Shepherd College Athletics

SHEPHERD BLANKS OSWEGO

SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV --Shepherd College blanked SUNY-Oswego, 9-0, in baseball action at Fairfax Field on Saturday afternoon.

Shepherd took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Tavis Laws (Stephens City, VA/Sherando/Eastern Mennonite) led off with a double and later scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Josh Delawder (Paw Paw, WV/Paw Paw HS/Potomac State).

The Rams added a run in the third when Laws walked, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single up the middle by Joe Cook (Leesburg, VA/Loudoun County HS).

Shepherd erupted for six runs in the fourth with Cook's two-run single highlighting the inning. The Rams added a run in the sixth when Delawder doubled and later scored on a sacrifice fly from Shane Wines (Front Royal, VA/Warren County HS) to complete the scoring.

Laws was 2-for-3 with three runs scored, while Cook was 2-for-4 and drove in three runs. Delawder and Jon Serrano (Stafford, VA/Brooke Point HS) also added a pair of hits.

Shepherd starter Brad McCullough (New Freedom, PA/Susquehannock HS) picked up the win, while Laker starter Mike Cortellini took the loss.

Dan Vacco led the Lakers with a 2-for-3 outing. Matt Kimpland, Nick Spataro, and Jim Miner also had hits.

Shepherd improves to 2-3 on the year, while Oswego falls to 0-1. The Rams will return to action on Monday when they travel to Mount Olive for a 3:00 p.m. contest.

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McCullough, Jackson (3), Koscielniak (5), Kirkpatrick (7), Coder (8), Bowie (9) and Drummond, Noll (8); Cortellini, Morey (3), Baca (5) and Johnson, Mariano (6).

WP: McCullough (1-1)

LP: Cortellini (0-1)

SV: none