Lancaster Bible 14, Wells College 4

Wells College Starters
1. M. Odum 2b, 2. Z. Odum cf, 3. Izquierdo c, 4. Eitner 3b, 5. Valinoti lf, 6. Legaretta ss, 7. Kemp 1b, 8. Foody dh, 9. Horne rf and 10. Cronk p

LBC Starters
1. Blake Greenly 3b, 2. Brian Coburn ss, 3. Jaden Pinkney cf, 4. Ethan Varricchione dh, 5. Harrison Hobdy 2b, 6. Adam Naylor 1b, 7. Josh Noll c, 8. Andrew Kidder lf, 9. Kaden Hunt rf and 10. Trevor High p

How it Happened
The Lancaster Bible College baseball team got up early on Wells College to take a dominant 14-4 win in game one of their three-game series on Saturday, April 30.

The Chargers (16-19 Overall, 11-8 United East) struck first in the opening frame. After Blake Greenly hit a lead-off double, Brian Coburn sent him home with a double of his own, driving in the first run of the game. Jaden Pinkney singled to put runners on the corners, then an error allowed Coburn to score. In the next at-bat, Ethan Varricchione hit LBC's third double of the inning, scoring Pinkney. Harrison Hobdy launched his first career triple, extending the Charger lead to four. Josh Noll knocked a single into center field, scoring Hobdy to give LBC a 5-0 advantage.

LBC had another huge run in the top of the fourth inning. Greenly and Coburn got on base and pulled a double steal to get into scoring position. Pinkney lifted a double to right field, driving in both runners to make the score 7-0. Pinkney then scored on a single from Varricchione, the eighth run of the game. Adam Naylor kept the scoring going, smashing an RBI double to extend the LBC lead to nine runs. Noll immediately followed, putting a base hit through the middle that drove in two runs. Later in the inning, Coburn got his second hit of the inning, driving a two-run single through the infield to put the Chargers up 13-0.

The Express (8-26 Overall, 3-15 United East) ended the shutout, putting up two runs in the seventh inning. LBC tacked on another run in the ninth inning. Greenly singled to left field and Pinkney was hit by a pitch to put two runners on. Hobdy then reached on an error that allowed Greenly to score, putting LBC up 14-2. Wells scored two more runs in the bottom of the ninth, but the Chargers held on for the 14-4 victory.

Inside the Numbers
- Brian Coburn led the charge, batting 4-6 and driving in three runs
- Josh Noll picked up two hits and drove in three RBIs
- Jaden Pinkney and Ethan Varricchione each blasted a double and drove in two RBIs
- Harrison Hobdy recorded his first collegiate triple
- The Express were led by Luke Eitner who went 2-4 with a two-run home run
- The Chargers had the bats working, launching six extra-base hits including five doubles

On the Mound
- Trevor High had a great start on the mound, pitching 7.0 innings and allowing just two runs on six hits, striking out a career-high nine batters
- Logan Kline closed out the game, pitching the final 2.0 innings and giving up two runs on two hits, picking up a strikeout

Who's Next
The baseball team will wrap up the regular season tomorrow as they face Wells College in a double header on Sunday, May 1.

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