BOX SCORE - GAME ONE

BOX SCORE - GAME TWO

PHOTO GALLERY

LATROBE (Apr. 5) - Junior Jared Haller improved to 6-0 on the season with his fourth complete game as SVC took the first game, 6-2, before dropping the nightcap against Thomas More, 4-1, in Presidents' Athletic Conference play at Bearcat Ballfield.

With the split, SVC wins the season series against the two-time defending league champion Saints for the first time since the Bearcats joined the PAC. SVC is now 6-6 in league action and 16-8 during the 2012 campaign. Thomas More moves to 15-8 on the season and 7-5 in conference play.

In game one, Thomas More opened up a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the top of the second inning, but SVC answered back with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Senior Zack Galasso led off with a double down the right-field line and advanced to third on a single by classmate Erik Fichter. A walk to senior Steve Bayko loaded the bases and junior Nick Beamenderfer delivered a two-run single down the left-field line to tie the game. Sophomore AJ Kavinsky capped off the the inning with an RBI single to center field to give SVC the lead, 3-2.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Bearcats added an insurance run on a solo homer by senior first baseman Mike Hustava, his second of the season, that landed on Pip's Hill in left center.  SVC tacked on another run in each of the fifth and sixth innings on RBI singles by junior Brad Burkardt and senior Jack Shaffer, respectively, to post the 6-2 win in and clinch the series victory.

Kavinsky led the Bearcats by going 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI while seven other players added a hit. Also during the game junior Andrew Kozusko was hit by a pitch for the 10th time this season, breaking Grant Krally's record of nine set during the 2010 season.

Haller was magnificent once again, tossing his fourth complete game of the season. He scattered 12 hits and allowed two runs (both earned) but struck out nine and walked none.

In the second game, Thomas More scored one run in the first inning and three in the third inning to open up a four-run lead against Bearcat starter junior Gary Gerhardt.

The Bearcats picked up their lone run of the game in the sixth inning when an RBI groundout by Burkardt scored Shaffer, who started the inning with a hit by pitch.

Gerhardt suffered the loss, tossing all 7.0 innings and allowing all four runs (all earned). The righty gave up nine hits and walked two to go along with six strikeouts. His record drops to 1-5 on the season, but the SVC is averaging just 2.25 runs per game in the four losses that he started.

Kavinsky was the lone Bearcat to post a multi-hit performance, going 2-for-3 on the day. Bayko added the other hit SVC.

The Bearcats return to action on Tuesday, Apr. 10, traveling to Pittsburgh, Pa., for a non-conference single game against La Roche at 3 p.m.