Seton Hill opened the 2016 season in Williamston, NC at Riverside High School against PSAC East foe Bloomsburg. SHU scored ten times in the first four innings in route to an 11-1 win.
Seton Hill got on the scoreboard first in the top of the second inning.
Chris Miller led off the inning with a single and
Zac Heide followed with another single. Mark Collella reached base on an error to load the bases.
Tyler Sullivan then plated two runs on a single.
Taylor Schmidt added an RBI single to increase the Griffins lead to 3-0. Sullivan scored on a wild pitch to give the Griffins a 4-0 advantage. The Griffins added to their lead in the top of the third. Sullivan drew a leadoff walk. Schmidt then reached on a fielders choice.
Garret Vrbanic then singled in
Colton Carney to increase the lead to 5-0.
Anthony Fanelli then drove in two runs with a single. After a hit batter and a walk, Zach Heide cleared the fence in left center field to increase the lead to 10-0.
Bloomsburg finally got to starter
Jordan Fuller in the seventh inning. The Huskies had three straight hits to lead off the inning and scored one run to trim the lead to 10-1. SHU got that run back in the top of the ninth when
Matt Malacane lined a homer over the left center field fence.
Jordan Fuller earned his first win of the season, going 6 1/3 innings, while giving up 1 run on 5 hits and striking out 10.
Garret Vrbanic,
Zac Heide and
Matt Malacane each have two hits. Heide drives in three runs while
Anthony Fanelli and
Tyler Sullivan each drive in two.
SHU will continue play against Indiana (PA) this afternoon.