THE RUNDOWN
Saturday afternoon, DBU (13-10, 3-2) defeated Delaware (10-13, 1-4) by a score of 10-2 in a key bounce-back spot, forcing a rubber match on Sunday. Patriot starter
Jared Schaeffer tossed the first quality start of the Patriots' season, tossing six scoreless innings and striking out five.
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Schaeffer and Delaware's Doug Marose traded one-two-three halves in the first inning, but the Patriot bats would erupt for five runs in the top of the second.
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Chayton Krauss,
Cooper Neville, and
Ryan Martin set the table for a
Mac Rose sac fly, immediately followed by a
Dylan Schlaegel three-run bomb. With the bases cleared and two gone in the inning,
Keaton Grady singled up the middle before scoring on
Jake Bennett's RBI double to the left-center gap.
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Schaeffer tossed a scoreless bottom half before
Ryan Martin added to the DBU lead with a one-out solo home run in the top of the third.
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Delaware would breach the run column in the bottom of the third via a Jeremy Wolf RBI single. After three innings, the Patriots led 6-1.
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No runs would cross the plate in the fourth or fifth innings, as Schaeffer and Marose settled in towards the back end of their outings.
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The Blue Hens went to their bullpen in the top of the sixth, and DBU immediately threatened with back-to-back walks drawn by
Ryan Martin and
Mac Rose. Later in the inning,
Keaton Grady doubled to the right-center gap, clearing the bases and making the score 8-1.
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Jared Schaeffer would conclude his outing in the sixth, striking out Vincent Davis before rolling a 6-4-3 double play to end the frame.
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Liam Watt would relieve Schaeffer in the seventh and deliver two perfect innings out of the bullpen. Watt struck out three batters and preserved DBU's seven-run lead in his team-leading 12th appearance.
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The Patriots added two more insurance runs in the ninth via a
Ryan Martin two-RBI single down the third base line.
David Heefner then made his DBU debut in the bottom of the ninth, striking out two as he put a lid on the Patriots' 13th win of the campaign.
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THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Ryan Martin and
Dylan Schlaegel shared the game lead in hits with three knocks each.
- The Patriot offense earned just as many free passes as times they struck out today (seven).
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Jared Schaeffer did not allow an extra-base hit in his six frames of work today.
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS
81.2% -
Liam Watt delivered an 81.2% strike percentage across two innings today (13-16).
.409 -
Ryan Martin is hitting .409 in his active five-game hitting streak (9-22), with two home runs.
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Dylan Schlaegel has driven in seven runs in his last four games.
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ON DECK
The Patriots conclude their weekend set with the Blue Hens on Sunday morning. First pitch in Newark is scheduled for 11:05 CST.
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