Baseball | 5/1/2015 9:36:00 AM
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Box Score 2 WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The West Liberty University baseball team swept a non-conference doubleheader from Salem International Thursday afternoon at Kovalick Field.
Coach Eric Burkle's Hilltoppers (26-17) handed the Tigers (9-40) an 8-1 setback in the first game before coming from behind for a 6-5 eight-inning win in the finale. In the opener, West Liberty scored four runs in the bottom of the first and kept right on rolling.
Anthony Pierro went 3-for-3 with a double, two singles and an RBI. Bub Haddox also went 3-for-3, chasing home a pair of runs with three singles. Taylor Snare had two singles and an RBI while Jordan Meyer doubled and drove in a run. Dustin Henry pitched into the sixth inning, giving up only one run to get the win. Tory Fuscardo finished off the sixth and Nolan Marcus hurled a scoreless seventh to close out the game. In the second game, Salem batted around in the top of the fifth to take a 5-3 lead but the Hilltoppers tied it with two runs in the bottom of the sixth and the game went into extra innings after a scoreless seventh frame.
Bruce Knisley retired the Tigers in order in the top of the eighth and West Liberty wasted little time pushing the game-winner across. D.J. Busby led off the Hilltopper eighth with a base-on-balls and promptly put himself in scoring position by stealing second. The speedy Busby then came all the way around to score when Taylor Snare dropped down a bunt single. Haddox had another big game, driving in two runs with a home run and a single, while Justice Jackson had a triple and single and picked up an RBI. Trey Smith also had a multi-hit game with a pair of singles. West Liberty closes out the regular season on the road this weekend with back-to-back 1 p.m. doubleheaders at Ohio County rival Wheeling Jesuit.
BASEBALL
West Liberty 8, Salem International 1
Salem International 001 000 0 – 1 9 5
West Liberty 400 211 x – 8 11 0
SIU: Atherton lp (2SO, 5W), Propp (4) (2SO, 4W) and Badve. Bariso D, S; Dominguez 2S, rbi
WLU: Henry wp (1SO, 0W), Fuscardo (6) (0SO, 0W), Marcus (7) (1SO, 2W) and Francis. Pierro D, 2S, rbi; Haddox 3S, 2rbi; Snare 2S, rbi; Meyer D, rbi
West Liberty 6, Salem International 5
(None out when winning run scored)
Salem International 000 050 00 – 5 8 0
West Liberty 201 002 01 – 6 10 1
SIU: Adydan (0SO, 1W), Bariso lp (6) (1SO, 1W) and Badve. Dominguez D, S, rbi; Lollio S, 2rbi; Dalton S, rbi
WLU: Polanski (4SO, 4W), Clark (5) (0SO, 0W), Knisley wp (3SO, 0W) and Smith. Haddox HR, D, 2rbi; Jackson T, S, rbi; Smith 2S; Snare S, rbi
