PRINCETON, WV -- West Virginia State pounded out 18 hits en route to a 21-5 win over Shepherd College to win the WVIAC Baseball Tournament at Hunnicutt Field in Princeton on Sunday.
Trailing 7-0, Shepherd rallied with four runs in the fourth. Jake Ellifritz (Keyser (Potomac State/Coastal Carolina)/Keyser, WV) and Preston Miller (Turner Ashby/Harrisonburg, VA) each had RBI-singles to highlight the rally.
State put the game away with nine runs over the next three innings.
Shepherd's final run came on a solo homer in the sixth from Charlie Drummond (Strasburg/Strasburg, VA).
Jean-Gilles Larocque went 2-for-3 with six RBI to pace the State attack.
Mike Spry (Kent County/Chestertown, MD) went 2-for-4 to lead the Rams.
Tim Shilling went 8 1/3 innings to improve his record to 4-2. Shepherd starter J.R. Fitzwater (Hedgesville/Hedgesville, WV) fell to 6-3 with loss.
Shepherd falls to 34-10-1, while West Virginia State improves to 28-18.
Shepherd 000 410 000 5 10 3
WV State 160 225 41X 21 18 3
Shilling, DeFazio (9) and Larocque; Fitzwater, Spurgeon (4), Jackson (6), Gaskins (7), Timbers (8) and Drummond.
HR: WVS - Larocque (2nd, two on), Talkington (4th, one on), Pearce (7th, one on). SC - Drummond (6th, none on).
WP: Shilling (4-2)
LP: Fitzwater (6-3)
Jon Serrano doubled in his only at-bat against State.
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