The Misericordia University baseball team defeated Arcadia, 9-7, Friday.
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Brooks Kanwisher had two hits with two RBI and a run scored and
Owen Cordner added two hits with an RBI and three runs scored, including a solo home run.
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Owen Daminger had two RBI and a run scored and
Michael Duda added two hits with an RBI and a run scored.
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Alex Polombo picked up his second win of the season while
Aidan Paduck secured his second save.
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Down 3-0 after one inning, the Cougars scored in four straight innings from the third through the sixth.
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Duda singled to left field to lead off the third and advanced to second on a wild pitch before coming home on
Gavin Dillard's sacrifice fly to left.
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The Cougars added two more runs in the fourth inning. Daminger was hit by a pitch and scored on
Joe Peters' RBI-double to left field. Â Peters scored on Duda's sac fly to tie the score, 3-3.
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Kanwisher and Dillard hit back-to-back singles to start the fifth and both advanced on a sacrifice bunt by
Shane Patten. Daminger singled up the middle to score both of them to tie the game, 5-5.
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Misericordia added in the sixth inning. Cordner walked and scored on Duda's double down the left field to get the Cougars within 7-6 through six innings.
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Cordner led the off the eighth inning with an infield single and advanced to second on an error.
Ben St. Pierre was hit by a pitch and Kanwisher knocked in two runs with a double down the left field line to give Misericordia an 8-7 lead.
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Cordner added an insurance run by launching a home run over to left in the top of the ninth.
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Polombo worked three scoreless innings in relief to the win and Paduck tossed a perfect ninth.
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