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Griffins Sweep West Liberty

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

Seton Hill hosted West Liberty on Sunday afternoon in another WVIAC doubleheader.  The first 9 inning contest counts in the WVIAC standings.  Seton Hill took game one by a 13-5 score.  Seton Hill closed out the day with a 10-6 victory in game two.  SHU is now 30-9 overall and 20-4 in WVIAC play.      
 
The Griffins got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the third.  Dan Abbenante led off with a double, stole third and scored on a Brendan Costantino single.  Jackson Boyd made it 2-0 with a sac fly.  Josh Forbes singled in another run to increase the lead to 3-0.  Abbenante gave the Griffins a 4-0 lead in the fourth with an RBI single.  West Liberty got a run back in the fifth. 
 
The Griffins got that run right back in their half of the fifth.  Boyd doubled after one out and scored on a Mike Cima RBI single.  The Hilltoppers made it 5-2 with a run in the sixth.  A two run homer in the top of the seventh cut the Griffins lead to 5-4.  An unearned run tied the score at five in the seventh.  Cody Herald came thru with a key 2 RBI single with two outs in the seventh to break the 5-5 tie and give the Griffins a 7-5 lead.  The Griffins added two more thanks to a West Liberty error.  Boyd added two more with a two run bomb in the eighth.  SHU added two more and led 13-5 after eight. 
 
Mike Bittel earned the win in relief.  Dan Abbenante led the offense with 4 hits.  Jackson Boyd added 3.        
 
West Liberty took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first of game two.  Cody Herald singled in a run to cut the lead to2-1 in the bottom of the first.  Dan Abbenante tied the score at two with an RBI single in the second.  Nick Sell added two more runs with a single to center.  Mike Cima perfectly executed a squeeze play to increase the lead to 5-2 in the third.  West Liberty tied the score at five in the fifth.  Jeff Simon's sac fly gave the Griffins a 6-5 lead in the fifth.  Brendan Costantino then drove in two with a double.  A dropped pop up gave the Griffins two more runs and they led 10-5 in the fifth.    
 
Brad Schnelle earned the victory.  Nick Sell and Cody Herald each had 3 hits. 
 
SHU will travel to WV Wesleyan on Wednesday.            
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