• Box Score

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Feb. 25) – The California University of Pennsylvania baseball team completed the three-game series sweep over Charleston (W.Va.) with a 5-3 victory at Appalachian Power Park on Monday afternoon.

With the win, the Vulcans improve to 3-0 overall for the first time since the 2009 season. Meanwhile, the Golden Eagles drop to 0-3 this year.

Junior Adam Mylant (Latrobe, Pa./Derry) earned the win with 0.2 inning of relief and freshman Mick Fennell (Butler, Pa./Butler), who started the game in left field, recorded the save after tossing 4.0 innings of two-hit relief. Senior starter Kyle Thomas (Munhall, Pa./Steel Valley) took a no-decision after allowing three runs (all earned) on six hits and two walks in 4.1 innings with six strikeouts.

In the bottom of the second, Charleston had runners on second and third before Thomas kept the game scoreless with back-to-back strikeouts and a line out to end the inning. The Vulcans took the lead in the fourth, scoring four runs on three hits. Junior center fielder Ben Carson (Coal Center, Pa./California) reached on an error to start the inning before moving to second on a sacrifice bunt. After a hit by pitch, sophomore shortstop Matt Peters (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) collected a two-out RBI single before freshman designated hitter David Marcus (Whitby, Ontario/Father Leo J. Austin) followed with a two-run double. Marcus then scored on an RBI single by junior third baseman Derrik Zeroski (Clinton, Pa./West Allegheny).

Cal U added an insurance run in the fifth when sophomore second baseman Giovanni Morales (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep) scored from second on a single by Fennell.  In the bottom of the inning, the Golden Eagles scored three runs before Mylant forced Charleston to leave two runners in scoring position. In the sixth, Fennell made his first career pitching appearance and forced the Golden Eagles to leave another runner in scoring position.

Morales and Zeroski each finished the game with two hits, while Marcus registered a pair of RBI.

Golden Eagles starter Alec Austin (0-1) suffered the loss after allowing five runs (one earned) on five hits in 5.0 innings of work. Charleston left nine runners on base in the loss, including five in scoring position.

Cal U returns to action on Wednesday, Feb. 27, when it hosts Penn State-Greater Allegheny for a nine-inning game at CONSOL Energy Park, starting at 2 p.m.