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Rich Michalek
Rich Michalek

Baseball

Rock sweeps Lake Erie

Rich Michalek had four hits and collected five RBIs Sunday to lead The Rock (31-13) to 5-2 and 11-4 wins over the Storm in non-conference action at Jack Critchfield Park

Game 1 boxscore
Game 2 boxscore

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Senior center fielder Rich Michalek had four hits and collected five RBIs Sunday afternoon to lead the Slippery Rock University baseball team to a 5-2, 11-4 doubleheader sweep vs. visiting Lake Erie College in non-conference action at Jack Critchfield Park.

Sunday's results gave SRU three wins in the four-game weekend series and improved the Green and White's overall record to 3-13.

Lake Erie saw its season record fall to 13-26.

The Rock is scheduled to return to action at 1 p.m. Monday with a nine-inning single game againstt Division I Youngstown State at Eastwood Field in Niles, Ohio.

The next Rock home game is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, when West Virginia Wesleyan comes to town for an NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional regular-season doubleheader.

Michalek had one hits and picked up two RBIs in Sunday's first game, then went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, two runs scored and pair of doubles in Game 2.

Sophomore shortstop Adam Jury also had four hits in the twinbill, including a double, and picked up two RBIs. He had a pair of hits and one RBI in each game and slapped a double in Game 1.

Freshman outfielder Matt Kosik chipped in three hits for The Rock, who collected a total of 20 hits in the twinbill.

In the four-game series vs. Lake Erie, The Rock outscored their guests by a 35-16 margin and outhit the Storm by a 50-27 margin.

Junior right-hander Vince Lloyd was SRU's Game 1 starting and winning pitcher Sunday. He allowed two earned runs on four hits, struck out six and walked four in the first six innings to improve his season record to 7-1.

Sophomore southpaw Brett Vescovi allowed one hit in the final inning.

Game 2 starting and winning pitcher John Thomas (3-0) allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits, struck out four and walked two in four innings.

Vescovi allowed one hit in two innings of relief in Game 2 before freshman right-hander Nic McCowin struck out one and walked one in the final inning.

Notes:

Junior catcher-first baseman Matt Adams is tied for second place on SRU's single-season doubles chart with 21 this spring, is tied for fourth in single-season home run list with 12, tied for fifth place in single-season RBIs list with 56 and is tied for sixth in total hits with 75.

He currently carries a .481 batting average, which is the second highest in school history behind only a .486 mark compiled by Dan DeCola in 2000. His .838 slugging percentage is the best ever compiled by a Rock player, ahead of the previous best of .807 by Brad Lowe in 1998.
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