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Wildcats Sweep Saturday Doubleheader Vs. Siena
3/7/2020 7:17:00 PM | Baseball
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Highlights:Â Game 1 | Game 2
DAVIDSON – A full day of baseball resulted in two wins for the Davidson Wildcats Saturday afternoon at Wilson Field.
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Davidson improved to 11-3 with a doubleheader sweep of Siena (0-14) by scores of 2-0 and 6-1.
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The series finale is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. at Wilson Field.
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Game 1
Gabe Levy threw 8.2 innings and set the tone from the mound in a 2-0 Wildcats' victory.
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The right-hander allowed five hits and struck out five, while improving to 3-1. Twice he retired seven batters in a row.
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Davidson took the lead in the fifth when Matthew Gravely's single to left field scored Jacob Hinderleider, who had doubled. The Wildcats generated a run in the sixth, beginning with a leadoff bunt single by Brett Centracchio. Greg Lowe followed with a single to left, and Zach Nussbaum's sacrifice bunt advanced the runners. Centracchio then scored on Henry Koehler's sacrifice fly to right.
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Bennett Flynn came on for Levy with one on and two outs in the ninth and forced a groundout to end it and notch his third save.
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Game 2
Solo home runs by Ruben Fontes and Matt Frey ignited the Davidson offense in a 6-1 victory.
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Fontes' sky high home run to right field to lead off the fourth inning tied the game at 1-1. Then Frey went deep to center with two outs in the fifth to give the Wildcats a 2-1 lead in what turned into a four-run inning. Centracchio and Fontes followed with RBI-singles, and Garrett Browder's RBI-double down the left field line made it 5-1.
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The Wildcats added a run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly to right by Lowe.
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Starter Blake Hely threw six innings, allowing one run and six hits. He struck out six and improved to 3-0.
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Nolan DeVos pitched the final three frames without allowing a hit. He struck out five and earned his second save.
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Highlights:Â Game 1 | Game 2
DAVIDSON – A full day of baseball resulted in two wins for the Davidson Wildcats Saturday afternoon at Wilson Field.
Â
Davidson improved to 11-3 with a doubleheader sweep of Siena (0-14) by scores of 2-0 and 6-1.
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The series finale is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. at Wilson Field.
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Game 1
Gabe Levy threw 8.2 innings and set the tone from the mound in a 2-0 Wildcats' victory.
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The right-hander allowed five hits and struck out five, while improving to 3-1. Twice he retired seven batters in a row.
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Davidson took the lead in the fifth when Matthew Gravely's single to left field scored Jacob Hinderleider, who had doubled. The Wildcats generated a run in the sixth, beginning with a leadoff bunt single by Brett Centracchio. Greg Lowe followed with a single to left, and Zach Nussbaum's sacrifice bunt advanced the runners. Centracchio then scored on Henry Koehler's sacrifice fly to right.
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Bennett Flynn came on for Levy with one on and two outs in the ninth and forced a groundout to end it and notch his third save.
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Game 2
Solo home runs by Ruben Fontes and Matt Frey ignited the Davidson offense in a 6-1 victory.
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Fontes' sky high home run to right field to lead off the fourth inning tied the game at 1-1. Then Frey went deep to center with two outs in the fifth to give the Wildcats a 2-1 lead in what turned into a four-run inning. Centracchio and Fontes followed with RBI-singles, and Garrett Browder's RBI-double down the left field line made it 5-1.
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The Wildcats added a run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly to right by Lowe.
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Starter Blake Hely threw six innings, allowing one run and six hits. He struck out six and improved to 3-0.
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Nolan DeVos pitched the final three frames without allowing a hit. He struck out five and earned his second save.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Levy, Gabe (3-1)
L: Ben Seiler (0-3)
S: Flynn, Bennett (3)
Batting:
2B: Jonathan Crimmin 1
SH: Alex Milone 1
Base Running:
CS: Zach Durfee 1

Batting:
2B: Lowe, Greg 2 ; Hinderleider, Jacob 1
RBI: Gravely, Matthew 1 ; Koehler, Henry 1
SH: Nussbaum, Zach 1
SF: Koehler, Henry 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Centracchio, Brett 1 ; Hinderleider, Jacob 1
SB: Hinderleider, Jacob 1
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