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University of Delaware
Sacred Heart
Blue Hens Earn Third Straight Victory, Defeat Sacred Heart 9-1
4/10/2015 6:43:00 PM | Baseball
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NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware notched its second win of the season over Sacred Heart Friday as the Blue Hens downed the Pioneers 9-1 in a non-league baseball matchup.
Delaware (13-12) had its pitching and hitting clicking on all cylinders. The UD arms allowed just one run on nine hits, while the Blue Hen bats tallied nine runs on 16 hits and scored at least one run in every inning except the fifth.
Jim Sherman. “Adam Davis was not at his best early, but I thought he really became dialed in in the middle of the game and had really good location with all his pitches. We got most of our runs with quality at bats, which is a good sign moving forward.”Like the previous matchup with the Pioneers (6-17-1), Davis earned the win for the Hens. The senior right-hander allowed one run in seven innings and struck out eight batters. Chad Martin and Luke Alicknavitch pitched a pair of scoreless innings in relief to secure the win for Delaware.
At the plate, Norm Donkin and Zach Lopes recorded a team-high three hits, while Brock Niggebrugge led the Hens with three RBI.
The Blue Hens posted four extra-base hits in the winning effort including Lopes' second home run of the season.
Three Sacred Heart batters led the team with two hits while Jayson Sullivan knocked in the Pioneers lone run with an RBI double in the third inning.
The Blue Hens will not play this weekend but will resume their schedule Tuesday at Lehigh.
HEN SCRATCHINGS
· Lopes has hit safely in 17 of the last 18 games.
· Delaware now leads the all-time series against Sacred Heart 2-0 with both matchups vs. the Pioneers coming this season.
· Sacred Heart came into Friday's game leading the Northeast Conference.
· Donkin hit his team-leading eighth double of the season Friday.
· Davis has allowed just one run to Sacred Heart in 15 innings pitched against them this season.
· All but one Blue Hen starter tallied a hit in the win.
AGATE:
Sacred Heart……001 000 000 – 1 – 9 – 1
Delaware………...212 101 11X – 9 – 16 – 0
D: Davis, Martin (8), Alicknavitch (9); SH: Foley, Wertz (6), Taubl (8); LOB: D – 10, SH – 8; DP: D – 1, SH – 2; 2B: Sullivan (SH), Donkin (D), Olenski (D); 3B: Nardo (D); HR: Lopes (D); SB: Perry (SH), Short (SH), Shaw (SH), GIacchino (D), Donkin 2 (D), Lopes (D), Jones (D); WP: Davis (3-1); LP: Foley (0-4); Attendance: 173.
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