Lycoming baseball defeats Moravian 3-1 on Saturday at home
A pair of eighth-inning hits and a pair of wild pitches helped the Lycoming College baseball team score two runs and lift itself to a series sweep of Moravian, 3-1, in Landmark Conference action at Brandon Park on Saturday.
With the game tied at one, senior Evan Mok delivered a line single under the second baseman’s glove with one out in the bottom of the eighth before junior Nick Reeder, a Montoursville graduate, drove a hard-hit ball under the first baseman to put runners on second and third. A wild pitch brought Mok diving across the plate with the go-ahead run and Reeder scored on a two-out wild pitch.
Sophomore Grayson Rinker, a Montoursville graduate, saved his eighth game of the year, facing four batters, allowing a hit and striking out one to close the game in the ninth.
The Warriors (19-15 overall, 11-8 Landmark) used four pitchers, allowing just five hits in the game. Junior A.J. Llorente, a Montoursville graduate, pitched the first five innings, allowing four hits, allowing an unearned run in the second inning, and striking out seven. First-year Eddie Weindel pitched a scoreless sixth before sophomore Hunter Daab (1-0) pitched two innings, getting a ground ball double play in the seventh and striking out the side in the eighth before yielding to Rinker.
Moravian hurler Matt Snyder (6-4) tossed 7 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and three runs. He allowed a second inning single before sophomore Sean Perkins drilled his fourth homer of the season to tie the game in the sixth. He walked one and struck out two.
The Greyhounds fell to 10-21 overall and 4-13 in the Landmark.
The Warriors get back on the field on Tuesday when they host Marywood University in a 4 p.m. non-conference game.