• Game 1 Box Score
• Game 2 Box Score

LORAIN, Ohio (April 23) – In its final non-conference action of the season, the California University of Pennsylvania baseball team claimed a doubleheader sweep at Notre Dame (Ohio) on Tuesday afternoon, winning 11-3 and 4-1.

With the sweep, the Vulcans have won five of their last seven games to improve to 29-12 overall. Cal U enters the final two weekends of the regular season needing just one victory to reach the 30-win plateau for the seventh time in 10 years. Meanwhile, the Falcons have lost four of their last five games to fall to 16-24 this season.

In Game 1, Cal U broke a scoreless tie in the top of the third when sophomore shortstop Matt Peters (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) delivered a two-out, bases-loaded single. The Vulcans added to their lead with five runs on three hits and two walks in the fifth inning, beginning with a solo homer by senior left fielder Kyle Petty (Stewartsville, N.J./Phillipsburg), his fourth of the year. Cal U later loaded the bases before sophomore pinch runner Chris Mitko (Columbus, Ohio/Northland) scored on a ground-out and Peters scored on a wild pitch. Junior third baseman Derrik Zeroski (Clinton, Pa./West Allegheny) followed with a two-run double later in the inning,6-0.

The Vulcans stretched their lead to 11-0 after scoring five runs in the top of the seventh. Following a double and walk to open the inning, junior right fielder Chuck Gasti (Carmichaels, Pa./Carmichaels) scored on an error. Freshman center fielder Mick Fennell (Butler, Pa./Butler) later added a two-run double before Zeroski scored on a sacrifice fly and junior designated hitter Ben Carson (Coal Center, Pa./California) delivered an RBI single.

Freshman starter Cory Craig (Youngsville, Pa./Youngsville) earned the win after scattering four hits and three walks over 5.0 scoreless innings. NDC starter Tanner Scott (3-5) suffered the loss after allowing six runs (four earned) on five hits and five walks in 4.2 innings.

Peters finished 3-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored, while Petty went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs. Fennell and Zeroski both collected a pair of RBI and Gasti scored twice.

In the nightcap, sophomore Luke Burton (Ambridge, Pa./Ambridge) posted the victory after yielding one run (earned) on four hits with three strikeouts in 4.0 innings. Petty registered his fourth save of the year after finishing with two strikeouts in 1.0 inning of relief. Falcons starter Zach Gresch (2-4) was saddled with the loss after allowing four runs (all earned) on nine hits in 7.0 innings.

Cal U scored a pair of runs on four hits in the top of the second. Peters opened the inning with a single and scored from first on a double by freshman designated hitter David Marcus (Whitby, Ontario/Father Leo J. Austin), who then scored on a single by Fennell. The Vulcans added to the lead in the third with a two-out RBI single by Marcus before the Falcons countered with a run in the bottom of the inning. Cal U posted an insurance run in the sixth on an RBI ground-out by sophomore second baseman Justin Taylor (Julian, Pa./Bald Eagle).

Marcus finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run, while Fennell and Peters both collected a pair of hits. Petty posted three steals in the nightcap to raise his league-leading total to 30.

Cal U returns to conference play this weekend, starting with a doubleheader at Slippery Rock on Friday, April 26, at 1 p.m.