Dan Zlotnick started our Friday game against Richmond and, once again, has a solid outing only allowing one run while striking out seven. Offensively we strung together good at-bats against the Richmond starter and ended up with nine hits and six runs on the day. Our bullpen held down the back half of the game with Chris Bielak, Jake Rifken, and Eric Alessio throwing up goose eggs (0s) and only allowing two hits. We took the game 6-1 and the momentum is on our side; for now.
With inclement weather looming in the Richmond area we decided to play a double header on Saturday instead of one Saturday and one Sunday. Chad Gallagher started the first game and went eight strong innings on the mound only allowing two runs on five hits. As Gallagher cruised through the game our offensive exploded for twelve runs. As we won the first game 12-3 we knew we still had to win the next one for the sweep.
Senior Sean McKeown spot started the second game in place of regular starter Kyle Putnam who was still trying to work out the kinks in his mechanics. The Red Foxes jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the first two innings thanks to the big bat of Ricky Pacione. There was no looking back from there. McKeown went five strong innings while only allowing one hit, which came way back in the first, and no runs. But the bullpen has another rough third game allowing 5 runs in the back half of the game. But as the offense continued to pick up our pitching we held on to the win in the end. We swept!!! And going home a day early!!!!! We’re excited about the sweep but more excited about the fact that everyone played well. As of now we’re posting a record of 6-3 with all the momentum in the world carrying us into our spring break trip to face Delaware St., Towson University, and George Washington University. With constant glimpses of good pitching and hitting I wonder if we can string it together for our entire spring trip.
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