RADNOR, Pa. – The Cabrini University baseball team exploded for 19 runs on 21 hits Sunday afternoon as the Cavaliers topped Delaware Valley University 19-2 at home in a non-conference matchup.
Sunday's contest was through four and a half innings in almost one hour as both pitchers mowed the opposition down. Cabrini starter
Pat Toal's only blemish through the first four innings was an RBI-single from the Aggie's Reese Hackett in the top of the second. For Aggie's starter Derek Cannon, despite dealing with traffic on the base paths each inning, he did not allow a run through the first four innings and Delaware Valley took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth.
In the fifth, the Cabrini bats came to life.
Zack Brook sent a one-out single to right-center, followed by a
Jaden Dickerson double to left to put runners on second and third.
Ben Houghton continued the hit parade as the sophomore tripled home both Brook and Dickerson to put the Cavs in front 2-1. After Houghton's triple,
Sean Glatts turned a suicide squeeze play into an RBI-bunt single followed by a double from
Jon Sepe. Colt Narciso later drove home Sepe with a sacrifice bunt and after five innings, Cabrini held a 5-1 lead.
The Cavs plated five more runs in the seventh as Sepe led off the inning with a double and later scored on a
Christian Strickland single up the middle. Then after an RBI-single from Brook, Dickerson doubled home two more to extend the Cavs lead to 10-2. The Cavs were not done after their five-run seventh as Cabrini sent 14 men to the plate in the eighth and brought nine around to score on five hits including an inside-the-park home run from
Colton Narciso and the second two-run double on the day for Dickerson as the Cavs coasted to a 19-2 win.
Brook finished the day 4-for-6 at the plate with an RBI and three runs scored while Dickerson went 3-for-4 with three doubles and four RBIs. Five other Cavalier bats had a multi-hit game as Cabrini put up a season-high 21 hits.
On the mound, Toal went six innings and allowed just two runs on three hits with one walk and eight strikeouts as he earned his third win of the season.
The Cavaliers return to the diamond on Saturday, March 18 as Cabrini heads down the road to Haverford for a non-conference doubleheader with the Fords. First pitch is set for noon.
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