Stevenson Baseball Falls to Shenandoah on Senior Day
GLEN BURNIE, Md. - Greg Van Sickler struck out a career-high 13 batters and allowed just six hits in picking his seventh win in nine starts this season to lead No. 21 Shenandoah to a 9-0 victory over the Stevenson University baseball team Thursday night at Bachman Sports Complex on Senior Day.
The Hornets (32-8), who are also ranked third in the NCAA South Region, set a new school record for wins in a season by improving their record to 24-1 against non-conference opponents this season.
Van Sickler has not allowed a run over his last 19.0 innings dating back to a scoreless fourth inning against North Carolina Wesleyan on April 10. Wednesday's win was his team-leading seventh of the season and his second by shutout this season.
A week ago today, Van Sickler allowed just four hits and struck out eight in a 6-0 victory over Greensboro in the Shenandoah's opening game of the USA South Athletic Conference championship.
Meanwhile, the Hornet offense provided the only run Van Sickler would need in the top of the first when Scott Van Dusseldorp hit a two-out single to left to score Kevin Brashears after Van Sickler drew a walk.
Shenandoah added four more runs in the second, highlighted by Brashears' inside-the-park two-run homer to center field.
Junior Derrick Nason (Catonsville/Reservoir) would hold the Hornets scoreless over 4.2 innings and allowed just two hits after entering in relief of sophomore Steve Krider (Westminster/Westminster) who was making his seventh start of the season.
However, Stevenson (17-22) could not get anything started against Van Sickler and advanced just four runners into scoring position all night, including just one past second.
Shenandoah added four runs in the top of the ninth against junior Brian Spinazzola (Baltimore/Boys Latin), two of which came on an RBI single by Jesse Henry.
Henry finished the game 2-for-5 with three RBIs while Brashears was 1-for-3 with three runs and two RBIs. Van Dusseldorp also drove in two runs.
Freshman Justin Anderson (Shrewsbury, Pa./Calvert Hall) totaled three of Stevenson's six hits as he went 3-for-4 while senior Griffin Stewart (Reisterstown/Bel Air), junior George Papuchis (Damascus/Good Counsel) and sophomore Chris Maienshein (Finksburg/Westminster) each had one hit.
The Mustangs return to action on Monday when they travel across town to Johns Hopkins for a nine-inning, non-conference contest with the Blue Jays beginning at 3:30 p.m.
