Davidson College
16-3
Lafayette
3-16
Wildcats Slug Five Homers to Win 13-2
3/19/2022 6:29:00 PM | Baseball
Now a program-best 16-3, the Wildcats have won their last eight games.
Michael Carico and Trevor Candelaria hit their team-leading fifth home runs, with Carico's solo shot in the second making it 5-2 and Candelaria's solo blast completing the scoring in the seventh. Candelaria finished the day a single short of the cycle.
After the Leopards scored two runs in the top of the first, Henry Koehler got the Wildcats started by hitting a three-run shot, his second of the year, as part of a four-run bottom half.
Parker Nolan hit his fourth round-tripper in the second, making it 7-2 two batters after Carico went deep. And John Hosmer led off the fifth with a solo shot to left, his first of the year, extending the Wildcat lead to 10-2.
Garrett Browder and Koehler added RBI-singles in the third and sixth, respectively.
Right-hander Blake Hely threw six innings, striking out 10 and allowing five hits and two earned runs, while improving to 3-0. Issac Fix (2 IP, 3 Ks) and Brian Craven (1 IP, 2 Ks) got the Wildcats through the final three frames without surrendering a hit.
Up Next
The series finale is set for 12 p.m. Sunday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hely, Blake (3-0)
L: Subers, Kyle (0-5)
Batting:
RBI: Ciuffreda, Pete 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Grech, Justin 1 ; Brenner, Easton 1
SB: Grech, Justin 1
CS: Ciuffreda, Pete 1
HBP: Grech, Justin 1
Batting:
2B: Candelaria, Trevor 1 ; Koehler, Henry 1
3B: Candelaria, Trevor 1
HR: Carico, Michael 1 ; Candelaria, Trevor 1 ; Nolan, Parker 1 ; Koehler, Henry 1 ; Hosmer, John 1
RBI: Carico, Michael 1 ; Candelaria, Trevor 1 ; Nolan, Parker 2 ; Koehler, Henry 4 ; Hosmer, John 1 ; Browder, Garrett 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Carico, Michael 1 ; Candelaria, Trevor 2 ; Nolan, Parker 3 ; Wilson, Ryan 2 ; Hinderleider, Jacob 2 ; Koehler, Henry 2 ; Hosmer, John 1
SB: Nolan, Parker 1 ; Wilson, Ryan 2
HBP: Carico, Michael 1
