EMMITSBURG,
Md. Bucknell defeated Mount St. Mary's 22-9 in
non-conference baseball action on Wednesday.
Shane
Eyler (Taneytown, Md./Francis Scott Key) paced the Mount (2-7) with
a 4-for-4 performance, a home run, three runs scored and two RBIs.
Kyle Kane (Boonsboro, Md./Boonsboro) added a home run, two runs
scored and two RBIs while Zach Helman (Waynesboro, Pa,/Waynesboro)
posted two hits, two RBIs
and a run scored in the loss.
Andrew
Loucks fueled the Bison (6-9) with a 6-for-7 afternoon, four RBIs
and three runs scored, and Doug Shribman registered three hits,
four runs scored and three RBIs in the winning effort.
Bucknell
rallied from a 5-0 deficit with 12 unanswered runs and never looked
back to earn its sixth win of the year.
Trailing,
5-0, the Bison started its comeback in the fourth when Loucks
brought home Bucknell's first run of the day on a double to cut the
margin to four runs.
The Bison
then exploded for 10 runs in the fifth. Dane Grandizio started the
frame with a solo home run before Bob Donato doubled in two runs
and Loucks tied the game at 5 on a run-scoring single. Bucknell
took the lead on a B.J. LaRosa double before Bret Sokirka plated
another run with a double of his own for a 7-5 margin. Ben Allen
hit a two-run homer, Grandizio scored on a pass ball and Andrew
Brouse capped the 10-run outburst with a run-scoring single to give
the Bison an 11-5 advantage.
Bucknell
added a run in the sixth thanks to a Grandizio sacrifice fly for a
seven-run margin.
The
Mountaineers struck back with two runs in the sixth. Eyler led off
the inning with a double and came around to score on Joe Kavanagh's
(Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) single before Kavanagh scored on
Ryan Stamp's (Waldorf, Md./Dematha Catholic) long sacrifice fly to
center field to trim the margin to 11-7.
The Bison
answered right back with two runs in the seventh and five in the
eighth to extend its advantage to 19-7. In the seventh, Zachary
Brown plated a run on a sacrifice fly and Sokirka singled through
the right side to bring home another run.
Scribman
started the scoring in the eighth thanks to his RBI single through
the ride side before Loucks hit a two-run double and Brown nailed a
two-run homer to cap a five-run eighth inning.
Mount St.
Mary's responded with two runs in the bottom half of the stanza
after Eyler singled up the middle and Helman drilled his first home
run of the season to left field to cut the deficit to
19-9.
Bucknell
added a Mark Figgie RBI double to left center and a Loucks two-run
homer to seal a 22-9 victory.
The Mount
jumped out to a 5-0 advantage in the first three innings. Matt
Staso (Ellicott City, Md./Mount St. Joseph) got the scoring started
in the first on a solo home run. After Jake Darr (Frederick,
Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson) walked, Kane drilled a two-run
roundtripper to give the Mountaineers a 3-0 edge after the first
inning.
Mount St.
Mary's added two runs in the third to take a 5-0 advantage. Kane
singled and came around to score on Eyler's two-run homer. The
Bison then scored 12 unanswered runs to go on for the
win.
The Mount
returns to action at ET Straw Family Stadium on Thursday against
Navy. Game time is 3 p.m.