ELKINS, WV -- Shepherd College swept Davis & Elkins in WVIAC baseball action on Wednesday afternoon in Elkins. Mike Spry's (Kent County/Chestertown, MD) two-run homer in the eighth inning lifted Shepherd to a 4-2 triumph in game one and the Rams rapped 18 hits in a 10-1 victory in the nightcap. Shepherd clinched the WVIAC Northern Division title when Salem International split with Davis & Elkins on Tuesday.
Jason Walck (Waynesboro/Waynesboro, PA) went 4-for 4 to lead the Rams in game one.
Trailing 1-0, Shepherd plated two runs in the third inning. Brad McCullough (Susquehannock/ New Freedom, PA) and Walck singled and later scored on a two-run single off the bat of Charlie Drummond (Strasburg/Strasburg, VA).
The Senators tied the game at 2-2 with a run in the fifth to set the stage for Spry's extra inning heroics.
Brian Renner (Handley (Potomac State)/Winchester, VA) went the distance to improve to 9-2, while Davis & Elkins ace Perry Cunningham suffered the loss.
Spry went 4-for-5 with three singles and a triple to pace the Rams in the nightcap. Drummond added a three-run homer that keyed a six-run sixth inning for the Rams.
J.R. Fitzwater (Hedgesville (Potomac State)/Hedgesville, WV) recorded five strikeouts and went the distance to improve to 10-2 on the year. His 10 victories tie the SC single-season mark set by Brian Renner in 2002. Former James Buchanan High standout Josh Ebersole suffered the loss.
Shepherd improves to 24-16 overall, 18-6 in WVIAC play, while Davis & Elkins falls to 15-27, 8-16. The Rams will return to action on May 9 in first round action of the WVIAC Tournament in Princeton.
Game One
Shepherd 002 000 02 4 7 3
Davis & Elkins 100 010 00 2 9 0
Cunningham and Cook; Renner and Rhea.
HR: SC - Spry (8th, one on).
WP: Renner (9-2)
LP: Cunningham (9-3)
Game Two
Shepherd 030 610 0 10 18 1
Davis & Elkins 001 000 0 1 5 1
Ebersole, Proudfoot (4) and Cook; Fitzwater and Rhea.
HR: SC - Drummond (4th, two on).
WP: Fitzwater (10-2)
LP: Ebersole
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