Kent State University
15-9, 0
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Western Michigan
11-14, 0
KSU Drops Hammer on Broncos
4/1/2018 4:38:00 PM | Baseball
Hamilton homers twice as Kraus picks up 20th career win
KALAMAZOO, MICH. – Kent State celebrated Easter Weekend with a three-game sweep of the Western Michigan Broncos at Bobb Stadium, rolling to a 12-6 win in Sunday's series finale.
The victorious Flashes (15-9) banged out 15 total hits in the contest, getting three of them from Brad Hamilton. The KSU senior smashed two home runs in the game, one in the first to make it 3-0 and another in the fourth. It was Hamilton's second multi-homer game of the spring after banging out two at Sam Houston State in February.
On the mound, Eli Kraus moved into an eighth-place tie on the all-time wins list, picking up his 20th career victory. He took a shutout into the sixth and struck out nine. John Schreiber worked the final two innings and a third without allowing a run and striking out a pair.
KSU also got multi-hit games from Nick Kanavas (3-3), Reilly Hawkins (2-5), Patrick Ferguson (3-5) and Greg Lewandoski (2-5).
The Golden Flashes finished 4-1 on their spring break trip and now sit a season-high six games over .500. They are assured of a first place tie in the league with a 4-2 mark. The season continues this week with games against Bowling Green and Ohio State.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kraus, Eli (3-2)
L: SZOTT, Jack (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Mamarella, Mason 1 ; Parks, Pavin 1 ; Ferguson, Patrick 1 ; Lewandoski, Greg 1
HR: Hamilton, Brad 2
RBI: Kanavas, Nick 2 ; Mamarella, Mason 2 ; Hamilton, Brad 3 ; Ferguson, Patrick 2 ; Lewandoski, Greg 2
SH: Mamarella, Mason 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kanavas, Nick 3 ; Parks, Pavin 1 ; Hamilton, Brad 4 ; Hollander, Josh 1 ; Ferguson, Patrick 2 ; Lewandoski, Greg 1
SB: Kanavas, Nick 1 ; Hamilton, Brad 1 ; Hawkins, Reilly 1 ; Hollander, Josh 1
CS: Kanavas, Nick 1 ; Mamarella, Mason 1
HBP: Kanavas, Nick 1 ; Hamilton, Brad 1
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Batting:
2B: DEVINE, Drew 1
RBI: ROCHE,Jimmy 2 ; MARSHALL, Cooper 3 ; HAJDUKOVIC, Ethan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: FORESTELL, Jesse 1 ; DEVINE, Drew 2 ; SMITH, Connor 1 ; GRYS, Nate 1 ; MARSHALL, Cooper 1
SB: MARSHALL, Cooper 1
HBP: HUDSON, Logan 1
