By Kathleen Bromelow
Elm Staff Writer
On April 21st the Shoremen fell to Johns Hopkins 5-1. The single run for the Shoremen occurred at the top of the sixth inning when freshman Ian Remington scored from a single by freshmen Nick Marinelli.
The Shoremen split games on April 25th against Dickinson with a 7-4 win in game one and a loss in game two, 3-1. The Shoremen needed to win both games to remain in the 2011 Centennial Conference Baseball Tournament. However, the loss in the second game eliminated them from tournament action.
In game one, junior John Rolewicz had a one-out; two run single allowing freshman Mike Love and Marinelli to score, putting the Shoremen up 3-1. Junior Dwight Wilcox was hit by a pitch and advanced to first base, which meant the bases were loaded. Junior Ben Jardot had a walk to bring home Ryan Normoyle giving the Shoremen a 4-1 edge. Sophomore Joe Willis increased the lead by sending Rolewicz and Wilcox home, adding two more runs for the Shoremen. Ben Jardot scored again on a wild pitch allowing the Shoremen to score a total of six times during the seventh, resulting in a 7-1 lead over Dickinson.
Sophomore Joe Kearney-Argow got the win from the mound and improves to 4-4.
Game two in the top of the first saw the Shoremen score after sophomore Sean Connole scored on an RBI groundout to shortstop from Rolewicz. Normoyle had two hits for the Shoremen and now has 52 hits for the season, the highest number of hits during the past three decades.
The Shoremen completed their season Wednesday with an 11-7 loss against Salisbury.
They had an overall record of 17-18 and were 8-10 in the Centennial Conference.
April 24, 2011
Volume LXXXI Issue 24