Millersville, Pa. - The No. 2-ranked Millersville baseball set a program record for regular season wins Saturday by sweeping Kutztown by scores of 16-3 and 11-1. Millersville has now 26 in a row at Cooper Park.
The Marauders pounded out 35 hits in the doubleheader including 21 in the opener, which were the most against a PSAC East team this season.
Chas McCormick went 6-for-8 in the twinbill.
Dan Stoltzfus went 5-for-9 and drove in five runs. His solo home run in the fifth inning of game two set a new program record for RBIs in a career. He moved past Zach Stone and closed the weekend with 163.
Millersville did much of its damage with two outs. In game one, Millersville produced a seven-run second inning with every run scoring with two outs. In game two, the Marauders scored seven runs with two outs in the fourth inning.
McCormick went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two steals in the opener.
Tyler Orris went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, two runs, a double and walk. Orris pulled within two hits of Zach Stone's career hits record of 267 and also moved within three of Ernest McCoy's stolen base record. Stoltzfus went 3-for-5 and drove in two.
Ted Williams went 3-for-3 with a double, walk, stolen base, three runs and two RBIs.
Jim McDade improved to 8-0 with the mound win. He struck out seven while issuing just one walk and scattering eight hits.
Millersville fell behind 1-0 early in game two after Kutztown got to starter
Reid Anderson (8-0) early. The Golden Bears totaled four hits in the first two innings and drew three walks through four innings. But after allowing a RBI double in the second, Anderson did not allow a single hit over his final four innings of work and finished with five strikeouts. It was his fifth consecutive start with at least five innings pitched and no more than four hits allowed.
Millersville quickly erased the one-run deficit in the fourth.
Dan Neff started the inning with a walk and scored on a
Chas McCormick hit. With two outs in the inning and the bases empty,
Mitch Stoltzfus started another rally with a single. The next five hitters followed with singles. Orris drew a walk and Neff cleared the bases with a triple, capping a seven-hit, two-walk, seven-run inning.
Five Marauders finished with two hits. In addition to his two hits, two runs and three RBIs, Neff added a walk and two steals.
Millersville honored its seven seniors in between games. The 2016 class posted a 167-49 record, never lost a single PSAC East series, won four PSAC East titles, a PSAC Championship, earned a national No. 1 ranking and is expected to reach its fourth NCAA Atlantic Regional.
The Marauders host Wilmington for a nine-inning non-conference game Monday and then focus on its May 8 PSAC Tournament game against California (Pa.). The Marauders play at 12:30 p.m.
