Bloomsburg Sweeps Baseball Twinbill in Florida
FORT MYERS, FL —The Bloomsburg University baseball team swept a pair of games from the University of Charleston (WV) on Tuesday. The Huskies won by scores of 6-5 and 7-5 with pitcher Ryan Wyland (Williamsport/Loyalsock Twp) getting a win in game one and a save in game two.
In the opener, the Huskies scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally for the win. Vinny James (Philadelphia/Bristol) led off with a walk and was wild-pitched to second. After Andy Bucher (Littlestown/Littlestown) walked, both runners advanced on a passed ball. Andy Howard (Glen Rock/Dallastown) then bounced out to second with James scoring the tying run. Troy Smith (Dauphin/C.D. East) then put down a perfect suicide squeeze scoring Bucher with the go-ahead run.
Wyland got the win with 3 2/3 innings of relief. Matt Robinson (York/Red Lion) led the hitters by going two for four with a triple.
In game two, the Huskies scored six times over the first two innings to get the victory. In the top of the first, Robinson led off with a walk and moved to third after Brian Tugend (Taylor/Riverside) reached on an error. Chris Husted (West Decataur/Philipsburg-Osceola) then grounded out to shortstop scoring Robinson. Joe Pesci (Levittown/Pennsbury) also had an RBI single, while Larry Piccini (Jessup/Valley View) had a two-run single later in the frame.
In the second inning the Huskies made it 6-0 when Husted slammed a two-run homer. Andy Gideon (Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) got the win with 4 2/3 innings of work, while Wyland earned the save with 1 2/3 innings of relief work.
Pesci went 2-2 with an RBI, while Robinson was 2-3 with three stolen bases and two runs scored.
The Huskies, now 3-8, play Stonehill on Wednesday in a twinbill.
GAME ONE Score by Innings R H E --------------------------------------- Charleston.......... 220 100 0 -5 8 2 Bloomsburg.......... 003 012 x -6 6 0 --------------------------------------- Bloomsburg IP H R ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------- AKERS, M .................. 1.2 3 4 4 4 2 TAYLOR,A .................. 1.2 1 1 1 1 2 WYLAND, R (W) ............. 3.2 2 0 0 0 1 Charleston IP H R ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------- ZAPPIA, J (L)............. 5.0 6 6 5 3 4 GONYER, T. ............. 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Bloomsburg Top Hitters: Matt Robinson, 2-4, 3B; Chris Husted, 2-3, 3B, 3 RBI; Vinny James, 1-2. Charleston Top Hitters: Alex Santiago, 2-3, 3B; Eric Peralta, 1-3, 2 RBI, 2B; Bill Abell, 2-4, RBI GAME TWO Score by Innings R H E --------------------------------------- Bloomsburg.......... 420 000 1 -7 8 2 Charleston.......... 000 221 0 -5 8 2 --------------------------------------- Bloomsburg IP H R ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------- GIDEON, A. W............... 4.2 7 4 4 2 6 WICKARD, E. ............... 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 WYLAND, R. SV ............. 1.2 2 0 0 1 2 Charleston IP H R ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------- ROSE, T. L ................ 1.2 4 6 5 4 2 FLANAGAN,D ................. 5.0 3 0 0 3 8 GONYER,J. ................ 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 Bloomsburg Top Hitters: Matt Robinson, 2-3, 3 SB, 2R; Chris Husted 1-4, HR, 3 RBI; Joe Pesci, 2-2, RBI; Larry Piccini, 1-4, 2 RBI Charleston Top Hitters: John McGuire 3-3, 2B, RBI; Chad Bongiovanni, 2-4, 2 RBI; Eric Peralta, 1-2, 3B, RBI