STROUDSBURG, Pa. – The Saint Anselm College baseball team dropped the series finale against East Stroudsburg University on Monday by a final score of 3-1 from Creekview Park. The Hawks fell to a 3-6 overall record while the Warriors improved to 7-3 with the non-conference sweep over the weekend.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm travels to Cary, N.C. for four games next weekend beginning on Saturday, March 9 against the College of Saint Rose at 10:00 a.m. from the USA Baseball National Training Complex.
Score: Saint Anselm 1, East Stroudsburg 3
Win: R. Dewees (1-0)
Loss: J. Reminder (2-1)
Records: Saint Anselm 3-6; East Stroudsburg 7-3
Location: Stroudsburg, Pa. (Creekview Park)
Date: Monday, March 4, 2024
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Senior catcher Nolan Elmore (Brentwood, N.H.) caught a pair of Warrior base runners stealing in the opening two innings of the game for the Hawks. Two punch outs by junior pitcher Jared Reminder (Warwick, R.I.) to kept the game level at 0-0.
- In the third inning, Walker Zampella drove in the first run of the game for East Stroudsburg on a single to put the Warriors up 1-0. After Reminder recorded his third strikeout of the day, Shanley Wall earned an RBI single that brought home Zampella to make it 2-0.
- East Stroudsburg pitcher Ryan Dewees kept the Saint Anselm bats quiet through the fourth and fifth innings, not allowing a single Hawks hit and earning three strikeouts. In the bottom of the sixth inning, freshman Austin Brune (Billerica, Mass.) produced his first collegiate hit with a laser to right field. He later earned his first career steal, but the Hawks remained down two runs heading into seventh inning.
- Junior pitcher Adam Betty (Lowell, Mass.) checked into the game for Saint Anselm and allowed just one hit in the bottom of the sixth. The Hawks got on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh thanks to an RBI double down the left field line by Elmore that scored senior Zack Clough (Newbury, Mass.), cutting the Warriors lead to 2-1.
- East Stroudsburg answered in the bottom of the seventh as Colin Houck brought in the third run for the Warriors with a single to make it 3-1. Betty then punched out two batters in the bottom of the eighth to keep Saint Anselm down by just two runs.
- Senior Aidan Dow (Lynn, Mass.) kick-started the top of the ninth for Saint Anselm with a single to right field followed by another single from Elmore, giving the Hawks two baserunners with nobody out. East Stroudsburg's closer Gavin Sopko, however, sealed the Warriors sweep against Saint Anselm after forcing a pop up and striking out the final two batters of the inning.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- East Stroudsburg tallied nine hits in comparison to five hits by Saint Anselm. Neither team recorded a single error in the series finale. The Hawks left seven runners on base while the Warriors stranded six runners.
- Elmore ended the day going 2-for-4 at the plate featuring an RBI and a double. Clough, Dow, and Brune each recorded one hit with Brune posting both his first career hit and steal for Saint Anselm.
- Reminder picked up his first loss of the season after pitching five full innings and allowing two earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts. Betty allowed one earned run off two hits for the Hawks after entering the game in the sixth inning before junior Marko Gibbons (Lowell, Mass.) came in to toss the final 1.1 innings where he struck out a pair.
- Houck led the Warriors offense with two hits from three at bats to go along with an RBI and a run scored.
- Dewees earned the win for East Stroudsburg after throwing five innings, giving up zero runs and punching out five batters.
- This marked the 13th meeting between these two programs all-time. Saint Anselm falls to 3-10 overall against East Stroudsburg and has lost the last eight games to the Warriors.
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