MARCH 24, 2004
BOB ZIADIE
KING'S BASEBALL POSTED 17-14 WIN OVER
DESALES IN SLUGFEST
CENTER VALLEY -- The King's College
baseball team posted a big early season win as the Monarchs posted a 17-14
victory over defending MAC Freedom Conference champion DeSales University
Wednesday in Center Valley in a game called after eight innings due to
darkness.
With the win, King's improved to 6-3
overall and 1-0 in conference play.
The Monarchs trailed 5-4 before
exploding for nine runs in the fifth inning. Jason Seibert led off the
inning with a walk and advanced on an error before the Monarchs went to
work. Charlie Jenkins followed with an RBI single before back-to-back
walks drove in a pair of runs. Geoff Ashton then drove in a run on an
infield out before Adam Tkaczyk walked to force in another run. Bill
Drazdowki them drilled a three-run double to give King's a 13-5 lead.
Drazdowski was 2-for-6 with four RBI
while Ashton went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI. Jenkins was 3-for-6 and
scored three runs while Jeremy Faust was 3-for-5 with two RBI and scored
four runs. Vince Budzyn was 3-for-6 with an RBI while Tkaczyk was 2-for-4.
Rob Medlock earned the win in relief of
starter Matt Loringer, pitching three and two-thirds while allowing four
earned runs while registering four strikeouts.
