Box score
DOVER, Del. - Stevenson baseball junior
Jeff
Bihy (Baltimore/Eastern Tech) had a pair of RBI
doubles while freshman James
Castellano (Rockaway, N.J./Morris Hills) scattered
five hits and struck out seven as the fourth-seeded Mustangs handed
third-seeded Wesley a 7-4 loss Wednesday in the first round of the
CAC Baseball Championship.
Stevenson (17-13) evened its four-game season series with the
Wolverines at two games apiece and will host fifth-seeded Mary
Washington on Thursday at 3:30 p.m., after the Eagles rallied to
upset second-seeded York (Pa.) on the road, 8-5.
The Mustangs jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the fourth
as Castellano held Wesley (16-11) to just two hits through the
first three innings and Bihy added a two-run single in the
first.
Sophomore Justin
Anderson (Shrewsbury, Pa./Calvert Hall) drove in the
team's third run with a solo home run to lead off the third before
an RBI double from senior Ryan Baione
(Waldorf/Westlake) in the top of the fourth.
The Wolverines cut the lead in half with two runs in the bottom
of the fourth, but Stevenson responded with three in the fifth,
including the game-winning runs on Bihy's second two-run double
with one out.
Sophomore Joe Robak
(Baltimore/Calvert Hall) later scored Bihy with a single
to center to give the Mustangs a 7-2 advantage.
Castellano picked up his second win despite allowing five walks
and throwing three wild pitchers over 5.1 innings.
Senior Derrick Nason
(Catonsville/Reservoir) allowed one run on one hit and one
walk over 1.2 innings before sophomore Patrick Quinn (Mt.
Airy/Linganore) picked up his sixth save after allowing
surrendering just one hit and striking out two over two scoreless
innings.
Bihy finished 2-for-5 with four RBIs while Robak was 2-for-4
with one RBI.
Kevin Murphy and Billy Crowe combined for four of Wesley's seven
hits as each were 2-for-4. Ryan Doran suffered his first loss after
allowing six runs on five hits over four innings.