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Wash. & Jeff. WJC 22-11, 13-2 PAC
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Winner Westminster (Pa.) WES 17-15, 10-5 PAC
Wash. & Jeff. WJC
22-11, 13-2 PAC
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Final
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Westminster (Pa.) WES
17-15, 10-5 PAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wash. & Jeff. WJC 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 11 1
Westminster (Pa.) WES 2 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 X 11 11 0

W: Banfi, Kolton (4-2) L: N. Nolan (4-2)

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Winner Wash. & Jeff. WJC 23-11
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Westminster (Pa.) WES 17-16
Winner
Wash. & Jeff. WJC
23-11
5
Final
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Westminster (Pa.) WES
17-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Wash. & Jeff. WJC 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 9 0
Westminster (Pa.) WES 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 0

W: D. Dimatteo (1-0) L: Gibbons, Ryan (1-4)

Kolton Banfi
Erynn Daubenmire

Game Recap: Baseball |

Titans earn Wednesday split with W&J

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.--The Westminster College baseball team forged a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) split Wednesday against visiting Washington & Jefferson College. Junior right-hander Kolton Banfi (Harrisville, Pa. | Franklin) fired a complete game in the Titans' 11-2 game one victory. The Presidents scored a pair of runs in the top of the 10th in game two to secure a 5-3 win. 

Westminster is now 17-16 overall and 10-6 in PAC play. The game one win snapped a 12-game losing streak against W&J. 

W&J is 23-11 overall and 13-3 in the conference. Its 13 PAC wins are tied with Grove City College. 

Westminster hosts Chatham University Saturday for its Senior Day celebration. The first pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Game 1: Westminster 11, W&J 2
Banfi recorded his second nine inning complete game of the season in game one, improving to 4-2. He has won four of his last five starts. Banfi allowed two runs (2 earned) on 11 hits with two walks and six strikeouts.

Junior shortstop Logan Murgenovich (Aliquippa, Pa. | Central Valley) went 2-for-5 with a walk, two doubles and two RBIs. Senior designated hitter Frankie Manios (Warren, Ohio | Howland) went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored while junior right fielder Carter Chinn (Grove City, Pa. | Grove City) finished 2-for-4 with two walks, a double and two runs scored. 

Manios and senior center fielder Brandon Cooper (Oakdale, Pa. | West Allegheny) ripped back-to-back RBIs singles in the first. After W&J tied things up at 2-2 in the top of the fifth, Westminster responded with five runs in the bottom of the frame. Junior catcher Chase Tomko (Hermitage, Pa. | West Middlesex) and Murgenovich both had two-run doubles in the inning.

Junior first baseman Jake Dockum (Fairport, N.Y. | Allendale Columbia) delivered a two-run single before Cooper scored on a wild pitch to push the Titans' lead to 10-2 in the sixth. Cooper scored on another wild pitch in the eighth after reaching on a walk. 

Game 2: W&J 5, Westminster 3 (10 inn.) 
Junior left-hander Timothy Lewis (West Middlesex, Pa. | Wilmington) allowed three runs (3 earned) on six hits with a walk and three strikeouts in seven innings to pick up the no decision. Sophomore right-hander Ryan Gibbons (Ellwood City, Pa. | Lincoln) took the loss in relief of Lewis, yielding two runs (2 earned) on three hits with a walk and a strikeout in three innings. Dan Beistel's two-out, two-run home run in the top of the 10th broke the 3-3 tie.

Murgenovich went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.

Trailing 1-0, Dockum led off the fifth with a single and scored when junior second baseman Donald Shimko (Greensburg, Pa. | Greater Latrobe) tripled a batter later. It was his third triple of the season. Manios' RBI single scored Shimko later in the inning. Murgenovich's RBI double in the sixth staked Westminster to a 3-2 lead. 

Trevor Dean hit a solo home run in the seventh for W&J to tie the game at 3-3. 

Both teams had nine hits in game two. Westminster left 12 men on base in game two. 
 
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