IU Baseball PT Sal Serici catch in Winchester
Pam Theisen
IU Baseball Sal Serici in a game earlier this season
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Immaculata IMMACULA 9-23, 4-6 AEC
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Winner Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD 12-21, 2-8 AEC
Immaculata IMMACULA
9-23, 4-6 AEC
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Final
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Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD
12-21, 2-8 AEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Immaculata IMMACULA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 2

W: M. Inglisa (3-4) L: LePage, Alex (5-5)

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Immaculata IMMACULA 9-24, 4-7 AEC
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Winner Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD 13-21, 3-8 AEC
Immaculata IMMACULA
9-24, 4-7 AEC
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Final
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Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD
13-21, 3-8 AEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Immaculata IMMACULA 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 8 18 3
Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 9 14 2

W: C. Hamilton (2-0) L: Breisblatt, Kade (0-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Drops a Pair of Games at Gwynedd Mercy on Friday

IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata baseball team dropped both games of their Atlantic East Conference doubleheader at Gwynedd Mercy on Friday. Gwynedd Mercy won each game in their final at-bat, winning game one 2-1, and game two 9-8. With the losses Immaculata falls to 9-24 overall, and 4-7 in Atlantic East Conference play. Gwynedd Mercy improved to 13-21 overall, and 3-8 in Atlantic East Conference play. 

Game One: Gwynedd Mercy 2, Immaculata 1 (7 innings) 

How it Happened 

  • Immaculata opened the scoring in the top of the first inning when Nick Turnage got an RBI single to second base to score Matt Passerini to take a 1-0 lead. 

  • Gwynedd Mercy tied the game in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single to right field by Cooper Root. 

  • Gwynedd Mercy walked off the game in the bottom of the seventh inning on an RBI single to right field by Cooper Root to win 2-1. 

Inside the Numbers 

  • Alex LePage took the loss, throwing 6.1 innings, allowing eight hits, two earned runs, and four strikeouts. 

Game Two:  Gwynedd Mercy 9, Immaculata  8

How it Happened 

  • Immaculata opened the scoring in the top of the first inning when Luke Hardnock singled to right field to score Nick Turnage to give Immaculata a 1-0 lead. 

  • Gwynedd Mercy responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning on a two-run single. 

  • Gwynedd Mercy added a run in the bottom of the second inning to take a 3-1 lead. 

  • Immaculata scored a run in the top of the third inning to cut the lead to 3-2 on an RBI single by Sal Serici

  • In the top of the fourth inning, Maddox Stern hit an RBI double to center field to score Ryan Struble. Robert Woodward followed with a two-run home run to center field to give Immaculata a 5-3 lead. 

  • Gwynedd Mercy scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 6-5 lead.  

  • In the top of the sixth inning, Immaculata took a 7-6 lead on a two-run single by Sal Serici

  • Gwynedd Mercy tied the score int eh bottom of the sixth on a fielding error by Maddox Stern

  • Joey Steff put Immaculata ahead 8-7 in the top of the seventh inning on a pinch hit double to center field. 

  • Gwynedd Mercy tied the score at 8-8 in the bottom of the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly to center field. 

  •  Gwynedd walked it off again in the bottom of the ninth with an infield single to second base. Second baseman Steven Theisen made a strong play but was unable to throw out the runner at first base in time as the winning run scored for Gwynedd Mercy to win 9-8. 

Inside the Numbers 

  • Kade Breisblatt took the loss in relief allowing one hit, one earned run, and one walk.  

Up Next 

  • The Immaculata baseball team hosts Gwynedd Mercy on Monday, April 28th at 3:00 p.m. at the IU Baseball Stadium as they try to salvage the third game of their series and keep their postseason hopes alive. 

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