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The Saint Vincent baseball team improved to 6-1 on the season with an 8-3 victory over Albion College in a game held in Kissimmee, Florida.

Jimmy Malone worked into the 7th inning and picked up his second win of the week (2-0), while Matt Evans earned his third save.

SVC got on the board in the second inning, when Matt Morrone drew a leadoff walk then moved to second on a wild pitch.  Nick LaCava drew a walk, then Mike Hildebrand attempted to bunt the runners ahead, but ended up with an infield single.  The throw attempting to get Hildebrand ended up going wide, and the error brought home Morrone.  Shane Fajt hit a sacrifice fly that plated LaCava, making it 2-0.

In the fourth, Hildebrand reached on another infield single, and Parker Janosko followed with a single to right.  Hildebrand headed for third and the throw sailed over a low fence on the third base line, scoring Hildebrand to give SVC a 3-1 lead.

Up 3-1 in the 7th, SVC started a rally with a one-out walk to Janosko.  Pinch runner Christopher Miller moved to second on a Fajt single, then Tanner Yard singled to load the bases.  Stone Holtzman drove in Miller with a sacrifice fly, then Hunter Mills brought home another run with an RBI single, making it 5-1.

After Albion (4-4) added a run in the 7th, Evans closed the door on a potential rally, coming on in relief of Malone with one out.  

Morrone reached on a bunt single to lead off the top of the 8th, then with the infield drawn in, LaCava bluffed a bunt but swung away, hitting a double down the left field line that moved Morrone to third.  Zach Barberich drove in both runners with a single to right, giving SVC a 7-2 lead.  A Bobby Finn RBI double in the 9th accounted for the final SVC run.

The Bearcats end their trip to Florida with a record of 6-1, and will return to action on Saturday, March 16 in Newport News, Virginia.