Saturday, March 23
Davidson, NC
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Davidson College
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Photo by: Jeff Sochko/DavidsonPhotos.com
'Cats Blank La Salle 6-0 to Extend Streak
3/23/2019 5:36:00 PM | Baseball
Ruben Fontes and Brett Centracchio homered, and Allen Barry and Dan Spear combined to pitch a shutout Saturday as Davidson beat La Salle 6-0 on a sunny day at Wilson Field.
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The win is the sixth straight for the Wildcats, who enter Sunday's series finale in position to get their second consecutive weekend sweep.
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Fontes' three-run home run to right center in the fifth inning extended Davidson's lead to 5-0 and was his first home run in 10 days. It also keeps him atop the Atlantic 10 Conference leaderboard with six. Fontes has been seeing mostly off-speed pitches at the plate recently, but he found a fastball to his liking.
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"I felt like I'd been struggling a little bit and needed to stick to my approach," he said.
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Centracchio led off the sixth with a home run to right. It's his fourth of the season, with all of them coming since the March 13 game against Winthop at Charlotte's BB&T Ballpark, when he and Fontes homered in the second inning.
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Leadoff hitter Alex Mardiney had bunt singles in the fifth — he then scored on Fontes' home run — and the seventh. In the fifth, his bunt rolled to a stop just inside the third base line. His second bunt single found open grass between the pitcher and first baseman.
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"He practices it a lot," said Fontes. "When he sees an opening for it, he tries to take advantage of it."
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Davidson (12-6, 2-0 A-10) took a 2-0 lead in the fourth after Matt Frey led off with a double down the right field line and scored on Justin Lebek's double to left. Lebek scored when Max Bazin reached on an error.
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On the mound, Barry tossed 5.2 innings, struck out five and allowed five hits to improve to 4-1.
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"He was great," said Fontes. "He was throwing strikes, working his pitches well. And I just love his tempo."
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Spear pitched the final 3.1 innings and earned his second save of the year. He struck out four, walked three and allowed two hits.
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Defensively, center fielder Trevor Candelaria had a diving catch in left center to end a threat in the sixth, and third baseman Alex Fedje-Johnson slipped but recovered to hustle and catch a foul ball to loud cheers in the fifth.
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Up Next
Sunday's series finale is set for a 1 p.m. start.
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The win is the sixth straight for the Wildcats, who enter Sunday's series finale in position to get their second consecutive weekend sweep.
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Fontes' three-run home run to right center in the fifth inning extended Davidson's lead to 5-0 and was his first home run in 10 days. It also keeps him atop the Atlantic 10 Conference leaderboard with six. Fontes has been seeing mostly off-speed pitches at the plate recently, but he found a fastball to his liking.
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"I felt like I'd been struggling a little bit and needed to stick to my approach," he said.
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Centracchio led off the sixth with a home run to right. It's his fourth of the season, with all of them coming since the March 13 game against Winthop at Charlotte's BB&T Ballpark, when he and Fontes homered in the second inning.
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Leadoff hitter Alex Mardiney had bunt singles in the fifth — he then scored on Fontes' home run — and the seventh. In the fifth, his bunt rolled to a stop just inside the third base line. His second bunt single found open grass between the pitcher and first baseman.
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"He practices it a lot," said Fontes. "When he sees an opening for it, he tries to take advantage of it."
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Davidson (12-6, 2-0 A-10) took a 2-0 lead in the fourth after Matt Frey led off with a double down the right field line and scored on Justin Lebek's double to left. Lebek scored when Max Bazin reached on an error.
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On the mound, Barry tossed 5.2 innings, struck out five and allowed five hits to improve to 4-1.
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"He was great," said Fontes. "He was throwing strikes, working his pitches well. And I just love his tempo."
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Spear pitched the final 3.1 innings and earned his second save of the year. He struck out four, walked three and allowed two hits.
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Defensively, center fielder Trevor Candelaria had a diving catch in left center to end a threat in the sixth, and third baseman Alex Fedje-Johnson slipped but recovered to hustle and catch a foul ball to loud cheers in the fifth.
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Up Next
Sunday's series finale is set for a 1 p.m. start.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Barry, Allen (4-1)
L: FRYE, Aidan (1-2)
S: Spear, Dan (2)
Base Running:
CS: SORRELS, Peyton 1
HBP: GUCKIN, Ryan 1
Batting:
2B: Frey, Matt 1 ; Lebek, Justin 1
HR: Fontes, Ruben 1 ; Centracchio, Brett 1
RBI: Fontes, Ruben 3 ; Lebek, Justin 1 ; Centracchio, Brett 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mardiney, Alex 1 ; Frey, Matt 2 ; Fontes, Ruben 1 ; Lebek, Justin 1 ; Centracchio, Brett 1
SB: Bazin, Max 1
CS: Bazin, Max 1
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