Baseball Rides Nine-Run Third Inning to Win at Stetson

Saturday, February 24

DeLand, Fla.

5 PM

Army West Point

3-3

Stetson

3-3

ARMY West Point

HATTERS

Baseball Rides Nine-Run Third Inning to Win at Stetson

February 24, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score Cumulative Stats

DeLAND, Fla. – Army West Point Baseball exploded out to an 11-run lead Saturday night at Stetson, scoring nine in the third inning and never looking back en route to a 13-8 win over the host Stetson Hatters.

Five Black Knights had multiple hits and four drove multiple runs in as Army had its most robust offensive performance of the season to date.

William Parker, Thomas Schreck and Braden Golinski recorded three RBIs each in the win, with Golinski hitting two home runs.

Parker wasted no time getting the Black Knights (3-3) on the scoreboard, powering a solo home run to left field in the second inning.

Carter Hewitt scored on a wild pitch to open what would be a wild third inning for the Army bats. Sam Ruta brought in two runs off a double, Golinski hit his first homer of the evening, Ethan Ellis had his first RBI of the season before Schreck cleared the bases with a three-run double to make it 10-0. A Parker sacrifice fly in the fourth extended the offensive onslaught early.

The Hatters got on the board in the bottom of the fourth with a two-run home run. They continued to trim the Army lead in the fifth with solo and two-run homers to make it 11-5.

But the Black Knights answered with Golinski's second home run and Parker's third RBI in the sixth to make it 13-5.

Starting pitcher Mike Ruggieri struck out five batters over 4.2 innings. Joe Valchar tossed 3.1 frames in relief and earned the win. Trey Ates pitched the ninth to close the game.

By the Numbers

.375: Army hit .375 as a team Saturday while logging a 1.172 team OPS.

9: All nine starters in the lineup reached base (check for hits

7: Seven of the Black Knight's 13 RBIs came from the bottom half of the order.

8: Army had eight extra base hits on the night.

6: Stetson allowed six Army batters to reach via the walk.

Black Knight Notes

Golisnki is the first Black Knight to record multiple home runs in a single game since Kevin Debrule on May 22 last season in the Patriot League Championship against Bucknell.

Ruta has logged a hit in each game this season, and Barr has also reached base in each game.

Army's run (13) and hit (15) output were both season-highs Saturday.

The win (and game) was Army's first in a true road setting.

Next Up

Army concludes the weekend's round robin at Stetson with a 9:00 a.m. first pitch against Maine on Sunday.

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