Navy Forces Decisive Game 3 with Army After 4-2 Win

Saturday, May 18

Annapolis, Md.

2 p.m.

Army West Point

33-24

Navy (Championship)

39-16

NAVY

Army West Point

Navy Forces Decisive Game 3 with Army After 4-2 Win

May 18, 2019 | Baseball

Box Score

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Army West Point baseball team dropped a 4-2 decision to rival Navy here Saturday afternoon to force a decisive Game 3 in the Patriot League championship series.

The Mids used a three-run second inning to jump ahead early. Army cut into that lead in the fifth when it registered two runs on two hits but that would be all the Black Knights would manage to get in the game. Navy then added an insurance run in the seventh to ultimately put the game away.

Sunday's series finale is set for 2 p.m. at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium. The winner of that will advance to the NCAA tournament.

Army couldn't seem to figure out Navy's starting pitcher Jared Leins as the sophomore allowed just four hits and two runs over eight innings of work.

Jacob Hurtubise and Josh White each recorded a team-high two hits in the game, while Hurtubise and Drake Titus brought home both of the Cadets' runs.

Tyler Giovinco was tagged with the loss after giving up 11 hits and four runs in eight innings.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army did not record an extra base hit, while Navy posted one (a double).
Blake Ledoux and White accounted for the Black Knights' only two runs in the contest.
Logan Smith pitched a clean sheet in the ninth to keep it a two-run game and give the Cadets life in the bottom half.
Navy's middle of the lineup, it's four, five, six and seven hitters, did nearly all the damage for the Mids registering eight of their final 11 hits.
With his two hits on the day, Hurtubise extended his hitting-streak to 13-straight games.

How It Happened

After a scoreless opening frame, Navy broke the deadlock with three runs in the top of the second. The Mids posted four-straight singles to register the first run of the game. Navy then added two more runs following a bases loaded hit by pitch and a double play.
The Black Knights cut the lead down to one, at 3-2, thanks to two runs on two hits in the fifth. Army found itself with runners on second and third with one out. Titus then stepped up to the plate and converted on an RBI-groundout to hand the Cadets their first run of the game. Hurtubise followed suit this time with a single to center field to score White from third.
Navy extended its lead to 4-2 in the seventh when an Evan Lowery single through the right side scored Christian Policelli.
The Black Knights got the tying run up to the plate in the eighth and the go ahead run to the plate in the ninth but weren't able to convert.

FACTS & FIGURES

Army finished with two runs on four hits, while Navy tallied four runs on 11 hits.
The Black Knights were credited with the only two errors in the contest.
Both teams left six runners on base.

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