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DANVILLE, Va. - Jacob Waller picked up his
third win in his fourth start of the season, limiting the Stevenson
University baseball team to just three earned runs on 10 hits while
striking out 10 in a complete game effort to lead the Cougars to a
5-4 victory Friday afternoon at Owen-Fulton Field.
With Averett (8-10-1) clinging to a one-run lead in the top of
the ninth, Waller struck out the side to give the team its third
win out of the last four.
After senior Sean Dolan (Odenton/Arundel) hit a
two-out double to left center, Waller got sophomore Kyle
Van Beek (Bel Air/John Carroll) to strike out swinging to
end the game with the game-tying run in scoring position.
Waller struck out seven different Mustangs, including Van Beek
who he fanned in four out of his five plate appearances. Van Beek
also walked.
The Mustangs (9-5) took a 2-1 lead in the top of the second on a
sacrifice fly by junior George Papuchis (Damascus/Good
Counsel) following an RBI double by senior Ryan
Baione (Waldorf/Westlake).
The Cougars would briefly reclaim a one-run lead with two runs
in the bottom of the inning, both courtesy of Andrew Higgins'
who tied the game with an RBI-single and later scored on a double
to right center by Eric Sibrizzi.
Senior Wade Keenan (Eldersburg/Liberty)
would tie the game in third with a sacrifice fly to
center that scored Dolan.
Averett broke the 3-3 tie in the bottom of the
fifth following a pair of back-to-back walks to lead off the
inning. After advancing one base on a ground out, Michael
Moore and Jake Loye both scored on Stevenson's third
error of the contest, giving the Cougars what proved to be the
game-winning run.
The Mustangs committed five errors in the contest which led to
four of the Averett's runs being unearned while the Cougars had
three errors.
Baione made his third start of the year on the mound for
Stevenson, allowing just one earned run on six hits over 4.0
innings before leaving the game in the fifth with an apparent arm
injury.
Sophomore Chris Maienshein
(Finksburg/Westminster) and junior Brian
Spinazzola (Baltimore/Boys Latin) combined to finish the
final four innings.
Dolan and sophomore Dustin Tarlow
(Finksburg/Westminster) each finished the game 2-for-4
while Baione and junior Dan Leonard (Cambridge/South Dorchester)
went 1-for-2 with one RBI apiece.
Stevenson concludes its five-game road trip on Tuesday at
Washington (Md.). First pitch is at 3:00 p.m.
