CARLISLE, Pa. - First-year pitcher
Sam Bliss tossed six shutout innings, before handing the ball off to senior
Grayson Walker to slam the door on a two-hit 4-0 shutout over the host Caltech Beavers at Caltech North Field.
Kaden Sigmon collected two RBIs on the day for the Red and White to pace the offense.
Quick Notes
Final Score - DEVILS 4, Beavers 0
Records - Dickinson (5-5) | Caltech (5-10)
Pitching Decision - W -
Sam Bliss (1-1) | L - Brendan Flaherty (2-3) | S -
Grayson Walker (2)
- Dickinson would claim the eventual game-winning run off Flaherty early in the game when with one on and two down, Matt Torres smacked an offering up the box to make it 1-0. Kyle Bailey would follow with a groundout to first retiring the side.
- Bliss then went to the hill in the home-half and posted a perfect shutdown inning by recording a flyout, strikeout and groundout in order.
- After a quiet second, Josh Markley ledoff the frame with an infield single to short, before Sigmon smashed an RBI single taking the lead to 2-0. Ryan Thompson walked and Torres singled to left filling the pillows with no one out for Bailey. He would produce a sacrifice fly to right driving home Sigmon stretching it to 3-0 after two-and-a-half.
- William Minatel began the home-half with a single to center, but he could get no further as Bliss collected a strikeout and a pair of flyouts.
- Pitching was the name of the game from innings four through six as neither side could get anything going offensively until Dickinson put two on with two down thanks to a Sigmon single and Thompson walk unfortunately, Torres grounded out to short ending the threat.
- Walker replaced Bliss to open up the last of the frame and opened his outing wth a bang notching two strikeouts and a grounder to second.
- Dylan Posencheg opened things up by being hit by a pitch, before another knock for Sigmon drove him across home plate to make it 4-0. After Sigmon was caught stealing second, back-to-back singles for Thompson and Torres gave DC the opportunity to extend their edge but Jacob Alderete got Bailey to flyout to send it to the bottom-half.
- Walker would complete the Devils outstanding day on the mound by setting down the Beavers "three up, three down" courtesy of two strikeouts and a groundout to short.
- Bliss (W) - 6.0Â ip, 2Â hits, 0Â runs, 0Â walks, 5Â strikeouts
- Walker (S) - 3.0Â ip, 0Â hits, 0Â runs, 1Â walks, 6Â strikeouts
- Hits - Sigmon and Torres (3), Luke Gartland, Kevin Schmidt, Markley and Thompson (1)
- RBIs - Sigmon (2), Bailey and Torres (1)
- Runs Scored - Sigmon (2), Markley and Posencheg (1)
- Doubles -Â
- Triples - Gartland (1)
- Dickinson (5-5) will close out their spring break in California tomorrow morning beginning at 10 am (PST) when they will play a doubleheader against the same Caltech Beavers.
