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Box Score 2 Portsmouth, Ohio - The baseball program at Thomas More defeated the Bears of Shawnee State in both games of day two by scores of 16-3 and 8-7. With the win the Saints improve to 25-14 on the year and 12-7 in Mid-South Conference play.
Game One: Thomas More wins 16-3.
- Senior Bailey Martin (Independence, Ky./Simon Kenton) would get the Saints on the board early as he would put a ball in play to score Brett Benzinger (Taylor Mill, Ky./New Richmond) for a 1-0 lead.
- First-year Gavin Vogelgesang (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) would hit a double to right center to score Aiden Reverman (West Chester, Ohio / Lakota West) and Cooper Daniels (Franklin, Ohio/Franklin) to increase the lead to 3-0.
- Benzinger would add a run in the top of the second with a single to score first-year AJ Enginger (Hamilton, Ohio/Badin) from third to increase the lead to 4-0.
- Sophomore Gavin Pearson (Burlington, Ky./Randall K. Cooper) singled past the first baseman to score Vogelgesang to grow the lead to 5-0.
- Junior Derek Atwood (Burlington, Ky./Conner) would single home both Pearson and Benzinger to extend the lead to 7-0.
- First-year Brady Baldock (Burlington, Ky./St. Henry) would single past the third baseman to score Martin to make the lead 8-0.
- Reverman would put the ball in play to score Atwood to score the ninth run of the game to make the score 9-0 after two innings.
- In the top of the third Martin would collect a single to score Benzinger for the second time of the game and make the score 10-0.
- Atwood would collect his second single of the game to score Martin for a lead of 11-0.
- Baldock would smack a double to left center to score Atwood from second, increasing the lead to 12-0.
- Shawnee State would score two runs in the bottom of the third via a home run to cut the lead to 12-2.
- Martin would collect his third and fourth rbi of the game in the top of the fourth by doubling to right field, scoring Benzinger and Enginger.
- Junior Jacob Caruso (Rootstown, Ohio/Rootstown) would pick up a single to center field to score Martin to increase the score to 15-2.
- The Bears would score a run in the bottom of the fourth to trim the lead to 15-3.
- In the top of the fifth Reverman would hit a solo home run to bring the final tall to 16-3 in favor of the Saints.
- Benzinger went four-for-five in the game with four runs scored and one rbi.
- Martin collected three hits in five plate appearances with four rbi's and three runs scored.
- Atwood went three-for-five with three rbi's and two runs scored.
- Caruso went a perfect three-for-three in the game with one rbi while drawing two walks.
- Enginger went three-for-four in the game with two runs scored.
- Sophomore Mychal Grogan (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) pitched five innings allowing two earned runs on three hits with five strike outs.
- Sophomore Zach Dugan (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) threw two innings allowing no runs on one hit.
Game Two: Thomas More wins 8-7.
- Shawnee State jumped out to an early 3-0 lead with three runs in the bottom of the first.
- In the top of the third the Saints would get on the board as Enginger scored from third.
- In the top of the fifth Martin would hit a two-run home run to score Pearson and himself to tie the game at three all.
- Reverman would keep the rally going in the top of the fifth with a double to score Atwood to take a 4-3 lead.
- The Bears would add a run in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at four heading into the sixth.
- Thomas More would retake the lead in the top of the sixth as Pearson would single through the left side to score Vogelgesang for a 5-4 lead.
- Martin would collect his second home run of the game, this time a three run home run, scoring Benzinger and Pearson for an 8-4 lead.
- Shawnee State would make things interesting in the bottom of the ninth scoring three runs, before striking out to end the game with a final score of 8-7 in favor of Thomas More.
- Martin collected two hits in five at bats with five rbi's, two runs scored, and two home runs.
- Reverman went two-for-four at the dish with an rbi and a double.
- Vogelgesang collected two hits in four plate appearances with a run scored and would draw a walk.
- Sophomore Landen Scott (Independence, Ky./Simon Kenton) pitched five innings allowing four runs on six hits with six strikeouts.
- Dugan would make his second appearance on the day by pitching three innings, only allowing two hits with four strikeouts.
- Austin Dennis (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) would collect his second save of the weekend by coming in and striking out the only batter he faced.
Baseball will return home for their next contest where they will play host to UC Clermont on Tuesday, April 19 at 4 p.m. ET at Thomas More Field.
