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Box Score 2 MARIETTA, Ohio – Junior third baseman
(East Granby, Conn./East Granby) started on the mound for Marietta and worked 7.0 innings. He allowed two runs on six hits with a pair of walks and 10 strikeouts. Luyster (0-2) took the loss after giving up one run in 2.0 innings. He allowed one hit, walked one and struck out one.
After struggling at the plate in the first game, Marietta's offense got off to a slow start in the nitecap as well. Muskingum starter, Alex VanDine, shutout the Pioneers through the first four innings as Muskingum clung to a 1-0 lead.
Christian Demko (Xenia/Bellbrook) and
Tyler Packanik (Plant City, Fla./Newsome) delivered RBI singles in the bottom of the fifth to get the Etta Express rolling. Hanahan crushed a triple to straight away center field in the sixth scoring two more.
The floodgates opened for Marietta in the seventh when the Pioneers sent 10 hitters to the plate resulting in five runs.
Zach Bukiewicz (Minford/Lucasville Valley),
Mitch Geers (West Chester/Lakota East),
Josh Ungerbuehler (Cincinnati/Roger Bacon),
Clint Roche (New Oxford, Pa./New Oxford) and Hanahan each drove in a run.
Marietta plated four more in the eighth inning as Roche lined a two-run single to center and Hanahan knocked in two more with a double don the right field line.
Junior
Mike Fulton (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills) (1-1) picked up the win in relief of starter
Mike Finlan (State College, Pa./State College). Fulton pitched 3.1 shutout innings allowing five base hits. Finlan gave up three runs on seven hits in 5.2 innings of work.
VanDine (2-3) went 6.0 innings and was charged with four runs on six hits. He walked three and struck out six. Three other Muskie pitchers worked the final 2.0 innings.
The Pioneers banged out 15 hits in the game led by Hanahan's three extra base hits. Bukiewicz, Ungerbuehler and Roche each finished with two hits, while Roche collected three RBI.
Marietta travels to Cleveland on Sunday (April 6) for a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader at No. 21 Case Western Reserve University. The Pioneers defeated Case Western 3-2 back on March 1st in Beckley, W.Va. 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.
