APRIL 16, 2004
BOB ZIADIE
KING'S BASEBALL POSTS 3-1 WIN OVER DREW
WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College
baseball team pushed across two runs in the seventh inning as the Monarchs
posted a 3-1 victory over visiting Drew University Friday at Betzler
Fields.
With the win, the Monarchs snapped a
four-game losing streak while improving to 11-10-1 overall and 6-3 in
Freedom Conference play. Drew slipped to 9-15 and 2-6
With the game tied 1-1, in the bottom
half of the seventh inning, Adam Tkaczyk led off with a walk and moved to
second on a sacrifice bunt by Jeremy Faust. Vince Budzyn would then single
to move Tkaczyk to third. Bill Drazdowski would then deliver an RBI single
to put the Monarchs ahead 2-1. Nick Sorino followed with a base hit to
bring home Budzyn to up the King's lead to 3-1.
King's trailed 1-0 after the first
inning but tied the game in the second when Charlie Jenkins reached base
on an error and later scored on a sacrifice fly from Geoff Ashton.
Matt Loringer picked up the complete
game victory for King's, scattering eight hits while striking out four
batters. Josh Faust led King's offensively with a 3-for-4 effort.
John Henrikson led Drew with two hits.
