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EMU’s baseball men are now 7-5 after a pair of doubleheader sweeps over the weekend in Harrisonburg.\u00a0 The Royals powered past Mount Saint Vincent on Sunday, plating 25 runs in two, seven-inning games.<\/p>\n

EMU 9, Mount Saint Vincent 1
\n<\/strong> The men pounded out 13 hits in the opener and jumped ahead in the bottom of the first when Jonathan Estrada<\/a><\/strong> (Miami, FL\/Doral Academy) ripped a two-run triple.\u00a0 Zach Bowles<\/a><\/strong> (Staunton, VA\/Robert E. Lee) added a run-scoring triple in the third to make it 4-0.<\/p>\n

Kyle Armstrong<\/a><\/strong> (Greenville, VA\/Riverheads) jumped on the three bagger parade in the sixth, as his two-run triple highlighted a five-run frame.<\/p>\n

The visiting Dolphins got their only run on a one-out groundout in the seventh.<\/p>\n

Adam Posey<\/a><\/strong> (Poquoson, VA\/Poquoson) improves to 2-0 with the complete game win, as he struck out seven and scattered three hits.<\/p>\n

Estrada finished 3-4 with three runs and two RBIs, as the catcher was a homer short of hitting for the cycle.\u00a0 B.J. Mortimer<\/a><\/strong> (Mechanicsville, VA\/Lee-Davis) was 2-3 with two RBIs and a run while Armstrong went 2-4 with two RBIs and a run.\u00a0 Justin Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong> (Miramar, FL\/Pace) walked and singled and scored twice.<\/p>\n

EMU 16, Mount Saint Vincent 2
\n<\/strong> The men picked up their second 16-2 win of the season in the nightcap, pounding out 17 hits.\u00a0 They scored at least one run in each of the six innings the offense came to the plate.<\/p>\n

Ryan McAlister<\/a><\/strong> (Bridgewater, VA\/Turner Ashby) had the biggest swing, ripping a two-run homer in the sixth.\u00a0 It was the junior’s first homerun of his collegiate career.<\/p>\n

Mortimer keyed the attack out of the five-spot, batting 3-5 with four runs scored and two RBIs.\u00a0 Armstrong missed the cycle by a homer and finished 4-5 with a pair of RBIs and a run.\u00a0 Posey had a double and three walks, and scored four times.<\/p>\n

McAlister, Estrada and Bowles each had two hits.<\/p>\n

Daniel Stanley<\/a><\/strong> (Henrico, VA\/Varina) threw the first six innings and improved to 2-1.\u00a0 EMU’s ace struck out eight Dolphins.\u00a0 Armstrong struck out a pair as he pitched the seventh.<\/p>\n

Eastern Mennonite is now on a four-game winning streak.\u00a0 The men have also won five of their last six to move two games over .500.\u00a0 The Royals open conference play next weekend, playing a pair at Emory & Henry on Saturday before heading to Florida for the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational the following week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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