ADA — Marietta kept its hopes of winning the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional alive by taking down Monmouth College 10-2 at Ohio Northern University on Thursday, May 21.
Dale Hurst lived up to being the Pioneers' ace as he struck out eight Scots and allowed four hits over seven innings. He improves to 12-2 on the mound. John Burns and Jim Kennedy each pitched a scoreless inning of relief.
Marietta (52-5-3) got on the scoreboard in the third inning as the Pioneers plated six runs on five hits. Mark Talarico drove in two runs on a triple and scored on Marty Sberna's single to left.
Dan Munday went 2-for-2 with a double, while Tom Gammiere, Ken Lisko and Jon Shuler each added two hits in the victory.
Monmouth's Jim Fabiaski had a double and a triple for the Scots.