STEUBENVILLE – The Franciscan University of Steubenville
Barons baseball team hosted the Frostburg University Bobcats in a
doubleheader Tuesday afternoon, losing 5-0 and 13-3. With the
losses, the Barons fell to a 6-16 season standing and 3-9 in the
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference.
The Barons played well in the first game, led by the pitching
of freshman
Stephen Darrenkamp. Offensively, however, they
could not produce a run, leaving the final score at 5-0. The
Barons had four hits in the game by
Rocco Auteri, Anthony
Pontarelli,
Kevin Marrow, and
Tom Costello.
“Darrenkamp pitched a nice game for us,” Barons head
coach Dr. Robert Marrow remarked. “He kept Frostburg's
hitters in check. We had eleven strikeouts, though, and that
hurt us. We kept them off-balance at the plate, however, but
we just couldn't score.”
The second game started better for the Barons, who took a fast
3-2 advantage in the bottom of the second inning. However,
those were the only runs scored for the rest of the game and the
Bobcat offense caught fire en route to the 13-3
victory.
Jacob Machado led the Barons offensively with two hits and one
run scored while Auteri contributed one hit, one run, and one RBI.
“This was Dustin Pagano's first game pitching for
us,” Coach Marrow noted about the game which held three
pitching changes. “He did very well. Doug Arlitt
also did a nice job when he came in, but we didn't do enough to
back him up. Andrew Radlicz also pitched for us for the first
time and did very well, throwing strikes all around the
zone.”
The Barons travel to West Virginia tomorrow to take on the
Bethany College Bisons at 2 p.m.
