THE RUNDOWN
In game one of an opening day doubleheader, the DBU Patriots (1-0) took down the Binghamton Bearcats (0-1) 13-2 at Horner Ballpark. Needing just seven innings, the Patriots wasted no time turning in their first run-rule victory of the season. DBUÂ starter
Russ Smith delivered four innings of two-run ball, striking out six in his Patriot debut.
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In his first inning of work at the DI level,
Russ Smith recorded all three outs via the strikeout.
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In the bottom of the first,
Keaton Grady recorded the team's first hit of the season with a double down the right field line, and would later come around to score on a
Ryan Martin two-RBI double.
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Both teams would be held scoreless until Binghamton scratched two across in the top of the third.
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DBU would respond with a monstrous four-run third inning, bringing nine hitters to the plate in the process.
Ryan Martin laced a triple off the batter's eye to plate
Chayton Krauss, and Martin would score on a wild pitch during the next at-bat.
Adam Berghult would later pull a two-run double down the left field line to make the score 6-2 after three.
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In the bottom of the fourth,
Ben Tryon lifted the first home run of the Patriots' season over the left-center field wall, scoring
Jake Bennett and pushing DBU's lead to six.
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After a scoreless top of the fifth from
Jerrod Jenkins, the Patriots brought nine batters to the plate once again in the bottom half of the fifth, an inning where DBU scratched four runs across the plate, all via a free pass or passed ball.
In the bottom of the sixth,
Cooper Neville sent an RBI double to the right-center wall to score
Adam Berghult and push the Patriot lead to 11 runs.
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Jerrod Jenkins went out for his third inning of work in the top of the seventh, recording all three outs on swinging strikeouts, sealing DBU's first win of the new season.
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THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Adam Berghult turned in a 4/4 performance, accruing six total bases.
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Ben Tryon and
Ryan Martin held the game lead in RBI, with three each.
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Jerrod Jenkins struck out over half of the batters he faced this afternoon (7/13).
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS
13 -
Russ Smith and
Jerrod Jenkins combined for 13 strikeouts on opening day.
65.1 - Smith and Jenkins combined to turn in a 65.1% strike percentage.
4 - The Patriots have turned in a victory in each of the last four opening days (2023).
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ON DECK
The Patriots will begin game two of their opening day doubleheader at 6:20 pm at Horner Ballpark, where Akron transfer
Jared Schaeffer will make his Patriot debut on the mound.
