Game One Box Score
Game
Two Box Score
COCOA, Fla. – The Norwich University
baseball team split a doubleheader with Franciscan (Ohio) on
Tuesday at Cocoa Expo Stadium. The Cadets dropped the opening game,
8-1, before picking up their first win of the young season in the
nightcap, 5-1.
Ian Caird took the hill for Norwich (1-3) in the opener. After a
tough first inning in which he gave up four earned runs, Caird
settled down and retired the Barons in order three straight innings
before being lifted with two outs in the sixth after giving up four
more runs.
Matt Liedel went 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs for
Franciscan (2-4) to lead them in the first game. Aurteri
Rocco, meanwhile, chipped in two RBIs on two hits.
Norwich was anemic offensively, scratching out just five
singles. Junior OF Travis Dyke managed to push senior OF James
Ramsay across the plate for the team's only run with an RBI
groundout in the third inning. Ramsay had reached on a single
through the left side before stealing second and advancing to third
on a groundout.
David Wygonski (1-0) pitched a great game for the Cadets in the
second game, going six full innings, and allowing only one unearned
run while striking out four.
Sophomore 2B Sean Kennedy came through in clutch for Norwich in
the fifth inning when he drove in two runs with a two-out single.
Junior C Mitch Blair led off the inning with a double to deep left
field. The Cadets plated a total of four runs in the frame to surge
in front, 4-1.
Freshman RHP Ben Kleiner came on in relief for NU in the top of
the seventh with two runners on and nobody out. He managed to work
around an error and record the final three outs to end the contest.
The Cadets continue the Florida portion of their schedule in
Friday March 19 when they tangle with Hilbert at 1 p.m.
