Elon Completes Sweep of Baseball

Saturday, March 30

Elon, N.C.

3:00 p.m.

Davidson College Athletics

8-17, 4-10

Elon

16-11, 8-6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Davidson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	2
Elon	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	X	8	14	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Davidson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	8	1
Elon	0	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	X	8	10	0

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

3/30/2013 10:07:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

By: Mark Brumbaugh

Box Score - Game 1
Box Score - Game 2

ELON, N.C. – Elon completed a three-game series sweep of Davidson by claiming both ends of a doubleheader with 8-2 scores Saturday in Southern Conference baseball action at Latham Park.

Davidson (8-18, 4-11 SoCon) was led for the day by outfielder #Nathan Becker#, who went 3-for-6 with an RBI, and designated hitter #Ryan Lowe#, who also went 3-or-6 and had a double. Shortstop #Michael Zeblo# reached base three times and scored a pair of runs.

Elon (17-11, 10-5 SoCon) once again was strong at the plate and on the mound in both contests. First baseman Ryan Kinsella hit four doubles and a home run in a 5-for-9 day with three RBI. Sebastian Gomez also had five hits on the day, including one home run, and designated hitter Joey Tomko hit a grand slam in the second game. RHP Kyle Webb (3-0) went 6 1/3 innings in the first game, yielding just one run on four hits and a walk and striking out six, while LHP Spencer Medick (4-1) went eight innings and allowed just one run on seven hits and no walks with four strikeouts in Game 2.

An RBI-double by Kinsella in the first inning and an RBI-fielder's choice in the second by left fielder Blaine Bower gave Elon an early 2-0 advantage in Game 1. Bower reached base four times in the game, going 2-for-3 with two walks and three runs scored. Gomez's homer and an RBI-single by catcher Alex Swim (2-for-5) doubled the Phoenix lead in the fourth inning. Another RBI-single by Swim and a wild pitch in the sixth gave Elon a 6-0 lead.

Davidson got on the board in the top of the seventh when Zeblo (1-for-3, BB) scored from third on an infield single by Becker, but Elon added two more runs in the bottom half of the inning for an 8-1 advantage.

First baseman #Andrew Barna#, Zeblo and Lowe all walked to lead off the ninth inning, but Elon brought in LHP Tyler Manez to end the threat, as the 'Cats managed just one run on a sacrifice fly by catcher Chris Dyer.

RHP #Danny Mooney# (3-3) suffered the loss working six innings and allowing five earned runs.

In the second game, Kinsella notched the first run in the second inning by scoring on a wild pitch, and then the Phoenix scored six runs in the third inning. In the third, right fielder Niko Fraser drove in a run with a triple and then, with two outs, Kinsella drove him in with a double down the right field line. With Kinsella on, a walk and a fielding error loaded the bases and Tomko delivered with a grand slam.

Zeblo doubled to leadoff the fifth inning for Davidson, and later scored from third when catcher #Daniel Gerow# hit into a fielder's choice.

Kinsella added a solo home run in the seventh for Elon and Barna hit an RBI-single for the 'Cats in the ninth for the final margin.

RHP #Matt Saeta# (1-1) started for Davidson and pitched 2 2/3 innings, and was charged with three earned runs. RHP #Michael Goldberg# saw the bulk of the work on the mound for the Wildcats, holding Elon to two hits and a walk in 3 1/3 innings with two strikeouts.

Davidson completes an eight-game road swing Tuesday against Duke at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, home of the Triple-A Durham Bulls. First-pitch is set for 6 p.m.