Reading, Pa (March 15, 2024) - Messiah University (10-4, 1-0) tallied seven runs in three innings to power past Alvernia University (7-6, 0-1) 7-2, in a MAC Commonwealth baseball matchup Friday evening at Alvernia's Angelica Park.
The Golden Wolves and the Falcons were all square heading into the fourth inning but the Falcons posted one run in the fourth, two in the fifth and four in the sixth to take a 7-0 lead. The Golden Wolves tallied two in the seventh but it was not enough as Messiah took the 7-2 lead.
Score: Messiah 7, Alvernia 2
Records: Alvernia (7-6, 0-1), Messiah (10-4, 1-0)
Hits: Alvernia 7, Messiah 11
Errors: Alvernia 1, Messiah 1
WP: Jason Long (2-1)
LP: Chris Sasso (1-2)
How it Happened
- Messiah got on the board first when Drew Hurst homered to right center to make it 1-0 Falcons.
- The Falcons extended their lead to three in the fifth inning after a sacrifice fly by Dylan Beard and an RBI single to right by Hurst to make it a 3-0 ballgame.
- Messiah put up a four spot in the top of the sixth inning after a two run homer to dead center made it a 5-0 game. The Falcons then tacked two more on in the inning after an Alvernia error allowed a run to score and a bases loaded hit by pitch forced in Messiah's seventh run and made it 7-0.
- The Golden Wolves grabbed two back in the home half of the seventh after Timmy Hitchcock singled into left center, he then advanced to second on the throw and Bobby Hansen was able to score after a throwing error.
- RJ Emrich then came up and singled to left center to score Hitchcock and make it a 7-2 ballgame.
- Alvernia had runners in scoring position in the eighth inning but could not get any more runs across as the Falcons took the 7-2 victory.
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Alvernia Pitching
Up Next
- The Golden Wolves are back in action tomorrow when they travel to Messiah for games two and three of the MAC Commonwealth series. Games are set for 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM.
