WASHINGTON, Pa. (April 10) – The California (PA) baseball team scored multiple runs in four innings while rolling to an 11-1 victory against Wheeling at Wild Things Park in non-conference play on Wednesday afternoon.
RECORDS/SERIES
• The Vulcans improve to 21-8 this season behind a 13-4 mark in home games.
• The Cardinals fall to 18-13 overall while ranking second in the Mountain East Conference (MEC) standings.
• Cal has won all three meetings against Wheeling this year after opening the spring with a pair victories over the Cardinals in February.
STATS
• Junior left fielder
Ryan Callahan posted three hits, three RBI and three runs scored while hitting cleanup.
• Freshman
Ikon Jones finished with two hits, one RBI and two runs scored after entering the game as a pinch-runner.
• Freshman center fielder
Jason Nuttridge tallied two hits and three RBI in the victory.
• Junior second baseman
Santino Marra collected two hits and one run scored, while freshman shortstop
Caleb Collins scored twice.
• Sophomore
Luke Treloar (2-2) earned the win after tossing 2.1 scoreless innings of relief.
• Freshman
Evan Ables worked 4.0 innings (63 pitches) and allowed one run (earned) on one hit while making his first career start.
• Junior
Aidan Ruiz logged 1.2 innings of scoreless relief in his first action since March 20 and redshirt freshman
Ryan Sluk posted 1.0 inning of scoreless relief on Wednesday.
ACTION
• Wheeling stranded runners on second and third in the first inning before Cal left the bases loaded in the bottom of the first.
• The Vulcans took a 3-0 lead in the third inning behind a two-run triple by Callahan and later a two-out RBI single by Nuttridge.
• Wheeling scored one run in the top of the fourth before Cal scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to take a 5-1 lead.
• The Vulcans added to the lead with three runs on three singles and two walks in the sixth inning, 8-1.
• Callahan and Jones collected back-to-back RBI singles with two outs before Jones scored on a wild pitch.
• Cal stretched the lead to 11-1 after tallying three runs on two singles, one walk and two hit by pitches in the eighth.
• The Vulcans scored twice on back-to-back hit by pitches with the bases loaded before the final run scored on a fielder's choice.
• Wheeling starter Carson Ashby (0-1) suffered the loss after allowing three runs (one earned) on four hits in 2.1 innings (46 pitches).
• The Cardinals used seven different pitchers in the contest with no reliever working more than 1.2 innings.
NEXT
• Cal returns to PSAC West play this weekend with four-game series against Slippery Rock, beginning with a road doubleheader on Friday, April 12, at 1 p.m.
