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Box Score
GREENSBURG, Pa. (April 15) – Junior
Randy Sturgill (Leechburg, Pa./Leechburg) tossed his sixth complete game of the season and the Vulcans rallied for six runs in the bottom of the seventh to claim a 7-3 victory against Seton Hill on Friday afternoon.
With its sixth-straight win, the California University of Pennsylvania baseball team improves to 19-12 overall. Last year, the Vulcans posted a 6-5 victory over the Griffins in the NCAA Tournament after Seton Hill won both regular-season meetings. Meanwhile, Seton Hill falls to 22-7 this season after starting the year with a 3-5 mark.
Sturgill improved to 7-2 this season after allowing three runs (two earned) and eight hits over 9.0 innings with 11 strikeouts. An All-American last season, the 6-1 southpaw is now tied with
Chris Doerschner (2004-07) for second in school history with 20 career victories. Sturgill is only two wins shy of tying the all-time school record set by former major-leaguer and Olympian
Rick Krivda (1989-91).
Seton Hill took the lead in the top of the third on an error before scoring a run in the fourth on a double steal. The Griffins expanded their lead to 3-0 in the seventh on a RBI single by designated hitter Michael Leviseur. The Vulcans then claimed the lead in the bottom of the seventh when they scored six runs on five hits and one error.
With the bases loaded, Cal U scored its first run of the game on a fielder's choice by pinch hitter
Ben Carson (Coal Center, Pa./California) before senior right fielder
Chuck Faust (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) scored on error by the Griffins' catcher. The Vulcans tied the game at 3-3 when junior center fielder
Troy Handza (Glenshaw, Pa./Shaler) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and senior first baseman
Adam Links (New Hope, Pa./Central Bucks East) collected a go-ahead, RBI single with the bases loaded. Senior left fielder
Sean Welsh (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) and senior shortstop
Casey Teagarden (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) each followed with RBI singles to stretch the lead to 6-3.
The Vulcans added an insurance run in the eighth when junior designated hitter
Kyle Bowser (Stoystown, Pa./North Star) scored on an error after starting the inning with a single.
Links, Teagarden and Bowser each posted two hits in the win and combined for six of the team's eight hits on Friday.
Seton Hill starter Richard Raraigh (4-2) suffered the loss after yielding four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks in 6.0 innings. He entered the game having allowed only one earned run 31.2 innings of work this season.
Cal U is scheduled to continue its weekend series with Seton Hill on Sunday, April 17, with a doubleheader in Greensburg, Pa. The twinbill is slated for a 1 p.m. start.
