Baseball Tops Golden Knights To Win First Florida Game Of 2023

Box Score On Saturday (March 4) in Florida, Ashland University's baseball team improved to 4-1 after a 5-2 win over Gannon.
 
The Eagles are 4-1, and the Golden Knights are 5-7.
 
Ashland set the tone by scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. Sophomore first baseman Sam Witt's sacrifice fly was followed two at-bats later by sophomore catcher Ben Peltz' three-run home run.
 
After Gannon scored a run in the bottom of the second inning, the Eagles got their fifth and final run in the top of the fifth on an RBI single from sophomore shortstop Jeremiah Cangelosi.
 
The Golden Knights scored a run in the bottom of the ninth, but they didn't get much thanks to the pitching of sophomore left-hander Brendan Beaver (1-0), who allowed four hits, one unearned run and no walks and struck out seven in seven innings.
 
NOTABLES

• Two hits each were earned by sophomore center fielder Cam Miller (2-for-5, double), fifth-year second baseman Seth Schroeder (2-for-4, double) and Cangelosi (2-for-4, RBI).
• Sophomore righty Matt Hall finished the game with two innings, yielding three hits, a run and a walk and striking out two.

 
UP NEXT
Ashland will continue its Florida trip on Sunday (March 5) at 5 p.m. against California, Pa. (5-1).