AUBURNDALE, FL - The strong pitching continued for the Benedictine University baseball team in Florida, but the team had to settle for a split despite allowing just two runs in a doubleheader with Rutgers-Camden
FINAL SCORES
Rutgers-Camden 1, Benedictine 0 - Gm 1
Benedictine 2, Rutgers-Camden 1 - Gm 2
GAME ONE DETAILS
• James Wright started the opener and worked around trouble in the first two innings
• The only run of the contest came in the top of the third when Rutgers-Camden tallied back-to-back singles before a sacrifice and a walk loaded the bases
• A fielder's choice was the difference in the game
• The run snapped a stretch of 20.2 innings by the pitching staff without surrendering a run
• Benedictine had just one runner reach scoring position in the entire contest
GAME ONE LEADERS
• Wright worked six innings and was saddled with the hard-luck loss, allowing just one run on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts
• Drake Berman threw the final three frames, striking out four
• Benedictine managed just four hits in the game, all coming from different players
GAME TWO DETAILS
• Ryan Miller was near perfect in the second game
• The all-region choice last season did not allow a hit until the seventh inning
• Miller tallied 12 consecutive outs from the third through the sixth
• Benedictine loaded the bases in the second to open the scoring and provide Miller all the support he would need
• Cameron Falk singled,
Jack Feeley walked and
Damen Castillo walked
• Kyle Mitter drove home the first run with a fielder's choice
• Another run scored in the third when
Nicholas Quick tripled with one away and scored on a single from Falk
• Rutgers-Camden scored an unearned run in the ninth but left the tying run at third as
Marty Maves closed out another save
• Benedictine sits 5-3 on the trip
GAME TWO LEADERS
• Miller struck out six, walked one and surrendered just one hit to earn his first win of the year
• Ryan Litavecz bridged the gap to Maves by throwing the eighth
• Maves struck out two in saving his fifth game
• Falk finished with two hits as Benedictine tallied three
UP NEXT
Benedictine (6-5) plays Ripon on Friday morning in the second-to-last game of the trip
