Thursday, May 9
Davidson, NC
5 p.m.
Davidson College Athletics
20-27, 6-13
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St. Bonaventure
15-28, 5-14
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Photo by: TIM COWIE
Perkins, Putnam Lead 'Cats to 9-2 Win
5/9/2024 9:45:00 PM | Baseball
DAVIDSON — Wilson Perkins tossed seven scoreless innings, and Eli Putnam hit a grand slam to lead the Davidson baseball team to a 9-2 series-opening win over St. Bonaventure Thursday night at Wilson Field.
With the win, the Wildcats (20-27) reached the 20-win mark for the 10th straight season (excluding the pandemic-abbreviated 2020 campaign), while improving to 6-13 in Atlantic 10 play. St. Bonaventure fell to 15-28 and 5-14.
Perkins (6-4) held the Bonnies at bay throughout his 13th start. He surrendered just three hits, including none until the fifth inning, and walked two, while striking out six. He had 1-2-3 innings in the first, fourth and seventh.
Meanwhile, Putnam hit his A-10 leading 15th home run — and his second grand slam of the year — with two outs and as part of a five-run fifth. Putnam also hit a grand slam against Penn State on March 3.
The 15-homer mark is the fifth-best single-season total in program history, matching Dave Turgeon (1987), Brian Fortier (2017) and Parker Nolan (2022).
Joe Haney's solo shot to left-center in the eighth made it 9-0.
Tyler Douglas had two doubles, and his first led to a 1-0 lead in the fifth when he scored on an error following an Aidan Rice bunt. Hunter Anderson scored on a wild pitch in the sixth, and in the seventh, Cider Canon's sacrifice fly plated a run and Douglas doubled in another.
Up Next
The series continues Friday at 2 p.m., and the Wildcats will honor the class of 2024 at 1:35 p.m.
With the win, the Wildcats (20-27) reached the 20-win mark for the 10th straight season (excluding the pandemic-abbreviated 2020 campaign), while improving to 6-13 in Atlantic 10 play. St. Bonaventure fell to 15-28 and 5-14.
Perkins (6-4) held the Bonnies at bay throughout his 13th start. He surrendered just three hits, including none until the fifth inning, and walked two, while striking out six. He had 1-2-3 innings in the first, fourth and seventh.
Meanwhile, Putnam hit his A-10 leading 15th home run — and his second grand slam of the year — with two outs and as part of a five-run fifth. Putnam also hit a grand slam against Penn State on March 3.
The 15-homer mark is the fifth-best single-season total in program history, matching Dave Turgeon (1987), Brian Fortier (2017) and Parker Nolan (2022).
Joe Haney's solo shot to left-center in the eighth made it 9-0.
Tyler Douglas had two doubles, and his first led to a 1-0 lead in the fifth when he scored on an error following an Aidan Rice bunt. Hunter Anderson scored on a wild pitch in the sixth, and in the seventh, Cider Canon's sacrifice fly plated a run and Douglas doubled in another.
Up Next
The series continues Friday at 2 p.m., and the Wildcats will honor the class of 2024 at 1:35 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Perkins, Wilson (6-4)
L: Michael Salina (2-6)
Batting:
3B: Robert Mannino 1
RBI: Chris Hoalcraft 1 ; Robert Mannino 1
SF: Chris Hoalcraft 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gavin Constantine 1 ; Antonio Cordeiro 1
Batting:
2B: Douglas, Tyler 2
HR: Putnam, Eli 1 ; Haney, Joe 1
RBI: Putnam, Eli 4 ; Canon, Cider 1 ; Douglas, Tyler 1 ; Haney, Joe 1
SH: Rice, Aidan 1
SF: Canon, Cider 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jouras, Noah 2 ; Putnam, Eli 2 ; Anderson, Hunter 1 ; Douglas, Tyler 1 ; Calero, Nick 1 ; Haney, Joe 1 ; Rice, Aidan 1
SB: Jouras, Noah 1
HBP: Anderson, Hunter 1
Game Leaders
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