Cary, N.C. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Baseball team closed its four-day North Carolina road trip with an 11-4 loss to Wheeling University on Sunday at the USA Baseball National Training Complex.
STAC falls to 2-6 on the season, while Wheeling improves to 4-3.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Top 3rd Inning - Dylan Maltby doubled to left field, 2 RBI; Josh Rush advanced to third base; Brett Johnson scored; Cade Lacy scored. (2-0 WU)
Top 3rd Inning - Nicholas Schulz singled to center field, 2 RBI; Dylan Maltby scored; Josh Rush scored. (4-0 WU)
Top 3rd Inning - Spencer Craig doubled to right field, RBI; Nicholas Schulz scored. (5-0 WU)
Top 4th Inning - Dylan Maltby flied out to center field, RBI; Brett Johnson advanced to third base; Cade Lacy scored. (6-0 WU)
Top 4th Inning - Keaton Ference singled to right field, RBI; Josh Rush advanced to third base; Brett Johnson scored. (7-0 WU)
Bottom 7th Inning - Michael Zeis advanced to third base; Anthony Dimarco scored on a passed ball, unearned. (7-1 WU)
Bottom 7th Inning - David Potenza stole second base; Michael Zeis stole home. (7-2 WU)
Bottom 7th Inning - Chris Ewing grounded out to third base; David Potenza advanced to third base, scored on an error by the shortstop, unearned. (7-3 WU)
Top 8th Inning - Josh Rush doubled to center field, 2 RBI; Brett Johnson advanced to third base; Cade Lacy scored, unearned; Michael Norton scored, unearned. (9-2 WU)
Top 8th Inning - Keaton Ference singled to right field, 2 RBI; Dylan Maltby advanced to second base, out at third base; right field to third base; Josh Rush scored; Brett Johnson scored, unearned. (11-2 WU)
Bottom 9th Inning - Nick Oelcher struck out swinging, out at first base; catcher to first base; Chris Ewing advanced to third base; Alex Celeiro scored. (11-4 WU)
STAC PERFORMANCES:
- Chris Ewing recorded two hits in five at-bats with a double.
- The Spartans also saw hits from Nick Oelcher (1-5), Brian Klumpp (1-4, Double), Ryan Appell (1-1) and Alex Celeiro (1-1, 2 Runs, Walk) in Sunday's North Carolina finale.
- Tom O'Neill got the ball for the Spartans and was charged with five runs on five hits over three innings of work, while walking one and striking out three Cardinals hitters. O'Neill was charged with loss and falls to 0-2 on the year.
- Eliahs Delgado, Nickolas Berasti, Trey Eckman, Matthew Callaghan, Lorent Hoti and John Dezago each saw time out of the bullpen for the maroon and gold. The sextet combined to allow six runs (three earned) on six hits, with six walks and three Ks.
FACTS & FIGURES:
- The Spartans totaled 4 runs on 6 hits, with 2 errors, while Wheeling earned 11 runs on 11 hits, with two errors.
- STAC pitchers struck out 6 Cardinals batters, while issuing 7 walks on the day.
- St. Thomas Aquinas stranded 8 runners on base, while Wheeling left 7.
UP NEXT:
STAC heads back to Cary, North Carolina and the USA Baseball National Training Complex for a four-game weekend set against Southern New Hampshire Unversity, Wilmington University (Del.) and Adelphi University March 7-9.