Baseball

Delaware Valley College 2, FDU-Florham 1 (Game 1)
FDU-Florham 2, Delaware Valley College 1 (Game 2)

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - - Strong pitching by both Delaware Valley College and FDU-Florham resulted in 2-1 scores as the two teams split a Freedom Conference doubleheader on Sunday. The Aggies took the opener with FDU-Florham bouncing back in the nightcap.

The split gave Delaware Valley two wins in the three-game series with the Devils as it improved to 18-9 overall and 5-4 in the conference. FDU-Florham saw its record move to 11-14 overall and 5-8 in league action.

The opener saw the Aggies take advantage of a pair of Devils miscues in the bottom of the seventh to bring home the winning run. With two outs and a runner on first, an error at shortstop allowed the potential winning run to move into scoring position and keep the inning alive. Kyle Bobb then lofted a fly ball to left field and it looked like the game was headed to extra innings. However, the ball was dropped for an error and Dylan Saldutti crossed home plate to give Delaware Valley the victory.

The Aggies scored a run in the third inning on an RBI single by Bobb and it was matched in the sixth as Dan Bellino delivered a two-out, run-scoring single.

Dan Metague improved to 5-1 on the season as the senior allowed just one run and three hits while striking out four. Ryan Flannery took the loss for the Devils despite allowing just two runs (one earned) and six hits in six-plus innings of work. He walked one and fanned five.

The nightcap saw Delaware Valley's Sean Tappan and FDU-Florham's Brandon Smith have a similar duel on the mound. Smith eventually picked up the win as he went six-plus innings and allowed one run and six hits while fanning seven. Tappan gave up just two runs and struck out six in six innings, but suffered the loss.

All of the scoring took place in the second inning as, in the top of the stanza, both Bill Smith and Dan Pregno drilled RBI doubles to right field. The Aggies cut that lead in half on a two-out, RBI single to right by Travis Roth.

Delaware Valley threatened in the seventh as Brent Terlecky reached on an error and pinch-runner Matt Giberson moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt by Roth. However, Bill Buckless came out of the bullpen for the Devils and got a pop up and a ground out to notch his second save of the season.

Saldutti went 3-for-4 while Zach Jakubowski was 2-for-3 as they had five of the Aggies' six hits. Pregno was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and an RBI. Hanna also had three hits for FDU-Florham, including a double.