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Westminster (Pa.) WES 12-13, 5-4 PAC
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Winner St. Vincent SVC 14-13, 7-4 PAC
Westminster (Pa.) WES
12-13, 5-4 PAC
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Final
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St. Vincent SVC
14-13, 7-4 PAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Westminster (Pa.) WES 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 7 11 2
St. Vincent SVC 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 8 11 0

W: A. Stephan (1-0) L: Lewis, Timothy (2-2)

Seth Schrader
Jason Kapusta

Game Recap: Baseball |

Saint Vincent takes two against Westminster

LATROBE, Pa.--The Westminster College baseball team was swept by Saint Vincent College in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action Friday afternoon, falling in game one 8-7 and in game two 1-0. 

Saint Vincent, winners of eight straight, improved to 15-13 overall and 8-4 in PAC play with Friday's sweep. Westminster fell to 12-14 overall and 5-5 in the PAC.

Westminster is scheduled to host Penn State DuBois Sunday. The non-conference doubleheader is slated to get underway at 1:30 p.m. The Titans will return to conference play next Tuesday, April 18 at Franciscan University. First pitch of the PAC doubleheader is scheduled for 1 p.m.  

Game 1: Saint Vincent 8, Westminster 7
After totaling just two hits through six innings, the Titans erased a 3-0 deficit with a two-run sixth before scoring five times in the eighth.

Graduate student right fielder Seth Schrader (Fredonia, N.Y. | Fredonia) drove in a pair of runs with a two-out single in the seventh. Schrader's base hit scored sophomore Braeden Campbell (Glenshaw, Pa. | Shaler), who led off the inning with a base hit, and senior center fielder Brandon Cooper (Oakdale, Pa. | West Allegheny), who walked.

Westminster started the eighth with six-straight singles. Campbell, Cooper, junior shortstop Logan Murgenovich (Aliquippa, Pa. | Central Valley) collected RBIs hits in the inning. Senior designated hitter Frankie Manios (Warren, Ohio | Howland) scored Cooper with a sacrifice fly before Murgenovich scored on a wild pitch.

Saint Vincent responded with two runs in the bottom of the eighth to cut Westminster's lead to 7-5. Junior reliever Timothy Lewis (West Middlesex, Pa. | Wilmington) worked out of a bases loaded jam, striking out a pair to end the inning. 

Billy Perroz led off the bottom of the ninth with a solo home run, trimming Westminster's lead to 7-6. Jordan Sabol drew a one-out walk before back-to-back Westminster errors, with Sabol tying the game and pinch runner J'Shawn Taylor scoring from first for the game-winning run.

Junior Kolton Banfi (Harrisville, Pa. | Franklin) went 7.0 innings in the no decision, allowing three runs (3 earned) on nine hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

Murgenovich reached base three times, going 2-for-5 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Schrader went 2-for-6 with two RBIs and a stolen base while Campbell finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. 

Each team finished with 11 hits in game one. 

Game 2: Saint Vincent 1, Westminster 0
Perroz was at it again in game two, scoring on an inside-the-park home run in the fourth. Schrader, injured on the play, was replaced by sophomore Chris Davis (San Francisco, Calif. | Stuart Hall).

Junior Logan Exler (Verona, Pa. | Serra Catholic) was the hard-luck loser after allowing one run (1 earned) on five hits with a strikeout and walk in a complete game effort. It was his first loss this season (3-1). 

The eight-inning outing was Exler's longest since April 10, 2021, when he fired a nine inning complete game in an 8-1 league win at Bethany.

Junior first baseman Carter Chinn (Grove City, Pa. | Grove City) reached base three times, going 2-for-2 with a hit by pitch. Campbell had Westminster's only other hit of the game. 
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play WES SVC
SVC BOT 1st B. Perroz singled to center field, RBI; D. Schmude scored. 0 1
SVC BOT 1st J. Sabol singled up the middle, RBI; B. Perroz scored. 0 2
SVC BOT 6th D. Nicklow tripled to right center, RBI; D. Bonine scored. 0 3
WES TOP 7th S. Schrader singled to left field, 2 RBI; B. Cooper scored; B. Campbell scored. 2 3
WES TOP 8th B. Campbell singled to center field, RBI; D. Shimko advanced to third; C. Tomko scored. 3 3
WES TOP 8th B. Cooper singled to center field, RBI; B. Campbell advanced to third; D. Shimko scored. 4 3
WES TOP 8th L. Murgenovi singled to right field, RBI; B. Cooper advanced to second; B. Campbell scored. 5 3
WES TOP 8th F. Manios flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; L. Murgenovi advanced to third; B. Cooper scored. 6 3
WES TOP 8th S. Schrader advanced to second; L. Murgenovi scored on a wild pitch. 7 3
SVC BOT 8th A. Hess walked, RBI; D. Nicklow advanced to second; D. Bonine advanced to third; D. Hald scored. 7 4
SVC BOT 8th D. Schmude walked, RBI; A. Hess advanced to second; D. Nicklow advanced to third; D. Bonine scored. 7 5
SVC BOT 9th B. Perroz homered to left field, RBI. 7 6
SVC BOT 9th D. Nicklow reached first on an error by p; J. Taylor scored, unearned; J. Sabol scored, unearned. 7 8

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