APRIL 10, 2006
KING'S BASEBALL DOWNS DELAWARE VALLEY, SETS UP SHOWDOWN WITH DESALES
WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College baseball team prepped for its Freedom
Conference showdown with defending champion DeSales as the Monarchs
banged out 15 base hits to post an important 12-6 victory over Delaware
Valley College Monday at Betzler Fields.
With the win, King's improved to 13-10 overall and 7-3 in Freedom
Conference play. Delaware Valley slipped to 9-11 and 1-6 in league
action.
Delaware Valley would take a 4-0 lead after its first at-bats, but the
Monarchs would counter with two runs in its half if the inning when Jon
Venarchick tripled and scored on a triple by Caleb Calarco. Matt Livoy
then followed with a sacrifice fly to plate Calarco to cut the Aggie
lead to 4-2.
The Monarchs then took the lead with five runs in the second inning when
Josh Faust drew a one-out walk and Jon Venarchick walked with two down.
Calarco, Livoy, Mike Venarchick, Jeremy Faust, and Rob Medlock combined
to register five consecutive RBI singles for King's who took a 7-4 lead.
King's added two runs in the sixth, one in the seventh, and two more in
the eighth to seal the victory.
Calarco was 4-for-5 with three RBI while Livoy went 2-for-4 with four
RBI for the Monarchs. Mike Venarchick, Medlock, and J.R. Graver all had
two hits each for the Monarchs while Jon Venarchick had one hits and
scored three runs.
Calarco picked up the pitching victory, lasting five and one-third
innings, allowing five runs on eight hits and struck out four batters.
Paul Giovannoli tossed one and two-thirds of relief, allowing one
unearned run. Medlock went the final two innings for the Monarchs,
allowing just one hit.
King's will travel to Center Valley to face five-time defending champion
DeSales at 3:30 p.m. The game will be televised by WCAU-TV 2 in the
Lehigh Valley and will be aired to Service Electric Cable subscribers in
Northeastern Pennsylvania on Channel 3.
