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Patrick Condo collected his first save of the season, allowing three hits and one run over four innings of work

BALANCED ATTACK LEADS WILKES BASEBALL OVER SCRANTON, 5-2

4/3/2013 7:07:00 PM

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BALANCED ATTACK LEADS WILKES BASEBALL OVER SCRANTON, 5-2

KINGSTON – The Wilkes University baseball team used four pitchers and pounded out 11 hits and took advantage of four Royal errors to win 5-2 Wednesday afternoon in non-conference action at Artillery Park.

Wilkes improves to 10-7 while Scranton falls to 13-8.

After trading scoreless frames to start the game, Wilkes garnered three runs in the bottom of the second. Stephen Ruch (Dallas, PA/Holy Redeemer) and Tyler Marino (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Meyers) led off the inning with singles through the left and right sides of the infield. After a Tim Benner (Catawissa, PA/Southern Columbia) sacrifice bunt to move the runners over, Eric Hauer (Wapwallopen, PA/Greater Nanticoke Area) hit an infield single to load the bases. Nick Craig (Springfield, PA/The Haverford School) then singled in a run with an infield hit, before Carmen Lopresto (Pittston, PA/Pittston Area) collected two RBI's on a fielder's choice.

In the third inning, Joe Dantas (Reading, PA/Fleetwood) led off with a double to deep left center field before being plated on a Ruch single down the left field line. The Royals got a single tally back when they got an RBI single from Zach Dignam. Wilkes responded with a run in the bottom half of the fifth. Joe Dantas (Reading, PA/Fleetwood) reached on a fielder's choice and later scored on a ball hit by Tyler Marino (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Meyers). Scranton garnered a run in the top of the eighth on a Kyle Hamer sacrifice fly to make it a 5-2 ballgame.

Adam Misiura (Springbrook, PA/North Pocono) collected the win on the mound, working 1 and 1/3 innings and allowing one run. Patrick Condo (Dallas, PA/Holy Redeemer) collected his first save of the season, allowing three hits and one run over four innings of work. Lopresto, Ruch, Marino, and Hauer all collected two hits apiece.

The Colonels return to Freedom play Friday hosting Manhattanville College at 3:30 p.m. at Artillery Park.

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