{"id":19512,"date":"2014-03-10T11:35:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T15:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=19512"},"modified":"2014-03-18T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T15:34:10","slug":"royals-grab-three-wins-in-one-day-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/royals-grab-three-wins-in-one-day-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals grab three wins in one day in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Royals baseball team finished their play at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational with a bang on Friday, winning three games in less than the span of 12 hours.\u00a0 Eastern Mennonite won four of five in Florida, and returns home with an 11-5 record, just four wins from their win total from last spring.<\/p>\n

EMU 6, MCLA 5<\/strong>
\nThe Royals opened with an afternoon game against the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and they scored single runs in each of the first four innings.\u00a0 The Trailblazers put up three runs in the third, then took a 5-4 lead with two more runs in the bottom of the fourth.<\/p>\n

Neither team would score again until the eighth, when Kyle Mathews<\/a><\/strong> (Chesapeake, Va.\/Great Bridge) hit a two-out RBI double to tie the score.\u00a0 Adam Posey<\/a><\/strong> (Poquoson, Va.\/Poquoson) then led off the top of the ninth with a double, was sacrificed to third, and scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly from Ryan Hedrick<\/a><\/strong> (Bridgewater, Va.\/Turner Ashby).\u00a0 MCLA managed a one-out walk in their final at-bat, but that was it.<\/p>\n

The men had an 11-8 advantage in hitting, led by Posey’s 3-5 with two runs.\u00a0 The senior also started on the mound and pitched 6.1 innings for a no decision.\u00a0 Only three of the runs were earned and Posey struck out nine batters.\u00a0 Aaron Hooven<\/a><\/strong> (Carroll, Va.\/Carroll) earned the win by giving up just the one walk with four strikeouts in 2.2 innings.<\/p>\n

EMU 14, Clark 6<\/strong>
\nNext up, the Royals resumed a doubleheader with Clark University.\u00a0 The Cougars had led 5-1 when the rains had ended play the day before.\u00a0 EMU had the bases loaded at the time, however, and the rally resumed when play picked back up on Friday.<\/p>\n

The men put on a clinic in the at-bat, sending 17 men to the plate with nine hits and four walks.\u00a0 EMU scored 12 runs to surge in front 12-5, with Hedrick knocking a pair of two-run singles in the inning.\u00a0 Brandon Carroll<\/a><\/strong> (Fredericksburg, Va.\/Stafford) also had a two-run triple.<\/p>\n

The Royals overcame four errors in the game by getting 15 hits and six walks in the seven-inning contest.\u00a0 Justin Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong> (Miramar, Fla.\/Monsignor Edward Pace) was 3-4 with three runs.\u00a0 Hedrick was 2-4 with a walk and four RBIs, while Ryan McAlister<\/a><\/strong> (Bridgewater, Va.\/Turner Ashby) added three RBIs.\u00a0 Every starter reached base at least twice for the men.<\/p>\n

Brett Whitlow<\/a><\/strong> (Mechanicsville, Va.\/Hanover) pitched four innings and was charged with five runs.\u00a0 Kyle Armstrong<\/a><\/strong> (Greenville, Va.\/Riverheads) pitched Clark’s half of the fifth inning before rains suspended the game and earned the win.\u00a0 Ryan Tierney<\/a><\/strong> (Front Royal, Va.\/Warren County) then threw the final two frames, giving up an unearned run.<\/p>\n

EMU 6, Clark 3<\/strong>
\nThe bats kept rolling in the nightcap as Eastern Mennonite jumped to a 6-1 lead.\u00a0 Armstrong had a two-run single in the first.\u00a0 The Cougars brought home single runs in the bottom of the fourth and fifth, but neither team scored over the final two innings.<\/p>\n

Ryan Henschel<\/a><\/strong> (new Market, Va.\/Stonewall Jackson) and Kyle Salladay<\/a><\/strong> (Chesapeake, Va.\/Grassfield) combined to limit Clark to just three hits.\u00a0 Henschel started and allowed all of the runs in 4.2 innings, although only one was earned.\u00a0 Salladay struck out three in 2.1 innings of hitless relief.<\/p>\n

Hedrick and Armstrong were each 2-4 with two RBIs.\u00a0 Posey and McAlister each scored twice.\u00a0 Jonathan Estrada<\/a><\/strong> (Miami, Fla.\/Doral Academy) didn’t chart an official at-bat, but finished with three walks, a sacrifice fly, an RBI and a run scored.<\/p>\n

As the Royals prepare for Christopher Newport on Tuesday, they will have a chance to see how they have improved in Ben Spotts’ second season as head coach and with his first full class of recruits.\u00a0 Last year, EMU had the same number of wins as this year after their trip to Florida (at 11-8), but struggled through the ODAC season to a 15-24 final record.\u00a0 Despite finishing with the most wins since 2002 last spring, the Royals will be looking for a better conference season this time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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