Wednesday, April 22
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Wildcats Blank Aggies, 7-0

4/22/2009 8:59:59 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Chase FitzPatrick went 3-for-3 and hit his 10th home run of the season to lift the Davidson Wildcats to a 7-0 victory over the N.C. A&T Aggies Wednesday night in midweek action at Wilson Field.

The Wildcats (14-21) snapped a six-game losing streak and recorded their first shutout since a 6-0 win over Georgia Southern March 31, 2006.

FitzPatrick recorded three of the Wildcats' 11 hits and drove in a game-high three runs. Drew Gadaire and James Cerbie also had multi-hit games for the 'Cats, while Pat Brady notched two RBIs.

Matt Sliwiak (3-0) earned the win for Davidson by surrendering just one hit in four shutout innings in his first start of the season and second career start. Chris Lamb, Thomas Middour, Mike Frongello and Ian Horkley combined with Sliwiak for the shutout, allowing six hits over the final five frames.

C.J. Beatty and Marquis Riley each had two hits for the Aggies (11-28). Nick Oelker (0-7) was tagged with the loss, allowing six runs on nine hits in 6 1/3 innings.

The 'Cats got on the board in the fourth on a solo home run to straight-away center field from Graham Chapman, who extended his current team-best seven-game hitting streak with his first home run of the year.

FitzPatrick's two-out, two-RBI home run in the fifth made it 3-0. Gadaire, who led off with a walk, also scored on the play.

The Wildcats sent eight batters to the plate in the seventh, using four hits to add four runs to the lead. Kayne started the offense by taking his third walk of the game and moved over to third as Gadaire doubled into right field. Brady's one-out double into the gap in right scored both and chased Oelker. FitzPatrick's third hit of the game plated Brady, and he scored as Cerbie tallied the 'Cats' final hit, a two-out double into left.

Davidson hosts UNC Greensboro (15-19, 4-12) in an important Southern Conference series this weekend. Game times are 7 p.m., 2 p.m. and 1 p.m. for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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