Baseball Handles Siena in Non-League Matchup

Tuesday, March 31

Loudonville, N.Y.

3:00 PM

Army West Point

14-10

Siena

4-14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Army West Point	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	7	10	0
Siena	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	2

Baseball Handles Siena in Non-League Matchup

March 31, 2015 | Baseball

Box Score

March 31, 2015

Box Score | Box Score (PDF)

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. - A balanced effort propelled the Army baseball team past Siena as the Black Knights cruised to a 7-1 victory over the Saints on Tuesday afternoon at Siena Field. Pitchers Garrison Franklin, Stu Schley and Johnny Griffith combined to hold Siena to five hits, while eight different Army players registered a base hit in the victory.

The win was Army's second in a row and fourth in five tries as the team improved to 14-10 on the season. The result pushed Siena to 4-14 and sent the Saints to their third consecutive loss.

Reigning Patriot League Player of the Week Mark McCants paced the Army offense with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate and the Army outfielder also drove in two runs. Alex Jensen and Griffith also contributed two RBI each, while junior Ben Smith had one RBI and scored two runs, along with rookie Jon Rosoff, who crossed the plate twice.

Franklin took the ball to open the game and shut down Siena for four scoreless innings. He struck out four and walked three and Army led 3-0 before Schley entered in the bottom of the fourth. Army built its lead with two runs in the top of the first against Siena starter Tom O'Brien on a sac fly by McCants and Griffith's bases-loaded walk. After Tyler Childrose tossed a scoreless second frame, Joe Rosenstein surrendered three hits and one run on Jensen's RBI double in the top of the third.

Army tacked on a run in the fifth inning to increase its lead to 4-0, before McCants' single and Jensen's bases-loaded free pass extended the lead to 6-0. Schley didn't miss a beat and retired the side in order in his first two innings on the hill.

Smith's RBI base hit to left field chased home Brandon Lee, who started the seventh with a single of his own, before Siena got on the board with a two-out single by Yahriel Jimenez to make it 7-1. Schley earned his first-career win after giving up one run on two hits with three strikeouts.

Griffith allowed two hits and preserved the 7-1 Army advantage by striking out three over his two-inning outing.

Patriot League play resumes for the Black Knights on Saturday when they travel to Easton, Pa., to face Lafayette. First pitch of Saturday's doubleheader is slated for noon.

Game Notes: Baggio Saldivar started made his first-career start behind the plate ... Saldivar registered his first-career hit with a seventh-inning single ... shortstop Alex Jensen started his 183rd consecutive game ... Jensen 183 straight starts ranks third in the nation ... Mark McCants posted his fourth three-hit game of the season and he now has 11 multi-hit games ... McCants recorded his eighth multi-RBI game ... Jensen recorded his second multi-RBI performance ... Jensen has reached base safely in 10 consecutive contests ... Johnny Griffith drove in two runs for the first time in 2015 ... Ben Smith extended his hitting streak to six games.