Wilmington University’s pitching stifles Nyack hitters in sweep

Wilmington gets the scoring started early

Wilmington would get the scoring started in this game, with freshman designated hitter Shawn Edevane getting sent home when Nyack’s pitcher made an error to give his team a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning.

The Wildcats would continue to add to their lead in the second inning, where the team pushed in two more runs.

The third batter in the inning would start the action on the bases, which was junior outfielder Nic Hertzfeld, who earned a trip to first base on a walk. Sophomore shortstop Adrian Jimenez would be the next batter up, as he would hit a two-out double to center field, which would send Hertzfeld home to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead.

Two batters later, John McDonald would walk up to the plate, and he would hit a single up the middle, which would allow Jimenez to score to give their team a 3-0 lead.

The scoring party would continue in the third inning, as Wilmington’s Erik Grady would hit a three-run homer to give his team a 6-0 lead.

Wildcats win 9-0!

Four innings later, WilmU would add more cushion to their already large lead, as the team pushed through three runs in the seventh.

The first run of the inning came from John McDonald, who hit a solo home run to give the Cats a 7-0 lead in the top of the seventh inning. Three batters later, Shawn Haut flew out to the right field, but it allowed Quintin Ivy to score to give their team an 8-0 lead. Four batters later in the inning, Nic Hertzfeld hit a two-out RBI double to left-center to extend Wilmington’s lead to 9-0.

After throwing six shutout innings, Wildcats starting pitcher Ryan Sandberg was looking for one more inning to seal a complete game shutout and his team’s 9-0 win. Sandberg would do just that as he gave up two hits, struck two batters out, and the other out came from the Warriors’ base runner who was caught stealing.

We looked at the first game 9-0 win. Now let’s talk about game two’s 5-2 win.

Click below for the game stats of the second game.