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Winter's Sixth-Inning RBI Single Helps Baseball Take Nightcap 6-4 To Split Doubleheader With Wagner

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Josh Winter (Timonium, Md./Boys' Latin) knocked in the decisive run in the sixth inning and Brady Feigl (Severn, Md./Old Mill) struck out nine batters to help Mount St. Mary's to a 6-4 win against Wagner in the nightcap of a Northeast Conference (NEC) baseball doubleheader on Saturday. The Seahawks took the opener, 5-4.

With the score tied at 4, Winter handed the Mount (18-19, 10-5 NEC) the lead for good on a single through the right side to bring home Kyle Kane (Boonsboro, Md./Boonsboro) with the go-ahead run. On the afternoon, the freshman had three hits, two RBIs and a run scored. Feigl allowed four runs (two earned) on eight hits with nine strikeouts to earn his third win of the year and hand the Mountaineers their first win in the series.

Kane posted three hits and three runs scored in the twinbill while Shane Eyler (Taneytown, Md./Francis Scott Key) had three hits, two runs scored and an RBI in the two games.

Seth Boyd brought home the decisive run in the opener for the Seahawks (19-16, 8-7 NEC) for his only hit in the doubleheader and Jared Gruccio added two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs on the afternoon.

After Wagner rallied to take the first two games of the series, Mount St. Mary's used some late-inning heroics of its own in the nightcap by scoring two runs in the sixth inning to take the lead and hold on for a 6-4 victory.

With the game tied at 4 in the top of the sixth, Kane started the rally with a one-out walk before Eyler singled up the middle. Winter then poked a single through the right side to plate Kane before Eyler touched home when Joe Kavanagh (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) reached on an error to hand the Mount a 6-4 advantage.

Given the lead for the second time in the contest, Feigl retired six of the final seven batters in the contest. Chris Drechsel reached on a single through the right side with two outs in the seventh, but Feigl got a ground out to end the game.

The Mountaineers opened the scoring in the second game with four run s in the second. Kane was the catalyst for the four-run inning when he led off the stanza with a single to center field. After Eyler brought Kane home on a double to left center, Winter singled through the left side to put runners on the corners. Winter then stole second before Alex Andrews (Vienna, Va./James Madison) hit a two-run double to score Eyler and Winter. Matt Staso (Ellicott City, Md./Mount St. Joseph) capped the four-run inning with a double to center to plate Andrews and give Mount St. Mary's a 4-0 advantage.

Wagner chipped away at the lead with two runs in the third and fourth to knot the game at 4. Drechsel cut the deficit to 4-2 on a two-run double in the third and then Gruccio tied the game with a two-run single in the fourth. The Mount then scored two runs in the sixth to earn the victory.

In the opener, Mount St. Mary's kept up with the Seahawks before Wagner scored one run in the sixth and maintained that advantage to earn a 5-4 win.

After the Mount tied the game at 4 in the top of the sixth, the Seahawks scored on Boyd's RBI single through the right side for the decisive run.

Mount St. Mary's threatened in the seventh with two outs, but could not tie the game. Buddy Fields (Manassas, Va./Stonewall Jackson) singled up the middle and Jake Darr (Frederick, Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson) reached on catcher's interference before a fielder's choice got Wagner out of the jam and end the game.

The Mountaineers jumped out to a 1-0 advantage in the second inning. Kane singled through the left side and came around to score on an error.

Wagner came back to tie the game in the bottom of the frame when Joe Conforti was hit by the pitch with the bases loaded.

Tommy Flynn (Reston, Va./South Lakes) helped Mount St. Mary's retake the lead when he smacked his first collegiate home run to right field in the third.

The Seahawks then took the advantage for the first time in the game with two runs in the fourth thanks to a Damian Csakai sacrifice fly and Brian Martutartus touching home on a wild pitch for a 3-2 edge.

The Mount tied the game in the fifth when Zach Helman (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro) walked and came around to score on a Fields RBI single up the middle.

The seesaw battle continued as Wagner reclaimed the margin in the bottom of the inning on Jon Lucas' run-scoring single up the middle for a 4-3 lead.

Once again the Mountaineers answered in their next time at bat. Staso walked and touched home on Winter's double to left center, but Boyd answered for the Seahawks in bottom of the sixth with an RBI single to hand Wagner the 5-4 decision.

Mount St. Mary's looks to split the four-game series with Wagner in the fourth game of the series on Sunday. Game time is 1 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Alex Andrews

#21 Alex Andrews

C
6' 0"
Sophomore
Brady Feigl

#9 Brady Feigl

LHP
6' 2"
Freshman
Buddy Fields

#26 Buddy Fields

OF/RHP
6' 0"
Freshman
Zach Helman

#3 Zach Helman

3B
5' 11"
Sophomore
Kyle Kane

#30 Kyle Kane

C
6' 2"
Sophomore
Joe Kavanagh

#13 Joe Kavanagh

3B
6' 3"
Sophomore
Matt Staso

#10 Matt Staso

OF
5' 10"
Senior
Josh Winter

#31 Josh Winter

1B
6' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Alex Andrews

#21 Alex Andrews

6' 0"
Sophomore
C
Brady Feigl

#9 Brady Feigl

6' 2"
Freshman
LHP
Buddy Fields

#26 Buddy Fields

6' 0"
Freshman
OF/RHP
Zach Helman

#3 Zach Helman

5' 11"
Sophomore
3B
Kyle Kane

#30 Kyle Kane

6' 2"
Sophomore
C
Joe Kavanagh

#13 Joe Kavanagh

6' 3"
Sophomore
3B
Matt Staso

#10 Matt Staso

5' 10"
Senior
OF
Josh Winter

#31 Josh Winter

6' 4"
Freshman
1B
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