Mustangs Sweep NEAC-Foe Baptist Bible in Double-Header

Clarks Summit , PA - Villa Julie College defeated Baptist Bible College 13-1 and 6-1 in a NEAC baseball doubleheader Saturday.  The Mustangs improve to 21-12 overall and 14-1 in the NEAC while the Defenders fall to 11-15 overall and 7-9 in the conference.

In the afternoon's first game the Mustangs used the long ball to open a commanding lead by the fourth inning.  Ryan Baione homered to left center in the second, adding two runs to their one run first inning total and take a 3-0 lead. 

In the third inning Villa Julie tacked on two more with Buddy Breidenbaugh's two run home run.  Baione then went to right center in the fourth for his second two run homer of the game.  Villa Julie led 7-0.

Baptist Bible would get their only run in the fifth off of the bat of Tom Krick, a single that drove in Zach Dawson who doubled three batters earlier.

The Mustangs would not allow the game to get any closer and tacked on six more before the end of the game finishing up 13-1. 

Phil Kraska allowed only three Defender hits going the distance and improving his record to 3-1.

In the second game, the Mustangs took advantage of bases on balls and used and error and a sacrifice fly to score two runs without a hit. 

Baptist Bible responded in the bottom of the inning on Matt Mowry's one out RBI single that scored Zach Dawson from third.  After one inning of play the Defenders trailed 2-1.

With two on and one out in the fourth, Ryan Baione singled in Brett Sanders and Dave Brown from second and third base respectively to put the Mustangs up 4-1.  They would add on two more in the fifth to cap the scoring and lead 6-1 to close the game.

John Jilik went the distance for Villa Julie and improved his record to 2-0 on the season.

The Mustangs will travel to LaPlume , PA tomorrow to take on Keystone College at 1:00 pm which proves to be a showdown for first place in the NEAC.