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Chatham CHA 17-16
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Winner Westminster (Pa.) WES 18-16
Chatham CHA
17-16
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Final
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Westminster (Pa.) WES
18-16
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chatham CHA 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 11 0
Westminster (Pa.) WES 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 X 9 10 2

W: Vitale, Jake (5-3) L: D. Morrow (2-4)

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Winner Chatham CHA 18-16
5
Westminster (Pa.) WES 18-17
Winner
Chatham CHA
18-16
8
Final
5
Westminster (Pa.) WES
18-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chatham CHA 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 8 12 0
Westminster (Pa.) WES 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 12 2

W: E. Paulin (2-2) L: Exler, Logan (4-2) S: T. Cote (1)

Carter Chinn
Jason Kapusta

Game Recap: Baseball |

Titans split with Chatham

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.--The Westminster College baseball team earned a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) split on Senior Day Saturday against Chatham University. Westminster took game one 9-4 before falling in game two 8-5. 

Westminster is now 18-17 overall and 11-7 in the PAC. Chatham is currently 18-16 overall and 9-9 in league play. 

Westminster hosts Hiram College Sunday. The first pitch of the single nine-inning contest is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

Game one: Westminster 9, Chatham 4
Sophomore left-hander Jake Vitale (New Castle, Pa. | Union) went seven strong innings to push his season record to 5-3. He allowed four runs (2 earned) on nine hits with three walks and a career-high 11 strikeouts. Senior right-hander Robert King (New Castle, Pa. | Union) tossed two innings of scoreless relief, giving up just a pair of hits. 

Trailing 1-0 after two innings, Westminster sophomore third baseman Braeden Campbell (Glenshaw, Pa. | Shaler) drove in sophomore second baseman Anthony Perry (Poland, Ohio, Poland Seminary) with an RBI single after after Perry led off the inning with a walk. Junior catcher Chase Tomko (Hermitage, Pa. | West Middlesex) and senior center fielder Brandon Cooper (Oakdale, Pa. | West Allegheny) drew back-to-back bases loaded walks in the three-run third. 

Westminster ripped off a six-run sixth inning to extend the lead to 9-1. The Titans had six hits in the inning, highlighted by Tomko's three-run home run. He was seventh-straight batter to reach in the sixth. 

Chatham scored a pair of unearned runs in the fifth and added another run in the sixth. 

Junior right fielder Carter Chinn (Grove City, Pa. | Grove City) went 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Campbell went 2-for-4 with and RBI and a run scored. Tomko finished with four RBIs, a walk and a run scored. Senior designated hitter Frankie Manios (Warren, Ohio | Howland) finished with two RBIs and two runs scored. 

Game two: Chatham 8, Westminster 5
Chatham jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, which was keyed by Quinn Burke's two-run home run. Perry walked to lead off the third before junior second baseman Donald Shimko (Greensburg, Pa. | Greater Latrobe) singled and Murgenovich walked. Chinn's three-run triple cleared the bases and cut the Cougars' lead to 4-3.

Chatham added its fifth run in the fifth and Jake Bredl smacked a two-run home run in the sixth to go up 7-3.

Tomko and Cooper delivered back-to-back run-scoring singles in the bottom of the eighth. 

Junior left-hander Logan Exler (Verona, Pa. | Serra Catholic) allowed seven runs (7 earned) on nine hits with two walks and a strikeout in six innings. He is now 4-2 this season. Sophomore right-hander Ryan Gibbons (Ellwood City, Pa. | Lincoln) worked three innings of relief, allowing one run (earned) on three hits with a pair of walks and four strikeouts. 

Chinn finished 3-for-5 with a double, a triple and three RBIs. He is currently riding a 10-game hitting streak and has reached base in 14-straight games. 

Perry went 2-for 3 with a walk and a run scored. 
 
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