Box Score
FROSTPROOF, Florida-- The Benedictine University baseball team earned win number two on the season on Wednesday, defeating the Washington and Jefferson Presidents by a score of 9-3 at Frostproof Middle Senior High School in Frostproof, Florida.

Benedictine jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second innning with back-to-back doubles. Designated hitter Brandon Clark (1-for-5, run) doubled down the right field line to start things off, and center fielder Mike Luschen (2-for-3, run, 2 RBI) doubled down the left field line the next at-bat to score a run. The Presidents would score a run in the top of the fourth off BenU starter Cody Netzel (win, five hits, two runs, two earned, seven walks, two strikeouts), who pitched out of jam after jam in his BenU debut.

The Eagles took control of the game in the bottom half of the fourth, scoring seven runs. Shortstop Max Oppenheimer (3-for-4, double, run, 2 RBI) drove in two runs to take a 3-1 lead, and two batters later, catcher Justin Kovalsky (2-for-5, run, RBI) singled in Oppenheimer. A run would score on a bases-loaded walk by left fielder Kevin Hendricks (0-for-3, run, RBI), then two more scored on an error by the third basemen with Clark up to bat. BenU capped the scoring in the inning with a Luschen single, and would also score in the bottom of the seventh on a wild pitch.

Chris Nesbitt earned the team's first save on the year, throwing 3.2 innings, striking out three, allowing just two hits, and giving up one run. Nick Severino also stood out, going 2-for-4 with two doubles in his first start of the season.

The game was a make-up of a postponment from Tuesday, and it came against an opponent in Washington and Jefferson that was ranked 25th just last week in the d3baseball.com poll. BenU takes the field tomorrow against sixteenth-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater tomorrow at Pat Thomas Stadium in Leesburg, Florida at 10:00 p.m. eastern time (9:00 p.m. central time). Live audio and stats will be available at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/benu.portal.