Goan Homers Twice in Blue Hens Loss at Gardner-Webb

Friday, February 21

Boiling Springs, NC

4 p.m.

University of Delaware

0-4

Gardner-Webb University

4-1

Delaware

Gardner-Webb

Photo by: Tim Barbini

2/21/2020 6:47:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

The catcher is responsible for the Delaware offense to open the weekend

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Despite senior Jack Goan's pair of big flies, the Delaware baseball team fell to Gardner-Webb, 8-4, in its weekend-opening tilt Friday night at John Henry Moss Stadium.

"We once again played some good innings of baseball tonight, but just not enough to win against a good team like Gardner-Webb," said head coach Jim Sherman. "The guys are in a good place though and realize it's time to start to perform."

The Blue Hens found themselves down 7-0 entering the sixth inning before Goan's solo home run put the visitors on the board. He made things interesting in the eighth after senior Kyle Baker's single and sophomore Joseph Carpenter was hit by a pitch, Goan launched his second of the night for his first career multi-homer game.

Goan was 2-for-4 with four RBIs while senior Vinny Vaccone collected a pair of hits himself out of the leadoff spot, going 2-for-4 as well.

"Jack and Vinny gave us a spark tonight," Sherman said. "Those guys are competing and we need that to work its way through the rest of our lineup."

Delaware's starter was junior Chris Ludman who had a season-high seven strikeouts in just 4.2 innings of work. However, he surrendered seven runs on five hits

The Blue Hens turn their attention to a pair of games with North Carolina A&T on the campus of Gardner-Webb with Saturday's first pitch set for 1 p.m. and Sunday's for 10 a.m.

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Notes

Senior Vinny Vaccone was 2-for-4 to give him hits in four straight games while making his 58^th consecutive start along with teammates Jordan Hutchins and Joseph Carpenter
Senior Jack Goan had his first career multi-home run game and it's his third time with four RBIs in a single-game. Goan has hits in the last five games and in nine of the last 10 dating back to last season.
Sophomore Joseph Carpenter was hit by a pitch in the eighth and has now reached base in 46 of his last 45 games, but saw his modest four game hitting streak come to an end.
Sophomore Tyler Juhl had a base hit in his first at-bat of the night, his first as a Blue Hen while classmate Austin Colmery collected his first hit of the season.
Graduate student Kyle Baker now has hits in 12 of the last 14 games he's played in, dating back to the 2018 season.
Junior Chris Ludman had a season-high seven strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work.