Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
5-3
Stonehill College
0-6
Army Romps to 26-3 Win Over Stonehill
March 04, 2023 | Baseball
How it Happened
The Black Knights (5-3) registered their most runs since a 23-11 home shellacking of Villanova in 2019, and just three shy of the school record 29 recorded against Fordham in 1982.
Army scored multiple runs in each of the first five innings, batting around twice in the second and third frames.
The top five in Army's starting lineup collected 13 of Army's 21 hits, crossed the plate 15 times and drove in 18.
Leadoff batter Derek Berg and Ross Friedrick, third in the rotation, each ripped a home run and crossed the plate four times. Friedrick also led the way in multiple RBI with five going 3-for-3 at the plate. Berg (4-for-5) and center fielder Braden Golinski (3-for-4) each knocked in four runs. The Black Knights had six post multiple RBI in the game.
Also tallying multiple RBI were Kevin Dubrule, Bret Copeland and Sam Ruta with the first two knocking in three and the latter two, respectively.
Army jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first on four hits with Friedrick's home run with a man aboard knocking in the first two and Copeland delivering two more with his single to left field.
The Black Knights put the game away in the second as they batted around in sending eight runs across on four hits. Bert opened that inning with a solo blast followed by RBI singles from Friedrick and Braden Golin, Copeland's sacrifice fly, a hit by pitch, error and back-to-back RBI walks to pull ahead 12-0.
The team pushed eight more runs across in the third with Golin's RBI single driving in the final two runs for an insurmountable 20-0 lead. Four more runs in the fourth and two in the fifth closed out the Army scoring.
Stonehill averted the shutout pushing across three runs on two hits in the bottom of the seventh.
On the hill, junior Matthew Ronnebaum (1-0) yielded just one hit, struck out seven and issued one walk in going six innings recording his first win of the season.
INSIDE THE BOX
*Army sent 17 batters to the plate with 11 posting hits.
*Derek Berg had four hits going 4-for-5 with four RBI and scored four times
*Ross Friedrick led with five RBI going 3-for-3 with 4 runs scored
*Braden Golinski had four RBI and scored twice going 3-for-4
*Most Army runs scored since 2019 plating 23 runs against Villanova
UP NEXT
The Black Knights are back in action Sunday as they face Stonehill at 1 p.m. and Kansas State at 5.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ronnebaum, Matthew (1-0)
L: Andrew Wertz (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Dubrule, Kevin 1 ; Golinski, Braden 1
HR: Berg, Derek 1 ; Friedrick, Ross 1
RBI: Berg, Derek 4 ; Titus, Coleson 1 ; Ruta, Sam 2 ; Friedrick, Ross 5 ; Hewitt, Carter 1 ; Dubrule, Kevin 3 ; Golinski, Braden 4 ; Copeland, Bret 3 ; Parker, William 1 ; Farrell, Zac 1
SF: Titus, Coleson 1 ; Copeland, Bret 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Berg, Derek 4 ; Ruta, Sam 3 ; Friedrick, Ross 4 ; Dubrule, Kevin 2 ; Golinski, Braden 2 ; Lehman, Justin 3 ; Copeland, Bret 1 ; Parker, William 2 ; Ainsworth, Addison 1 ; Farrell, Zac 4
SB: Ruta, Sam 2 ; Golinski, Braden 1 ; Copeland, Bret 1 ; Farrell, Zac 1
CS: Lehman, Justin 1
HBP: Farrell, Zac 1
Batting:
RBI: Dylan Zemotel 1 ; Max Martin 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Dennis Folan 1 ; Will Florio 1 ; Sam Kidder 1
