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Rowan 4, Gwynedd-Mercy 2
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GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. -- Rowan snuck by Gwynedd-Mercy, 4-2, on Thursday in non-conference action.
David Blount (Croydon, Pa./Harry S. Truman) had two of the eight Griffin hits as the freshman also added an RBI and a stolen base.
The Profs plated a run in the second and third to put Gwynedd in a 2-0 deficit. GM got on the board in the fifth when sophomore
Jordano Rodriguez (Philadelphia, Pa./Marianna Bracetti) drove in
Rick Elfreth (Washington Twp., N.J./St. Augustine) with two outs to cut it to a one-run game.
Rowan's Nick Kreiger, who earlier knocked in a run in the second, struck again in the sixth as part of a two-run frame to put the Profs (11-4) up 4-1.
The Griffins looked to answer in the bottom of the frame getting the bases loaded with one out, but were unable to take advantage as RU starter Ryan Easterday induced a pair of pop ups to end the threat.
In the seventh,
Kurt Taylor (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) hit a two-out double which he would score on Blount's RBI single. Rowan's bullpen would come on and not allow a GM baserunner the rest of the way.
Easterday threw into the seventh, giving up two runs on eight hits with eight strikeouts. Griffin starter
Andrew Schaefer (Penndel, Pa./Conwell Egan) gave up four runs (three earned) on seven hits with two strikeouts and three walks.
Gwynedd-Mercy (9-6) will play at New Jersey City tomorrow at 3:30 and then at Penn State-Abington on Saturday at noon.
