
12
Final
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Lebanon Valley LVC
9-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Alvernia University ALVBB 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 3 12 17 0
Lebanon Valley LVC 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 8 13 5

W: Blankenbiller, Gavin (2-1) L: Joey Bassett (0-1)

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Game Recap: Baseball | | by Jon King (SID)

Alvernia Scores In Five Straight Innings In 12-8 Win At Lebanon Valley

Sides Goes 5-For-6 To Lead Offense

Annville, Pa. (Mar. 24, 2019) - Alvernia University (13-5, 6-0) scored 12 runs over the final five innings in a 12-8 win over Lebanon Valley College (9-7, 2-3) Sunday afternoon in MAC Commonwealth baseball action at LVC to complete a 3-game sweep.

Nathan Sides led the Alvernia offense going 5-for-6 with three runs scored and three RBIs.  Sides drive in two runs with a single to right in the sixth that tied the game at 5-5. Joe Ginder and Ian Shaffer drove in runs in the sixth to put Alvernia up 7-5 and the Wolves never trailed from there.

Gavin Blankenbiller picked up the win in relief of Jake Reese allowing two runs on four hits over four and a third innings.

LVC scored a run in the first inning and added three in the fourth for an early 4-0 lead.

Alvernia cut into the lead with three runs on four hits with two LVC errors in the top of the fifth.  Shaffer dropped a bunt to open the inning and moved all the way to third when the third baseman threw well wide of first.  Mike Cirilli singled in Shaffer and scored on a Sides single. Colin Rieger doubled to drive in Sides for the third run, and Franco Esposito was thrown out at the plate trying to score from first.

LVC scratched out a run in the home half of the fifth on back-to-back two-out hits.

Cirilli was out on a bang-bang play on a punt that left runners at second and third with two out in the top of the sixth.  LVC elected to pitch to Sides with a base open and he ripped the first pitch past a diving second baseman to tie the game.

Shaffer finished the game 4-for-6 with three runs and an RBI.  Four other players had two hits each including Alex Salesky who finished the game with three RBIs.

Alvernia will face Gwynedd-Mercy in a mid-week, non-conference game on Wednesday before opening a 3-game set with Hood on Friday in Frederick, Md.

Alvernia 12, Lebanon Valley 8
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Players Mentioned

Mike Cirilli

#4 Mike Cirilli

IF/P
5' 8"
Junior
R/R
Franco Esposito

#21 Franco Esposito

OF
6' 4"
Senior
R/R
Colin Rieger

#8 Colin Rieger

OF/P
6' 1"
Senior
R/R
Alex Salesky

#24 Alex Salesky

C
5' 10"
Senior
L/R
Ian Shaffer

#2 Ian Shaffer

IF
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Nathan Sides

#9 Nathan Sides

SS
5' 9"
Senior
R/R
Gavin Blankenbiller

#40 Gavin Blankenbiller

1B/P
6' 3"
First Year
L/L
Joe Ginder

#20 Joe Ginder

OF
5' 11"
First Year
R/R
Jake Reese

#11 Jake Reese

P
6' 2"
First Year
L/L

Players Mentioned

Mike Cirilli

#4 Mike Cirilli

5' 8"
Junior
R/R
IF/P
Franco Esposito

#21 Franco Esposito

6' 4"
Senior
R/R
OF
Colin Rieger

#8 Colin Rieger

6' 1"
Senior
R/R
OF/P
Alex Salesky

#24 Alex Salesky

5' 10"
Senior
L/R
C
Ian Shaffer

#2 Ian Shaffer

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
IF
Nathan Sides

#9 Nathan Sides

5' 9"
Senior
R/R
SS
Gavin Blankenbiller

#40 Gavin Blankenbiller

6' 3"
First Year
L/L
1B/P
Joe Ginder

#20 Joe Ginder

5' 11"
First Year
R/R
OF
Jake Reese

#11 Jake Reese

6' 2"
First Year
L/L
P