Baseball | 4/5/2014 8:33:00 PM
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Box Score 2 URBANA, Ohio – The West Liberty University baseball team came out on the short end of 4-2 and 5-4 decisions hereSaturday as host Urbana swept a Mountain East Conference doubleheader.
Defense let Coach Eric Burkle's Hilltoppers (16-13, 14-9) down in the second game as only one of Urbana's five runs was earned. West Liberty picked up a pair of unearned runs in the top of the seventh to forge a 4-4 tie but a two-base throwing error and a pair of walks set up the Blue Knights' (11-7, 10-4) game-winning tally in the bottom of the frame. In the opener, Urbana broke up a 1-1 deadlock with three runs in the bottom of the fifth and a pair of Blue Knight hurlers held WLU to just four singles to close out the win. D.J. Busby had two of West Liberty's four hits.
The Hilltoppers will try to avenge Saturday's setbacks on Sunday when the teams return to Blue Knights Field for another 1 p.m. twinbill.
BASEBALL
Urbana 4, West Liberty 2
West Liberty 001 000 1 - 2 4 2
Urbana 001 030 x - 4 8 1
WLU: Smyth lp (4SO, 2W) and Carranza. Busby 2S
Urb: Bozman wp (9SO, 7W), Beall (7) (1SO, 0W) and Gammell. Paculan T, D; Lopez 2S, 2rbi; Marlett 2S, rbi
Urbana 5, West Liberty 4
(One out when winning run scored)
West Liberty 020 000 2 - 4 8 4
Urbana 200 011 1 - 5 5 2
WLU: Grosul (1SO, 3W), Fuscardo (5) (0SO, 1W), Polanski (5) (1SO, OW), Knisley lp (7) (0SO, 2W) and Francis, Carranza (7). Johnson 2S, rbi; Pierro 2S, rbi; Francis D, rbi
Urb: Kosachook (2SO, 2W), Beall (7) (0SO, 0W), Hill wp (7) (0SO, 0W) and Gammell. Vargas 2S, 2rbi; Marlett S, rbi
