WASHINGTON, Pa. (March 27) – Despite utilizing a vastly different lineup, the California (PA) baseball team extended its winning streak to eight games with a 6-4 victory over Walsh (Ohio) at Wild Things Park on Wednesday afternoon.
RECORDS/STATS
• The Vulcans improve to 15-4 this season behind a 9-2 record at home.
• The Cavaliers fall to 14-8 overall under 41st-year head coach Tim Mead, who has over 900 career wins.
• Cal and Walsh have played at least one every year at Wild Things Park since 2015 with the exception of last spring.
STATS
• Senior catcher
Hunter Fiori posted two hits, including a solo homer in the sixth, and two RBI.
• Freshman
Conner McTighe collected two hits, one RBI and two runs in his first career start at first base.
• Junior
Conor Carney tallied two hits and one run in his first start at third base this season.
• Junior left fielder
Ryan Callahan added two hits and one run scored against the Cavaliers.
• Sophomore
Luke Treloar (1-2) earned his first career victory on Wednesday after allowing only one base runner (hit by pitch) over 3.0 innings of scoreless relief.
• Freshman
Josh Bryson registered the first save of his career, retiring the Cavaliers in order in the top of the ninth.
ACTION
• Walsh capitalized on a throwing error in the second and scored a pair of unearned runs before Cal scored in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly, 2-1.
• The Cavaliers extended the lead back to multiple runs in the third on an RBI ground-out with runners on the corners.
• Cal tied the score at 3-3 in the fifth after McTighe delivered an RBI double and then scored on an RBI single by Callahan, both with two outs.
• Fiori led off the sixth with a homer, his first of the season before senior right fielder
Colby Rockacy later collected a two-out RBI double, 5-3.
• The Cavaliers cut the deficit to 5-4 on a sacrifice fly in the seventh before straining the game-tying run at third base.
• Cal added an insurance run in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Fiori.
NEXT
• The Vulcans return to league play this weekend with a four-game series against No. 25 Seton Hill, starting with a doubleheader in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on Friday, March 29, at 1 p.m.
