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Saints, Raptors trade shutouts, split league-opening doubleheader

Posted 4/2/17

Emmett Dunn allowed just three hits in eight innings and seven Saints recorded multi-hit games to help the St. Lawrence baseball team to a 12-0 win in the second game of a Liberty League doubleheader …

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Saints, Raptors trade shutouts, split league-opening doubleheader

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Emmett Dunn allowed just three hits in eight innings and seven Saints recorded multi-hit games to help the St. Lawrence baseball team to a 12-0 win in the second game of a Liberty League doubleheader with Bard College on Saturday afternoon in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Bard won the first game 1-0 in the split.

After being shutout in game one, the Saints' bats erupted for 21 hits in game two, including three doubles by sophomore Anthony Butler and a 4-for-4 showing for junior Michael LeFevre. Butler, along with fellow sophomores Taylor Digilio and Evan O'Keeffe each finished with two RBI in the win.

Dunn no-hit the Raptors through the first three innings, allowing two of Bard's three hits in the fourth inning. He went eight innings and recorded seven strikeouts while issuing just one walk for his first win of the season. Senior Matt Phelan pitched a hitless inning in relief.

Game 1

Both team's registered five hits in the opening game with senior Mic Regan leading the Saints with two against the Raptors. Taylor Digilio, Adam Reichel and Devin Robson had the others.

On the mound, senior Sam Downes recorded four strikeouts, gave up five hits and issued six walks while allowing just one earned run in six innings pitches. He took the loss in game one and is now 1-1 on the season for St. Lawrence.

Bard recorded the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning on an RBI single to right field by Mike Pizzuto that scored Matt Lasky for a 1-0 lead.

Bard's starter Evan Richardson went the distance for the Raptors, allowing five hits with seven strikeouts in the shutout win.

Game 2

After three scoreless innings, the Saints opened up a 5-0 lead on five hits in the top of the fourth. LeFevre led off the inning with a single to center and Adam Reichel followed with a double down the right field line two put two runners on for Robson. He hit an RBI single to left which brought LeFevre around to score for what served as the game-winning run.

Reichel and Robson both came around to score in the inning, along with Tyler Guido and Butler. Butler drove in two of the Saints runs in the fourth with his second of three doubles down the left field line.

St. Lawrence extended its lead with another five-run inning in the seventh, scoring five runs on six hits. O'Keeffe drove in Guido and Isaac Lewis with a two-RBI single to left field and later in the inning Brendon Frank, LeFevre and Adam Reichel hit three straight RBI singles to help the Saints to a 10-run lead.

In the eighth, St. Lawrence added two more runs on one hit with the help of three walks en route to the 12-0 margin.

Guido led off the inning with a single to left field and back-to-back walks to Butler and O'Keeffe loaded the bases for Taylor Digilio. He hit an RBI groundout to shortstop to drive in Guido for the Saints 11th run, and after Frank walked to load the bases once again, Erik Larsen plated Butler with an RBI sacrifice fly to center field to conclude the scoring.

The Saints and Raptors will finish out their four-game set on Sunday afternoon with another Liberty League doubleheader. Game one is scheduled for 12 p.m.