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Box Score (Game Two)

The Eastern Mennonite University baseball team used strong pitching efforts on the mound from sophomore Michael Moles (Waynesboro, Va./Waynesboro) and freshman Andy Richter (Perkasie, Pa./Christopher Dock) in route to a double header sweep over Guilford College Saturday afternoon in Harrisonburg, Va.

EMU won by game scores of 8-2, and 13-4. The wins push the Royals' record to 9-15-1 overall and 4-7 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Guilford falls to 16-11-1 on the year, 5-4 in the conference.

Freshman catcher Dylan Smith (Sterling, Va./Park View) went a combined 7-for-7 with two runs scored and six RBI. Junior shortstop Aaron Martin (Harrisonburg, Va./Eastern Mennonite) went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI in game one while juniors Cody Davis (Goodview, Va./Staunton River) and Chris Baker (Winchester, Va./John Handley) each drove in two runs in game two.

Moles picked up his second win of the season with a stellar performance in game one. He allowed only two runs, one earned, on six hits while striking out seven Quaker batters. Richter matched the performance by Moles in game two and collected his second career win with a 7 1/3 innings gem. Richter scattered nine hits while allowing only one earned run, striking out five.

Josh Sumler went 3-for-3 with an RBI in game one for Guilford while Terrance Penn had three hits in three trips to the plate in game two, scoring once.

Guilford went ahead by a score of 2-0 in game one after the second inning with the Royals adding a pair of their own to tie the game up in the bottom of the fourth. EMU then exploded in the bottom of the sixth inning with a six-run outburst as RBI singles by Chris Harpine (Fredericksburg, Va./Colonial Forge), Smith, and Martin contributed to the attack. Guilford committed two errors in the inning, allowing sophomore first baseman Jake Norman (Fredericksburg, Va./Colonial Forge) to drive in another run with a ground rule double to right-center.

Harpine finished the game going 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI while Norman was 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Moles did the rest from there, keeping a lead-off single by Josh Sumler from scoring as he registered two strike outs and a fly out to end the game.

In game two the Royals offense went into high gear as EMU scored six runs in the first two innings, chasing starting pitcher Alex Pecevich. The Royals were not done there as the home team pushed seven more runs across in the final six innings to cruise to the double header sweep.

Junior third baseman Daniel Martin (Harrisonburg, Va./Eastern Mennonite) went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI while Norman contributed two hits in five at-bats, scoring twice.

Sophomore designated hitter Matt Atkins (Front Royal, Va./Warren Co.) also had three hits in four trips to the plate, scoring two runs while driving in one.

The Royals will look to carry this momentum into a revenge match-up with the Eagles of Bridgewater College on Tuesday, April 7, at 4 p.m.