Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (April 7) – After suffering a heartbreaking 11-inning contest on Friday, the FDU-Florham baseball team (7-14, 4-5 MAC FREE) locked in and took the series from King's (9-14, 2-10 MAC FREE) with two wins on Sunday's doubleheader, 6-5 and 8-3.
 
Game One
 
An RBI double to left center by Tyler McCulloch (Berkeley Heights, NJ) gave the Devils the early 1-0 edge in the top of the first inning. The Monarchs answered quickly however as an RBI single up the middle tied the contest after one inning. King's took the advantage in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI double to right field.
 
FDU retook the lead quickly in the top of the fifth inning when Mark Geist (Middlesex, NJ) drove Sean Wodell (Freehold, NJ) home on a single through the left side and Zach Ganca (Merrick, N.Y.) who plated Geist on an RBI single to left field. King's tied the game in the bottom of the frame on a double down the left field line and took a 5-3 lead on a two-RBI single to right field.
 
Backs against the wall, the Devils got just enough runs in the top of the seventh, getting the three runs they needed to take the lead and eventually the win. Gabe Francisco (Rutherford, NJ) scored the game-winning run as he was able to make it home on an error by the third baseman.
 
Nick Rizos (Wood Ridge, NJ) got the start for the Devils, pitching 4.2 innings while allowing two earned runs and striking out a season-high six batters. Chris Kaponis (Burlington Twp., NJ) notched the win on the mound in relief as he pitched 2.1 innings and allowed only one hit and struck out two batters.
 
Tyrus Chippendale (Middlesex, NJ) went a perfect 4-for-4 on his at bats during the contest.
 
FDU SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | Tyler McCulloch RBI double to left center (1-0, FDU)
T5 | Mark Geist singled through the right side, scoring Sean Wodell (2-2)
T5 | Zach Ganca RBI single to left field (3-2, FDU)
T7 | Tyler McCulloch reached on a fielder's choice; Tyrus Chippendale scored (4-5, KC)
T5 | Brody Donovan RBI to left field (5-5)
T7 | | Vincent Ferrigno reached on a throwing error by the third baseman; Gabe Francisco scored (6-5, FDU)
 
Game two

The two teams exchanged blows through the first five innings of the matchup. The Monarchs scored first on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning. Ganca evened the contest in the top of the third on single to center field, but King's retook the lead in the bottom of the frame on a bases-loaded hit by pitch to make the score, 2-1 Monarchs. McCulloch tied the game in the top of the fifth on an RBI single through the right side but King's immediately responded in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single to center field to make it 3-2.

The Devils took advantage of the game in the top of the sixth inning when Chris Kubas (New Providence, NJ) launched a three-run homer over the left field fence to spark the offense to three more runs after. The defense held the Monarchs scorless the rest of the way to win, 8-3 and take the three-game
MAC Freedom series.

Jonathan Rodenhaver (Port Republic, Md) started on the mound for the Devils and pitched four innings. He allowed eight hits, four earned runs and struck out two batters. Jake Stollar (Flemington, NJ) earned the win in relief with 2.1 innings pitched and allowed only one hit.

FDU SCORING SUMMARY
T3 | Zach Ganca singled to center field; Chippendale scored (1-1)
T5 | Tyler McCulloch RBI single through the right side (2-2)
T6 | Chris Kubas three-run home run to left field (5-3, FDU)
T6 | Tyler McCulloch sacrifice fly to center field, Wodell scored (6-3, FDU)
T6 | Tyrus Chippendale stole home (7-3, FDU)
T6 | Mark Geist Scored on a passed ball (8-3, FDU)
 
FDU-Florham travels to Hoboken, NJ for a weekday doubleheader against Stevens on Tuesday, April 4 with the first game starting at 3:00 pm.

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