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Photo by: Mark Palczewski
Millersville starts PSAC East play with win at Kutztown
3/11/2022 5:08:00 PM | Baseball
KUTZTOWN, Pa. - Ben Wilchacky, Christian Wingard and Kris Pirozzi combined to hold Kutztown scoreless for the final eight innings of Friday's PSAC East opener, leading the Millersville Marauders to a 3-2 road win.
Friday marked the beginning of a new schedule format for PSAC league play that features a nine-inning game on Fridays followed by a seven-nine doubleheader. Wilchacky (5-0) won for the fifth time in five starts, and the Marauders rallied from a 2-0 deficit, using Keegan Soltis' RBI groundout in the sixth to take the lead for good.
The Marauders were limited to three hits, but Wingard and Pirozzi combined for 3 2/3 hitless, scoreless innings in which they allowed just two runners to reach base.
Millersville (11-5) has now won six of its last seven.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
• Wilchacky entered the game riding a streak of 15 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, but Kutztown scored twice in the top of the first. A leadoff single and back-to-back hit batsmen loaded the bases. One run scored on a wild pitch, and a second came home on a balk. But Wilchacky quickly settled. He got two fly outs to escape the inning and went on to finish with 5 1/3 innings.
• Millersville's bats promptly answered as well. Soltis led off the top of the second with a walk. Two sacrifice bunts and two Kutztown errors later and the game was tied. Chase Simmons scored on Tyler Wrights squeeze with two outs.
• Millersville manufactured the go-ahead run in the sixth. Bren Taylor led off with a single and moved to third on Thomas Caufield's single. With one out, Soltis hit a roller to the third baseman, and Taylor raced home for the Millersville lead.
• Wingard ended Kutztown's sixth by rolling a 4-6-3 double play and set down the Golden Bears in order in the seventh. Pirozzi entered in the eighth with a runner on first and quickly fanned two and sat down three in a row. In the ninth, Pirozzi hit the second batter of the inning, but he rallied with a strikeout and fly out to end it.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Bren Taylor, Caufield and Simmons totaled Millersville's hits--all of which were singles. Caufield also drew a walk.
• Pirozzi's save was his third of the season, and he totaled three strikeouts in two innings.
UP NEXT
• Because of the expected weather, Millersville and Kutzton will play a doubleheader at Cooper Park on Sunday, starting at 12 p.m.
Friday marked the beginning of a new schedule format for PSAC league play that features a nine-inning game on Fridays followed by a seven-nine doubleheader. Wilchacky (5-0) won for the fifth time in five starts, and the Marauders rallied from a 2-0 deficit, using Keegan Soltis' RBI groundout in the sixth to take the lead for good.
The Marauders were limited to three hits, but Wingard and Pirozzi combined for 3 2/3 hitless, scoreless innings in which they allowed just two runners to reach base.
Millersville (11-5) has now won six of its last seven.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
• Wilchacky entered the game riding a streak of 15 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, but Kutztown scored twice in the top of the first. A leadoff single and back-to-back hit batsmen loaded the bases. One run scored on a wild pitch, and a second came home on a balk. But Wilchacky quickly settled. He got two fly outs to escape the inning and went on to finish with 5 1/3 innings.
• Millersville's bats promptly answered as well. Soltis led off the top of the second with a walk. Two sacrifice bunts and two Kutztown errors later and the game was tied. Chase Simmons scored on Tyler Wrights squeeze with two outs.
• Millersville manufactured the go-ahead run in the sixth. Bren Taylor led off with a single and moved to third on Thomas Caufield's single. With one out, Soltis hit a roller to the third baseman, and Taylor raced home for the Millersville lead.
• Wingard ended Kutztown's sixth by rolling a 4-6-3 double play and set down the Golden Bears in order in the seventh. Pirozzi entered in the eighth with a runner on first and quickly fanned two and sat down three in a row. In the ninth, Pirozzi hit the second batter of the inning, but he rallied with a strikeout and fly out to end it.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Bren Taylor, Caufield and Simmons totaled Millersville's hits--all of which were singles. Caufield also drew a walk.
• Pirozzi's save was his third of the season, and he totaled three strikeouts in two innings.
UP NEXT
• Because of the expected weather, Millersville and Kutzton will play a doubleheader at Cooper Park on Sunday, starting at 12 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wilchacky, Ben (5-0)
L: Z. Male (0-5)
S: Pirozzi, Kris (2)
Batting:
RBI: Soltis, Keegan 1 ; Morris, Sam 1 ; Wright, Tyler 1
SH: Simmons, Chase 1 ; Seibert, John 1 ; Wright, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Taylor, Bren 1 ; Soltis, Keegan 1 ; Simmons, Chase 1
SB: Caufield, Thomas 1 ; Simmons, Chase 1
Base Running:
RUNS: M. Kelly 1 ; G. Moretski 1
SB: M. Kelly 1
CS: E. Martini 1
HBP: G. Moretski 1 ; M. Peers 1 ; M. Piscotty 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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3
R
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H
1
RBI
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AB
5
R
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H
0
RBI
0
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