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8
Geneva GEN 14-20
14
Winner Westminster (Pa.) WES 15-15
Geneva GEN
14-20
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Final
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Westminster (Pa.) WES
15-15
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Geneva GEN 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 8 11 2
Westminster (Pa.) WES 2 3 1 0 2 3 2 1 X 14 16 3

W: Vitale, Jake (4-3) L: Z. Lemansky (1-5)

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Geneva GEN 14-21
12
Winner Westminster (Pa.) WES 16-15
Geneva GEN
14-21
2
Final
12
Westminster (Pa.) WES
16-15
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Geneva GEN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 9 1
Westminster (Pa.) WES 0 0 2 5 0 5 X 12 14 1

W: Exler, Logan (4-1) L: R. Conover (2-4)

Logan Exler
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Game Recap: Baseball |

Westminster baseball sweeps Geneva

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.--The Westminster College baseball team completed a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) sweep of Geneva College Monday afternoon. The Titans claimed a 14-8 win in game one before posting a 12-2 (7 inn.) victory in game two. 

Westminster moved to 16-15 overall and 9-5 in league play. Geneva fell to 14-21 overall and 5-11 in the PAC. 

Westminster hosts Washington & Jefferson College Wednesday. The first pitch of the conference doubleheader is scheduled for 1 p.m. 

Game 1: Westminster 14, Geneva 8
Up 2-1 after one, junior right fielder Carter Chinn (Grove City, Pa. | Grove City) drew a bases-loaded walk before junior left fielder Matthew Randza (Beaver Falls, Pa. | Blackhawk) roped a two-run single in the second to stretch Westminster's lead to 5-1. Geneva plated a pair of runs in the fifth to cut the deficit to 6-4, but two runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth pushed the Titans' lead to 11-4. Junior catcher Chase Tomko (Hermitage, Pa. | West Middlesex) was the fifth-straight batter to reach in the sixth and keyed the three-run frame with a two RBI double. Senior center fielder Brandon Cooper (Oakdale, Pa. | West Allegheny) had a run-scoring single later in the inning. 

Westminster scored two runs in the seventh on back-to-back sacrifice flies by Randza and senior designated hitter Frankie Manios (Warren, Ohio | Howland) to go up 13-4. Geneva scored three runs in the top of the eighth to trim Westminster's lead to six, 13-7. Sophomore right fielder Anthony Perry (Poland, Ohio | Poland Seminary) drove in the Titans' 14th run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth. 

Junior first baseman Jake Dockum (Fairport, N.Y. | Allendale Columbia) went 3-for-4 with three doubles, two RBIs and a run scored. Cooper was 3-for-4 with a walk, two RBIs and three runs scored. Junior shortstop Logan Murgenovich (Aliquippa, Pa. | Central Valley) finished 2-for-2 with four walks, a double, an RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base. Chinn and Perry each had two hits and an RBI. Randza recorded a season-high four RBIs.

Sophomore left-hander Jake Vitale (New Castle, Pa. | Union) pushed his season record to 4-3 with the game one win. He allowed six runs (5 earned) on eight hits with five walks and nine strikeouts in seven innings. Senior Hunter Stellato (Struthers, Ohio | Struthers) threw two innings of relief, giving up two runs (1 earned) on three hits with a pair of walks. 

Game 2: Westminster 12, Geneva 2 (7 inn.)
Westminster totaled 14 hits in its game two run rule win. Randza's two-run single in the third gave the Titans a 2-1 lead. Dockum, the eighth-straight batter to reach in the fourth, delivered a two-run double to cap the five-run frame and push the lead to 7-1. Westminster added another five runs in the sixth to go up 12-1. Geneva scored its second run of the game in the seventh. 

Murgenovich went 4-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored. Chinn was 2-for-2 with two doubles, a walk, a hit by pitch, an RBI and three runs scored. Randza went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored while Cooper was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.

Junior left-hander Logan Exler (Verona, Pa. | Serra Catholic) improved to 4-1 this season with the complete game win. He allowed two runs (2 earned) on nine hits with a pair of strikeouts. Exler's 2.11 earned-run average leads the PAC this spring.
 
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