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Box Score 2 PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Sophomore
Christian Herstine (Beaver, Pa./Beaver Area) pitched a no-hitter in Marietta College's 8-0 win over Montclair State University Thursday (March 13) afternoon. It was the 21st no-hitter in program history and the first since Brian Gasser no-hit Baldwin Wallace in 2011.
Herstine (2-0) faced two batters over the minimum. Three Redhawks reached base via the walk, but one was erased with a double play. Herstine struck out nine MSU batters and needed just 101 pitches in the game.
Marietta (6-2 overall) scored six runs in the first three innings and added a couple of insurance runs in the seventh inning.
Second baseman
Christian Demko (Xenia/Bellbrook) smacked a three-run double in the second inning. Demko finished the game 2-or-5 with a run scored and the three RBI.
Shortstop
Ryan Hanahan (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) and right fielder
Tim McCoy (Willoughby/St. Ignatius) both went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a triple.
The win over Montclair State (3-5 overall) avenged a 5-4 loss to the Redhawks on Monday.
In the second game of the afternoon, No. 10-ranked Marietta fell to No. 6-ranked Webster University (4-1 overall) by the score of 5-4 in 10 innings.
The Gorloks built a 4-0 lead before the Etta Express got rolling and scored three runs in the eighth and one in the ninth to forcing the extra inning.
Sophomore
Jason Byers (East Granby, Conn./East Granby) started on the mound for Marietta and worked 6.0 innings. He allowed three runs on eight hits with a walk and six strikeouts. Freshman Jim Luyster pitched 3.0 innings and gave up one run on no hits and struck out three.
Junior
Mike Fulton (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills) (0-1) was tagged with the loss. Fulton tossed the tenth inning and was touched up for a run on three hits.
Trailing 4-0 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning,
Clint Roche (New Oxford, Pa./New Oxford) led off with a single up the middle. Hanahan followed with a base hit through the right side of the infield. After a fly out, both runners moved up 90 feet on a passed ball.
Demko dropped a single down the right field line scoring Roche and moving Hanahan to third. After a pitching change, a wild pitch allowed Demko to move up to second base.
First baseman
Mitch Geers (West Chester/Lakota East) was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. A second wild pitch scored Hanahan. Left fielder
Josh Ungerbuehler (Cincinnati/Roger Bacon) reached on an error driving in Demko with Marietta's third run of the inning. Webster ended the rally with a double play.
Catcher
Chris Winpigler (Frederick, Md./Tuscarora) led off the ninth with a single.
Doug Bennett (New Castle, Pa./Shenango) pinch ran for Winpigler at first base. Pinch hitter
Tyler Packanik (Plant City, Fla./Newsome) dropped down a sacrifice bunt but the throw to first sailed down the line allowing Bennett to move all the way to third base.
Roche was hit by a pitch loading the bases with no outs. Hanahan grounded into a double play allowing Bennett to score the tying run.
Three singles in the top of the tenth inning gave Webster the bases loaded with one out. Matt Wollnik lined out to McCoy in right field. On the play, Connor Hogan tagged at third and headed for the plate. McCoy's throw was high and Connor slid in safely with the go ahead run.
In the bottom of the tenth Marietta got a pair of base runners but couldn't get the RBI base hit.
Winpigler and Hanahan each had two hits in the game for Marietta.
Marietta added a varsity game to the schedule for Friday (March 14). The Pioneers will play Farmingdale State at 11:00 a.m. and No. 11-ranked Wheaton (Mass.) at 2:30 p.m. Fans can follow the Etta Express all season long at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on Twitter.
