Baseball Takes Series from WKU win 6-3 Win in Season Finale

Saturday, May 16

Newark, Del.

11:05 AM

University of Delaware

19-35, 7-23

Western Kentucky

29-26, 14-16

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Western Ky.	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	3
Delaware	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	X	6	10	0

Photo by: Erin Moreland

Baseball Takes Series from WKU win 6-3 Win in Season Finale

5/16/2026 2:09:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware baseball won the rubber match of its three-game series against WKU, 6-3. Anthony DeCesare hit a home run as Delaware pounded out 10 hits to win its second straight home series to end the season.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

DeCesare was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two RBIs, and two runs scored.
Sal Mineo went 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored, and an RBI.
Evan Bouldin had two RBIs and a triple.
Anthony Charles was 2-of-2 with an RBI.
LT Cockrill had an RBI single.
Ryan McLaughlin pitched five strong innings, allowing just three runs.
Ben Moyzon was dominant in relief to earn the win, pitching three shutout innings with six strikeouts, three hits allowed, and walked just one.
Andrew Callaway earned the save with a scoreless ninth.

HOW IT HAPPENED

WKU scored two runs in the first.
Delaware immediately responded in the bottom half. A leadoff double by Mineo, an RBI triple by Bouldin, and an RBI single by DeCesare tied the game.
An RBI double by WKU gave the Hilltoppers a 3-2 lead in the second.
DeCesare hit a two-out home run in the third to even the score at three.
McLaughlin pitched a hitless fourth inning, generating three groundouts, followed by a perfect fifth inning.
Moyzon entered in relief in the sixth and struck out two hitters while leaving two runners aboard.
UD took the lead in the bottom of the sixth on a two-out RBI single by Cockrill.
Moyzon then struck out two more and picked off a runner in the seventh.
Delaware scored two unearned runs in the seventh to take a 6-3 lead. Cole Carbone and Anthony Charles both reached base on errors before Mineo singled home another run. Bouldin then brought in Charles on a fielder's choice.
Two more strikeouts in the eighth capped off Moyzon's day as he pitched another scoreless inning.
WKU put two runners on in the ninth, but Callaway fanned the final hitter to clinch the win.

GAME NOTES

Delaware ended the season winning two of its final three series, having also swept FIU from May 1-3.
Delaware won six of its final 10 regular-season games.
DeCesare homered for the seventh time this season and extended his hit streak to a career-best 11 games. His seven home runs are the most by a Delaware freshman since Nick Patten hit 12 in 2016.
Mineo recorded his 17th multi-hit game of the season and fifth three-hit game.
Bouldin had his team-leading 12th multi-RBI game. His triple was his first of the season and first since April 29, 2025 against UMES.
McLaughlin ended the season with six-straight appearances allowing three runs or fewer.
Moyzon's six strikeouts were a career high.
Callaway's save was the third of his career and second this season.
Delaware had at least 10 hits in two of the three games against WKU. UD's pitching staff allowed three runs in all three games against the Hilltoppers.

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