Cabrini University Cavaliers (8-3, 0-0 AEC) vs. Eastern University Eagles (1-0, 0-0 MAC-Freedom)
Wednesday, March 13, 3pm
Cabrini-Carroll Field, Radnor, PA
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Last Meeting: Cabrini 7, Gwynedd Mercy 11 (4/18/18)
The Blue and White had a strong showing offensively as they pushed across seven runs on 11 hits, highlighted by Brett Kuchera's three hits and two RBI's. 

Sophomore's JD Barrett and Mack McKisson tallied two hits and one RBI each, while senior Tyler Norris and Dylan Butler finished with one base knock. 

Sophomore Ray Lutick toed the rubber for Cabrini and was cruising through three innings before allowing his first hit of the game, a two RBI double off the bat of Ryan Keen. Lutick would last just another frame as he was chased after four batters in the fifth. He finished with 4+ innings pitched and allowing five earned on five hits with two strikeouts. 

Matt Dobeck was ultimately stuck with the loss after allowing four runs, only two of which were earned, in an inning of relief. 

Cabrini Last Time Out: Cabrini 5, Eastern 5 (3/13/19)
The Cabrini baseball team will have to wait until next Tuesday, March 19th to finish their game against the Eastern University Eagles as the contest was suspended due to darkness. 

Cabrini and Eastern completed 10 innings and the two teams were tied at five when the game was ultimately called. 

Sophomore Mack McKisson led the Cavs with two hits and two RBI's, including a sacrifice fly. Junior Henry Peguero was the only other Cavalier to tally multiple hits as the catcher finished 2-4 with a run scored, one RBI, and a stolen base. 

Freshmen Garrett Laraia and Brandon Loner, as well as sophomore JD Barrett and junior Joe Aurite rounded out the Cavs to mark the hit column as each finished with one hit. Laraia and sophomore Steven Priest added the Cavs' other RBI's. 

Sophomore Corey Hunt toed the rubber and tossed four innings of two run ball for the Blue and White. He allowed just a pair of hits and three walks, while striking out three. 

Gwynedd Mercy Last Time Out: Eastern 9, Frostburg State 10 (3/9/19)
Brian Wildrick earned the win working seven and a third innings as the junior allowed just one earned run while striking out a pair.

Ryan Keen notched a pair of hits, including the 100th and 101st of his career. Sachael Sciarretta and Jason Mulvey, along with Keen, all collected two hits.

Keen would give the Griffins a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first scoring two runners with a single. Tied 2-2 in the seventh Gwynedd opened the offense again scoring five runs in the frame. Dave Tatoian scored Josh Lopez to start the rally followed by a Sciarretta single to bring home Cameron Culver. Mulvey would follow with a one-out RBI single. Evan Miller capped the inning with a big two-out, two-run single for the 7-2 lead.

Liam Sullivan worked the ninth in relief for the Griffins fourth win in a row.

5 Factors for Cabrini

• The Cavaliers own an 8-0 record when scoring at least five runs, but are 0-3 in games that they are held to fewer than five runs.
• Cabrini is one of three team's in the Atlantic East to have stolen more than 20 bases and trails Marymount's AEC best 23 steals by just one. 
• Freshman Garrett Laraia is currently riding a team best six game hitting streak and has reached base in all 12 of the Cavaliers' games. 
• Junior Joe Aurite boasts a team best four games with at least two RBI's. 
• The Cavs .967 fielding percentage is the top mark in the conference. 

5 Factors for Gwynedd Mercy

• The Griffins have played three nationally ranked teams in their first nine games, but have lost each and been outscored 17-5 across the three games. 
• Despite the 0-5 start to the season, Gwynedd has rebounded to win four in a row, in which they have averaged 11.5 runs per game.
• Gwynedd is led by three-time first team All-Conference infielder Dave Tatoian. The senior paces the Griffins with a .452 average and an even more impressive 1.154 OPS. 
• The Griffins' pitching staff has worked to a 5.20 ERA through nine games, but has held opponents to a .270 batting average. 
• Gwynedd's defense has committed the second most errors (20) in the Atlantic East and owns the second lowest fielding percentage at .939. 

 

	TALE OF THE TAPE
Cabrini		Gwynedd Mercy
8-3 (0-0 AEC)	Record	4-5 (0-0 AEC)
.280	Batting Average	.283
86	Runs	56
.359	Slugging %	.343
22	Stolen Bases	9
3.58	ERA	5.45
96	Strikeouts (Pitching)	40
.239	Batting Average Against	.270

	TEAM LEADERS
Garrett Laraia (.317)	Batting Average	Dave Tatoian (.452)
Tyler Norris, Justin Henry (1)	Home Runs	Bobby Heck (1)
JD Barrett (11)	RBI	Sachael Sciarretta (7)
Tyler Norris (8/9)	Stolen Bases/Attempted	Justin Curtin (2/2)
Andrew Corso (2.14)	ERA (Min. 6IP)	Brian Wildrick (1.00)
Drew Jackson (18)	Strikeouts (Pitching)	Bryan Kaelin (8)