Baseball

Delaware Valley College 4, King's College 0 (Game 1)
King's College 2, Delaware Valley College 0 (Game 2)

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - - Delaware Valley College's Mike Isgro and King's College's Daniel Jenkins each hurled complete-game shutouts as the two teams split a Freedom Conference doubleheader on Monday. The Aggies took the opener, 4-0, before suffering a 2-0 setback in the second game.

The twinbill was the first at home for Delaware Valley following two road games and a 10-game schedule on its Spring Break trip to Florida. The split moved the Aggies to 8-6 overall and 1-1 in the conference while the Monarchs saw their record go to 6-7 and 1-3. The two teams will complete the three-game series with a nine-inning contest in Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday (3:30 p.m).

The first game saw Isgro improve to 3-0 on the season, including his second shutout of the year. He allowed one walk and eight hits, but got out of jams all afternoon as King's left eight runners on base. Isgro finished the day with eight strikeouts to give him 27 in 22 innings of work this season.

It was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when Brent Terlecky reached on a fielder's choice and Kellen Jarrett drew a walk. The two advanced a base on as Joel Porambo grounded to second for the second out of the inning. Kyle Bobb stepped to the plate and the senior first baseman drilled a single into left field to bring home both runners and give Delaware Valley a 2-0 lead.

King's threatened in the top of the fifth as Phil Moskowitz led off with a single and, following an out, Matt Livoy reached on a hit and Jon Vernarchick walked to load the bases. However, Isgro caught cleanup batter Pat McCoy looking at a third strike and then fanned Gracjan Kraszewski to end the inning. Isgro then allowed just one base runner over the final two stanzas.

The Aggies got their remaining runs in the bottom of the fifth as a Kevin Weingart drive to right field was lost in the sun for a double, Zach Jakubowski reached on an error and Travis Roth loaded the bases with a single. Terlecky grounded out to short, but Weingart scored on the play for a 3-0 lead and Jarrett followed with a single to bring home Jakubowski.

Roth was the lone Aggie to have a multiple-hit game in the opener as he went 2-for-4. J.R. Graver (2-for-4) and Vernarchick (2-for-2) paced the King's offense. Livoy took the loss for the Monarchs despite allowing just two earned runs and seven hits over five-plus innings.

The nightcap belonged to Jenkins (2-0) as the sophomore gave up just one walk and two hits while fanning five. King's managed just four runs off Delaware Valley starter Sean Tappan, but scratched out runs in the first and sixth innings for the win.

In the first, Graver led off with a walk and moved to third on a wild pitch and a ground out. He then scored as Tappan could not cleanly field a comebacker by Vernarchick for a 1-0 lead. In the sixth, McGlynn doubled to right-center and Matt Unger followed with a single that brought home pinch-runner Mike Fignar.

Delaware Valley had chances in the fourth and seventh, but Jenkins held them at bay each time. The Aggies put runners on second and third with just one out, but a fly out by Isgro and a ground out by Jarrett ended the inning. Then in the seventh, back-to-back errors by the Monarchs put the tying runs on base with one out. However, Jenkins fanned pinch-hitter Anthony Perry and got pinch-hitter Bobby Oakes to ground out to short to wrap up the game.