Gannon University
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Mercyhurst Recap
Sports
Information Department
Trevor James Hawes, Graduate Assistant
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: April 9, 2008
GANNON
BASEBALL SPLITS
DOUBLEHEADER WITH MERCYHURST
ERIE, Pa. – The Gannon University baseball
(5-17, 1-9) team took on Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (GLIAC) rival Mercyhurst College (14-16, 3-11) Wednesday
afternoon at Laker Baseball Field and split the doubleheader. The
Golden Knights opened the twinbill with a 5-4 loss in 10 innings, but
rebounded in game two to win 1-0.
In game two, Gannon’s Jonathan
Dziomba (Williamsville, N.Y./St. Joe’s Collegiate) scored Kolten Hoffman (West Middlesex, Pa./West
Middlesex) from first base off an RBI triple in the opening
inning.
Eric Harpster (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
made a diving catch off of John Bilke’s line drive in center field to
end the game.
Greg Radwan (Farnham, N.Y./St. Francis)
earned the win, putting him at 2-1 on the mound for Gannon. Radwan
struck-out five batters and walked one. The sophomore gave up four hits
in seven innings.
Mercyhurst’s John Mang (1-5) suffered the loss. Mang allowed one run,
three hits, and two walks in five innings while striking-out four.
Game one went into extra innings after Gannon produced three runs to
tie the contest 4-4 in the bottom of the seventh.
An error by Mercyhurst pitcher John Morris with bases loaded created
the opportunity for Drew Rojek (Lake
View, N.Y./Frontier) and Ryan
Tann (Fairview, Pa./Cathedral Prep) to cross home plate.
Dziomba scored the tying run off a suicide squeeze by Radwan.
The teams closed the first inning with one run apiece. Mercyhurst put
two runs on the board in the fourth and one in the seventh. The Lakers
won in the 10th inning off of Greg Turk’s RBI double.
James Ludwig (2-1) earned the win after 2 2/3 innings in relief. Ludwig
struck-out four, walked one, and gave up four hits.
Ryan Schreiber recorded the save. Schreiber relieved Ludwig in the
10th, striking out two batters.
Gannon will play a pair of conference doubleheaders this weekend at
Northwood University. Games one and two begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, April
12. The final pair begins Sunday at noon.
Game one’s box score is available online at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/men/baseball/STATS.HTM/game21.htm.
Game two’s box score can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/men/baseball/STATS.HTM/game22.htm.
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4/9/08 by: tjh
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