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Milligan handles Hilbert College

Milligan College, TN-Milligan bangs out 25 runs and 24 hits to sweep Hilbert (NY) College in the doubleheader on Thursday afternoon. Milligan won 15-1 and 10-0 to run their record to 15-11.

Game 1
Milligan scored 12 runs in the first two innings to run away with 15-1 victory over the Hawks. Milligan had 17 hits and nine different players scored a run. Scott Shealy led the way going 3 for 4 with his third home run of the season. He also scored three runs.

Jason Torres knocked in a total of four runs with a single in the first inning and a double in the second inning.

Ben Whittemore had two hits and sacrifice fly. He knocked in two and scored two runs.

Dustin Price had three singles. He scored two runs and knocked in two runs. Pat Gould also had three hits for the Buffs.

Jacob McAllister worked the first three innings on the mound picking up his first win of the season. He improves to 1-1 on the season. He gave up one hit while striking out three batters.

Chase Allcott tossed the final two innings for the Buffs. He stuck out four batters. He gave up one run on two hits. It was the first run given up by Allcott this season.

Hilbert College .......000 01x x 1 ..3 ..2
Milligan College ....662 1xx x 15 17 4
Frank Morasco and Tim Parsell. Jacob McAllister , Chase Allcott(4) and Jason Torres. WP Jacob McAllister (1-1) LP Morasco HR Scott Shealy (3)

Game 2
Nathan Chandler started the scoring in the first inning with a three-run triple and later scored on a Dustin Price sacrifice fly to put Milligan ahead, 4-0. He finished the game with two hits and 5 RBI's for the Buffs.

Brian LeHeup ended the game in the fifth inning driving in two runs with a double. He had two hits, two runs scored and two RBI's for the Buffs.

Aaron Wallus tossed three innings to pick up the win for the Buffs. He allowed one hit while striking out three batters to improve to 1-0 on the season. Josh Mitchell pitched the final two innings giving up one hit and striking out two.

Milligan will travel to Bristol tomorrow to play King College. They will play a doubleheader at 1:00 PM. They will conclude the three game series on Saturday at 1:00 PM.

Hilbert College....... 000 00x x 0 2 2
Milligan College ....420 22x x 10 7 0
Mark Grabowski and Tim Parsell. Aaron Wallus, Josh Mitchell (4) and Nathan Chandler. WP Aaron Wallus (1-0) LP Grabowski.

 

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