The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) baseball men are now riding a three-game winning streak after taking a sweep from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Friday to wrap up play at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. The Royals went 3-2 in Florida and return home with a record of 11-8, tying their win total from each of the previous three seasons with 21 games still to go in the 2013 campaign.<\/p>\n
EMU 5, MCLA 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Both teams played small ball to a 2-2 tie after four innings of play. The Royals finally broke through in their final at-bat of the seven-inning contest.<\/p>\n Austin Oliver (Gordonsville, VA\/Orange County) led off with a single, and two batters later Ryan McAlister (Bridgewater, VA\/Turner Ashby) hit a clutch two-run single to put EMU up 4-2. Kyle Armstrong (Greenville, VA\/Riverheads) added an RBI single to provide the final 5-2 tally.<\/p>\n Adam Posey (Poquoson, VA\/Poquoson) pitched a 1-2-3 seventh to complete the win. He gave up one earned run on four hits to improve to 3-0.<\/p>\n Armstrong led the offense with a pair of singles and a walk. McAlister had the big two-run hit in the seventh and Justin Rodriguez (Miramar, FL\/Pace) reached base twice with a single and a walk.<\/p>\n EMU 9, MCLA 0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Royals methodically scored in four of their six at-bats in the second game of the twin bill to secure the shutout.<\/p>\n Daniel Stanley (Henrico, VA\/Varina) was untouchable from the hill and struck out 10 while allowing only four hits. He didn’t walk a batter. The senior is now 3-2 on the year.<\/p>\n McAlister was 2-3 with a walk and two runs. B.J. Mortimer (Mechanicsville, VA\/Lee-Davis) had a pair of sacrifice flies and scored a run. Zach Bowles (Staunton, VA\/Robert E. Lee) was 2-4 with two RBIs and a run while Oliver and Phillip Jordan (West Point, VA\/Christchurch) each had a pair of RBIs as well. Rodriguez scored twice.<\/p>\n