CARLISLE, Pa. - The Dickinson baseball team clubbed a combined 28 hits and posted 21 runs, while not recording a single error on the defensive end of the field as the Red and White opened up Centennial Conference play with a sweep of the visiting Washington College Shoremen at MacPhail Field on Sunday afternoon winning by scores of 12-1 and 9-6.

Game One - DEVILS 12, Shoremen 1
Pitching Decision
W - Ethan Hamilton (3-0) | L - Anthony Sofran (3-4)

Inside the Game
Starters Ethan Hamilton and Anthony Sofran were on cruise control through the first two innings as Dickinson managed the only two hits, but had nothing come of it. After Hamilton setdown the Shoremen in order for the third, the Red and White got to Sofran for one in the home-half as Dylan Posencheg led things off by reaching on error. He then swiped second, before Kenny Tagliareni worked a walk to put two on. Tagliareni was caught stealing with Kaden Sigmon at-bat, but his AB would end up being a productive one as a groundout to short resulted in Posencheg breaking for third which led to the first baseman launching a throw into left allowing the man to score giving DC the 1-0 edge through three.

Washington recorded their first hit against Hamilton with two away during the fourth when Nick Miller punched one through the left-side. However, he was stranded out there when a fielder's choice by Andrew Wenger resulted in him being forced out at second. In the bottom portion of the frame a single from Sigmon and intentional walk to Andrew Mazzone left two on with two gone for Matt Torres. He smoked the Sofran offering right back up the box for an RBI, before Chase Weller followed with a curling double down the left-field line to plate Mazzone. Johnny Bruno ended the rally with a flyout to right. The Devils tallied one more an inning later in the sixth when Nathan Bowman kicked things off with a two-bagger down the left-field line Two batters later with Tagliareni at the dish a wild pitch uncorked by Sofran let the runner reach third. That set the stage for Tagliareni smacking a ball off the leg of the pitcher allowing Bowman to hustle home and put the hitter on first with one down. Unfortunately, a flyout for Sigmon and groundout from Christian Kim wrapped things up. 

A clean top of the seventh for Hamilton sent Dickinson to the dish in the home-half against new WC pitcher Tyler Titus. He was greeted by singles from Mazzone and Torres to leave men on the corners with no outs for Weller who provided a sacrifice fly to center scoring pinch-runner Will Ferris for the 5-0 edge. Johnny Bruno was then plunked by a pitch and Bowman worked a free pass to fill the bags for Posencheg. He would not face Titus as Graham Halfpenny replaced him on the hill and allowed a sac fly to center for the sixth run of the game letting the Devils hold a 6-0 lead into the eighth. The visitors grabbed their only run of the game in the top of the inning as a leadoff triple for Cole McGee chased Hamilton from the contest and brought in Charlie Bien. He would record a strikeout, RBI groundout and another strikeout to retire the side at 6-1. Dickinson racked up six more runs against the Shoremen bullpen in the home-half as a walk to Tagliareni, led to a two-run bomb from Sigmon off of Jack Smith. A walk to Kim the brought in Matt Corda. He immediately was put under duress as back-to-back knocks from Torres and Weller loaded the pillows with one gone. After a sac fly by Bruno, another hit batsman re-loaded the bases. The next three Devils, Posencheg, Tagliareni and Sigmon all provided one RBI to stretch it out to 12-1. The third arm of the inning was Vincent Bawden and he got pinch-hitter Colin Jones to popup for the final out. Bien then put down the Shoremen hitters "three up, three down" to end the game.

Game Two - DEVILS 9, Shoremen 6
Pitching Decision
W - Koll Peichel (3-2) | L - Izaiah Santiago (3-3) | S - Pat Metzger (1)

Inside the Game
Devils starter Koll Peichel allowed a one-out base runner in the top of the first on a hit batsman, but got Logan Yi to bounce into a 6-4-3 double play to retire the side. DC would strike first for the second game in a row as Tagliareni was hit by an Izaiah Santiago pitch, before a fielder's choice and an error on Sigmon's at-bat put two on for Kim. He whiffed on strike three for the second out, but on that play a double-steal would see the throw from the catcher go awry allowing Tagliareni to come in for the 1-0 edge after one. Unfortunately, for the Red and White the Shoremen had an answer right away as a single from McGee led to an RBI knock to left by Ty Everitt with one gone. A single from Reese Hirsh had them on the corners for Nick Miller, but Everitt was caught trying to steal home as Peichel attempted to pickoff the runner at Hirsh at first. Dickinson pulled the run right back in the last of the second with a little two-out thunder with three consecutive singles by Bruno, Bowman and Posencheg led to one scoring to reclaim a 2-1 edge with two in the books. Peichel produced a shutdown top of the third to give his offense a chance to do more damage in the bottom-half, which is exactly what they did plating three more on four hits. Sigmon started the rally with a single, prior to scoring on a Mazzone two-bagger to right-center. Two batters later Ryan Thompson ripped a single to left placing runners on the corners for Bruno. He extended the margin to 5-1 by slamming the Santiago pitch down the right-field line driving home both men. He was left in scoring position however as Bowman went down on strikes for the last out. The Devils offense came up with two more during the fourth when a hit-by-a-pitch and a pair of walks (one intentional) led to Torres pulling a ball into left for two RBIs and a 7-1 lead going to the fifth.

Washington applied some pressure on DC in the top of the sixth as the first four men reached allowing one man to score on a hit up the middle by Elias Philiposian. That left the bags full of Shoremen for Everitt. He did not face Peichel however as Joey Sangiuolo took over on the mound and gave up a fielder's choice to second plating one more, before a groundout by Hirsh cut it down to 7-4. Sangiuolo then settled down and got a Miller groundout to third for the last out. The Red and White once again had an immediate response as with one-out and one on Kim poked one to right putting runners on the corners for Mazzone. He continued his stellar day with an RBI knock to left-center, which was followed right up by a sac fly off the stick of Torres to push the lead out to 9-4 heading to the seventh. 

After a scoreless seventh, Grayson Walker went to the hill for the eighth and ran into some trouble as with one down he allowed an infield single, followed by four straight walks to force home two runs to cut the deficit down to 9-6. Pat Metzger then entered the game and made a strong statement striking out first two men he faced to retire the side. He then slammed the door on any hopes of a Shoremen comeback in the top of the ninth as he notched strikeout numbers three, four and five to finish off the game.

The On-Deck Circle
Dickinson (14-6-1, 2-0 Centennial) is back in action on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 pm when they play game one of their two-game Centennial Conference series against McDaniel College at MacPhail Field. 

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