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Box Score 2 HIRAM, Ohio – The Westminster College baseball team lost both games in its non-conference doubleheader at Hiram College on Wednesday.
The Titans lost game one, 11-1, and lost game two, 9-8, after the Terriers rallied with three runs in the final inning.
In game one, Hiram (16-19) scored two runs in the first inning, five in the third, and four in the fifth. Westminster (11-22) scored its lone run in the seventh inning when sophomore
Travis Lauster (Slippery Rock, PA / Slippery Rock) hit a solo home run, the first homer of his collegiate career. The Terriers outhit the Titans 14-8. Titan junior
Joseph Salmen (New Castle, PA / Union) tied a game-high with a team-high three hits. Senior
Sean Coyne (New Castle, PA / New Castle) (0-4) pitched 3.0 innings, while giving up seven runs (five earned) on 10 hits. He struck out two and walked the same.
In the second game, the Terriers led 6-0 after three innings of play. Westminster cut Hiram's lead to 6-4 with four runs in the fourth inning. Senior
Ty Ferlin (Latrobe, PA / Ligonier Valley) got the scoring started with an RBI-double. Freshman
Frank Cinicola (Cranberry Township, PA / Seneca Valley) added an RBI-single. Cinicola and Lauster ran across the plate for the third and fourth run, respectively. The Titans took the lead, 8-6, in the fifth inning with four more runs. Coyne scored, Cinicola had another RBI-single, senior
Tyler Bommer (Renfrew, PA / Seneca Valley) earned an RBI-single, and freshman
Stephen Kelley (Pittsburgh, PA / Keystone Oaks) had an RBI-ground out. The Terriers, however, loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh inning after three-straight walks. Bryan Engdahl scored the first run after being hit by a pitch, followed by a walk-off-two-run-single by Brandon Gros. Titan sophomore pitcher
Kyle Kovach (Canfield, OH / Canfield) (0-1) came in for relief in the seventh inning and gave up two runs, while issuing two walks. Each team had 12 hits. Coyne, Ferlin, Cinicola, and freshman
Jared Lee (Lordstown,OH / Lordstown) each registered two hits.
The Titans are back on the field Friday, May 5 with a home nine-inning game versus Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) foe Saint Vincent College for their Senior Day. Start time is set for 4 p.m.
