Baseball

Delaware Valley College 9, DeSales University 3

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - - Delaware Valley scored five times in the sixth inning to break a 2-2 stalemate and the host Aggies went on to a 9-3 triumph over DeSales University in a Freedom Conference game.

The win was the seventh in the last game for Delaware Valley, including two of three over the Bulldogs, as it improved to 15-8 overall and 3-3 in the conference. DeSales fell to 12-12 overall and 5-4 in the Freedom.

In the sixth, Zach Jakubowski and Mike Isgro reached on back-to-back singles, but a pop up followed for the second out of the inning, The Bulldogs went to their bullpen and Brent Terlecky drew a walk to load the bases. Travis Roth then drew a walk of his own to plate Jakubowski for a 3-2 lead.

Freshman Zach Chodur came to the plate and the number nine batter delivered with a single to left field that brought home both Isgro and Terlecky for a 5-2 advantage. Dylan Saldutti then reached on an error to reload the bases. Kellen Jarrett smoked one up the middle that was stopped in the infield, but there was no play at any base and Roth scored. The ball was then tossed over second base on a late attempt to make a play and Chodur crossed the plate for a five-run inning and a 7-2 lead.

DeSales got one back in the seventh as pinch-hitter Zac Hess notched an RBI single. With two runners on and two outs, Aggie reliever Brian Hafer entered the game and he got Carson Slonaker to fly out to left to end the threat.

Delaware Valley then put the contest away in the bottom of the eighth as Kyle Bobb ripped an RBI double and Jakubowski knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly for a 9-3 score.

The Aggies got their first run of the game off a passed ball in the first inning. It remained a 1-0 ballgame until the fifth when an RBI ground out by Tim Fiorito and an RBI double by Evan Zechman gave the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead. Delaware Valley tied it in the bottom of the stanza as Saldutti legged out an infield hit that scored Terlecky. The Aggies then followed with the big sixth inning and the victory.

Dan Metague improved to 4-1 on the year as the senior allowed three runs and seven hits in six-plus innings of work. Hafer picked up his first collegiate save with a scoreless, two-plus innings of work. Bobb, Jakubowski and Jarrett had two hits apiece while Chodur was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.

Doc Neiman was the lone Bulldog to have a multiple-hit game as he went 2-for-4. Mike Newland started and took the loss as he allowed four runs (three earned) and seven hits in five-plus innings.