Eagles Bounce Back with 18-10 Win against Denison
Emory University sophomore Kevin O'Connor drove
in five runs, including a bases-loaded triple, and junior
Mark Mazur added three RBIs, leading the Eagles to
a 18-10 win over Denison University.
After a scoreless first inning, the Eagles notched four in the
bottom of the second, including RBI hits for Matt
Fennell, Gabe Shivers and O'Connor to
take a 4-0 lead. Emory would add on three more in the bottom
of the third, including two on an RBI double from Andrew
Cohn, to take a commanding 7-0 lead.
Denison would get back into the game with three runs in the fifth
inning to close the gap to four runs, but O'Connor's bases-loaded
triple in the bottom of the fifth would bring Emory's lead to
11-3. The Eagles would go on to score four more in the sixth,
one in the seventh and two in the eighth to cement the victory.
Junior Paul Schwendel made his first start of the
season, allowing just one earned run on two hits and striking out
seven batters. Schwendel lowered his ERA to 2.08 during the
contest, the lowest among all qualifying Eagle pitchers this
season.
O'Connor finished the day two-for-four with a double and a triple
and five RBIs, and is now batting .350 with a team-best 14 RBIs
this season. Cohn added a three-for-five performance with
three runs scored and two RBIs to raise his team-leading batting
average to .382, while Mazur was two-for-two with a triple, three
runs, three RBIs and two walks. Junior Patrick
Riebsame went three-for-five with a double and two
RBIs.
The Eagles finished the game with eight extra base hits in the
contest, while playing 24 players in the contest.
Despite the positives for the Eagles, the game was an ugly one at
times, with the two teams combining to walk 19 batters and hit an
additional nine, while committing six errors.
Emory improved to 6-6 on the season with the win, while Denison
dropped to 0-1 with its season-opening loss. The Eagles will
wrap up their first part of the season on Sunday, facing Case
Western Reserve University at noon in the team's final contest
before the University Athletic Association (UAA) Tournament.
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