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Chris Davis
Jason Kapusta
11
Winner Westminster College WES 14-16, 8-5 PAC
5
Geneva College GEN 13-16, 3-10 PAC
Winner
Westminster College WES
14-16, 8-5 PAC
11
Final
5
Geneva College GEN
13-16, 3-10 PAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Westminster College WES 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 11 9 2
Geneva College GEN 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 5 14 4

W: Banfi, Kolton (4-3) L: Eric Keaton (1-4)

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Winner Westminster College WES 15-16, 9-5 PAC
6
Geneva College GEN 13-17, 3-11 PAC
Winner
Westminster College WES
15-16, 9-5 PAC
10
Final
6
Geneva College GEN
13-17, 3-11 PAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Westminster College WES 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 10 8 1
Geneva College GEN 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 5

W: Parker, Dwight (1-2) L: Ryan Conover (2-3) S: Reed, Josh (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Westminster takes two at Geneva

BEAVER FALLS, Pa.--The Westminster College baseball program scored a pair of Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) wins Saturday against Geneva College, winning game one 11-5 and game two 10-6 at 33rd Street Field in Beaver Falls. 

Westminster ran it season record to 15-16 overall and 9-5 in the PAC with Saturday's sweep. Geneva fell to 13-17 overall and 3-11 in the conference. 

Tuesday, Westminster will travel to league-leading Washington & Jefferson College. First pitch from Ross Memorial Park is set for 1 p.m. 

Game 1: Westminster 11, Geneva 5
Senior righty Kolton Banfi (Harrisville, Pa., Franklin) improved to 4-3 this spring with the game one win, allowing four runs on nine hits with two walks and a season-high nine strikeouts in seven innings of work. 

Up 5-2 after six, a five-run seventh staked the Titans to a 10-2 lead. Senior third baseman Donald Shimko (Greensburg, Pa., Greater Latrobe) keyed the five-run frame with a three-run home run, the first of his career. His bases-loaded walk in the eighth accounted for the Titans' 11th run. Shimko drew a pair of walks in game one. Senior center fielder Matthew Randza (Beaver Falls, Pa., Blackhawk) went 3-for-6 with a triple, a stolen base and three runs scored. It was his eighth multi-hit game of the season. Junior left fielder Chris Davis (San Francisco, Calif., Stuart Hall) went 2-for-5. He had a three-run double in the sixth. 

Game 2: Westminster 10, Geneva 6
Geneva jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two. In the third, senior designated hitter Jake Dockum (Fairport, N.Y., Allendale Columbia) drove in a run with a bases-loaded hit by pitch before Shimko plated a pair with a two-out, two-run base hit that evened the score. Geneva reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the inning, scoring three runs on three hits and a Westminster error. Back-to-back RBI groundouts by Randza and senior second baseman Logan Murgenovich (Aliquippa, Pa., Central Valley) in the fourth cut the lead to 6-5. A five-run fifth inning, highlighted by Davis' two-run single and Randza's RBI triple, gave the Titans a four-run lead. 

Davis finished 4-for-4 with a walk, two RBIs, three runs scored and two stolen bases. It is Davis' second four-hit game this season. He owns an 11-game hitting streak. With his triple in the fifth Randza has reached safely in 15-straight games. His four triples this season rank second in the league. 

Junior right-hander Dwight Parker (Youngstown, Ohio, Liberty) picked up the win in relief of junior starter Jake Vitale (New Castle, Pa., Union), allowing one hit with two walks and two strikeouts in two scoreless innings. It was his first collegiate victory. Vitale went three innings and allowed six runs on seven hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Sophomore Josh Reed (Beaver Falls, Pa., Blackhawk) threw a scoreless ninth to earn the first save of his career. The game's starter at first base, Reed also walked twice and scored on Davis' single in the fifth. 
 
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