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Mustangs Halve Non-League Double Dip With Widener

CHESTER, Pa. - Stevenson and Widener split a non-conference baseball doubleheader Saturday afternoon at the Widener Baseball Field.  The Mustangs posted a 12-7 victory in the opener, before the Pride used a five-run sixth to post a win in the nightcap that was shortened to eight innings due to darkness.

  • Stevenson (3-1) scored at least one run in seven of nine innings and put up three-run innings in the second and seventh and a pair of runs in the eighth.
  • Alex Kidwiler doubled with two outs in the top of the first and scored on a double steal.
  • In the second, a Trent Smoot double plated Tommy Holcomb, while Nate Perkins had an RBI groundout and Kevin Murray, Jr. delivered an RBI single that made it 4-0 as Smoot scored.
  • Murray knocked in his second run of the game in the fourth as his RBI single brought in Holcomb.
  • Sam Ferreira singled with two out and no one on in the fifth and then came in on a Holcomb triple to make it 6-1, as Widener (1-1) pushed across a run in the second.
  • The Mustangs extended the lead to 9-1 with three runs in the top half of the sixth.
  • The Pride scored twice in the bottom of the sixth, then after shutting Stevenson out in the seventh, scored more times to cut the Mustang advantage to 9-7.
  • Ferreira delivered a two-run single in the eighth that brought in Billy McAdam and Kidwiler.
  • Smoot tripled in the top of the ninth to bring in Cooper Sancomb, who was pinch-running for Phil Dao who led off the ninth with a double.
  • Murray and Kidwiler each finished with three hits as the Mustangs outhit the Pride 14-9.
  • Murray, Ferreira and Smoot each recorded two RBI.
  • Matt Reich started and worked 6.1 innings, allowing seven hits and five runs and picking up the victory.
  • Malcolm Edelin worked the final 2.2 innings in relief and picked up the save, allowing one hit and no runs while striking out four and walking one.

  • Stevenson grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a two-run McAdam single through the right side.
  • After the Pride tied the game with a pair in the bottom of the first, Kidwiler singled with two out and scored when McAdam was caught in a rundown after a single.
  • Holcomb belted a two-run home run in the fourth to extend the Stevenson lead to 5-2.
  • A solo Widener home run in the bottom of the fourth made it 5-3, but a Kidwiler RBI single that brought in Murray made it 6-3 in the fifth.
  • Widener plated a run in the fifth, then scored five times in the sixth, taking advantage of three Mustang errors, to take a 9-6 lead.
  • Stevenson got a run back in the eighth when Ferreira worked a leadoff walk and came home on a Holcomb double.
  • Kidwiler finished 3-4 at the plate while Murray, McAdam and Holcomb each had two hits.
  • The Mustangs outhit the Pride 10-9, but were hampered by six errors.
  • Patrick Sullivan started on the mound and allowed four runs in five innings.  Vaughn Steeves allowed three unearned runs and was tagged with the loss.

  • Kidwiler is batting .600 through the season's first four games, while Murray is hitting .526.
  • Reich improved to 2-0 in a pair of starts.

  • Stevenson has added a doubleheader for Sunday, March 14 at noon against Alvernia at Sugar Field.
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Players Mentioned

Phil Dao

#6 Phil Dao

OF/DH
5' 9"
Senior
Malcolm Edelin

#27 Malcolm Edelin

P
5' 10"
Junior
Sam Ferreira

#24 Sam Ferreira

1B
6' 2"
Senior
Tommy Holcomb

#9 Tommy Holcomb

OF
5' 10"
Senior
Alex Kidwiler

#20 Alex Kidwiler

3B
6' 2"
Senior
Billy McAdam

#8 Billy McAdam

IF
5' 10"
Junior
Nate Perkins

#13 Nate Perkins

OF
5' 11"
Senior
Matt Reich

#33 Matt Reich

P
6' 2"
Junior
Cooper Sancomb

#50 Cooper Sancomb

OF
6' 0"
First Year
Trent Smoot

#23 Trent Smoot

C
5' 8"
Junior
Vaughn Steeves

#39 Vaughn Steeves

P
6' 5"
Sophomore
Patrick Sullivan

#14 Patrick Sullivan

OF/P
5' 9"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Phil Dao

#6 Phil Dao

5' 9"
Senior
OF/DH
Malcolm Edelin

#27 Malcolm Edelin

5' 10"
Junior
P
Sam Ferreira

#24 Sam Ferreira

6' 2"
Senior
1B
Tommy Holcomb

#9 Tommy Holcomb

5' 10"
Senior
OF
Alex Kidwiler

#20 Alex Kidwiler

6' 2"
Senior
3B
Billy McAdam

#8 Billy McAdam

5' 10"
Junior
IF
Nate Perkins

#13 Nate Perkins

5' 11"
Senior
OF
Matt Reich

#33 Matt Reich

6' 2"
Junior
P
Cooper Sancomb

#50 Cooper Sancomb

6' 0"
First Year
OF
Trent Smoot

#23 Trent Smoot

5' 8"
Junior
C
Vaughn Steeves

#39 Vaughn Steeves

6' 5"
Sophomore
P
Patrick Sullivan

#14 Patrick Sullivan

5' 9"
Senior
OF/P

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