ALBANY, N.Y. – The College of Saint Rose split today's Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader with Le Moyne to take three of four in the weekend series after sweeping yesterday's twin-bill.
The Golden Knights (16-20/9-7 NE10) bounced back in resounding fashion from an 11-0 setback in today's first game by handing Le Moyne a 21-1 loss in the finale.
Saint Rose pounded out 21 hits with 10 different players joining the hit parade. Meanwhile, junior right-hander
Jared Restmeyer allowed just the one run on four hits and fanned five, without issuing of walk, over 7.0 innings to improve to 6-2 on the year.
Sophomore designated hitter
Nathan Toms finished 3-for-5 with five RBI and sophomore catcher
Derek Haughey went 2-for-2 and drove in four runs.
Freshman left fielder
James Ward wound up 3-for-5 with a three-run homer over the right-center field fence in the first. Junior third baseman
Tyler Osborne and junior first baseman
Jack McDonald pounded out three hits apiece, and sophomore shortstop
Jared Reed went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a solo homer to account for only part of the barrage.
Sophomore right fielder Jason Boule entered the game in the sixth and finished 2-for-2 for the Dolphins (20-17/9-6 NE10).
In the opener, Le Moyne junior right-hander Jacob Marshall scattered four hits and recorded seven strikeouts over the 7.0 inning distance to run his record to 6-1 this spring. Graduate student right fielder Michael Smith went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored to pace the offense.
Looking ahead, the Golden Knights are back home Tuesday to host Franklin Pierce for a noon twin-bill in a make-up from this past Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Dolphins host league rival American International on Wednesday.
Notes: (13-19/6-6 NE10): The Golden Knights have won five of their last six and are 4-6 in one-run games this spring…McDonald has reached base in 14 straight and owns a team-leading 15 multi-hit games…Freshman second baseman
Vince Venditti has hit at a .387 (24-for-62) clip throughout his last 19 games to raise his average to .308 (28-for-91) on the year…Saint Rose is 12-1 when leading after 6.0 innings and 10-4 when it scores in the first inning…The Golden Knights are hitting .305 (121-for-397) with runners in scoring position.
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