Elon Sweeps Season Series With 10-5 Victory Over Davidson

Thursday, May 8

Davidson, N.C.

12:00 p.m.

Davidson College

Elon

Elon Sweeps Season Series With 10-5 Victory Over Davidson

5/8/2008 3:26:37 PM | Baseball

Marc Gignac

Box Score

DAVIDSON, N.C. – Brett Shore went 3-for-5 with an RBI, and Danny Weiss was 2-for-3 with a triple, but the Davidson baseball team fell 10-5 to Elon in the final game of a SoCon series Thursday at Wilson Field.

Zach Kayne, Matt Webb, Sam Payne, Chase FitzPatrick and Chris FitzPatrick also collected hits for the Wildcats (10-36, 2-22 SoCon).

Bennett Davis and Dallas Tarleton each recorded three hits for Elon (38-16, 19-8 SoCon). Cory Harrilchak gave up two earned runs in six innings on the mound and got a hit and two RBIs at the plate.

The Phoenix got things started in the first as Chris Dove walked to begin the game, stole second and scored later on a double steal. Davis scored another run with a single to make the score 2-0.

Dove did it again in the third, leading off with a walk and stealing second and third. After Donny Jobe walked and stole second, Harrilchak helped his cause with a two-run single.

Mike Lobacz plated two more with a double, giving Elon a 6-0 advantage, and Tarleton singled with the bases loaded in the fourth to give the Phoenix a comfortable 8-0 advantage.

The 'Cats got things going in the fourth as Shore and Kayne led off with consecutive singles, and Weiss reached on an infield single with one out to load the bases. Chase FitzPatrick plated two with a single, and Weiss scored on a throwing error off a Jay Honeycutt grounder to trim the margin to 8-3.

After the Phoenix extended the lead to 10-3 in the top of the seventh, the 'Cats came back with a run in the home half of the inning. Chris FitzPatrick got a bunt single and moved to second after Eden was hit by a pitch. Shore drove in FitzPatrick to make the cushion 10-4.

Davidson capped the scoring in the ninth, when Payne led off with a double, went to third on a Chris FitzPatrick groundout and scored on an Eden groundout.

The Wildcats get the weekend off and return to action at UNC Greensboro in their final series of the campaign. The first game is set for Wednesday, May 14, at 6 p.m.