AUBURNDALE, FL.- The TCNJ baseball team picked up their second win of the season on Sunday in a 5-0 win over Pitt-Greensburg at the RussMatt Invitational. The Lions (2-0) were led by junior RHP Dan Merkel, as he went seven scoreless with 10 strikeouts against the Bobcats (1-6).
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• TCNJ spent the first three innings scoreless but broke the scoring open in the fourth with two runs on two hits.
  • After a walk and a fielder's choice with an error, Michael Schumacher drove in the first run of the game with a sac-fly, scoring Chris Reeder.
  • Jack Haynes followed this up with a RBI single to right, scoring Ryan Goodall.
• The Lions tacked another on in the fifth, extending their lead to 3-0.
  • After a trio of walks, Goodall drove in Jack O'Donnell on another sac-fly to center.
• Merkel worked his way out of a jam in the fifth after hitting back-to-back batters. He struck out the next batter and got the final out of the inning on a ground-out to third. He finished his day in style, striking out the side in the home half of the seventh.
• Merkel handed it over to junior LHP Michael Silver for the final six outs as he struck out four and walked one in the scoreless eighth and ninth.

 
STANDOUT LIONS:

• RHP Dan Merkel: 7.0 IP, 4H, 10K, 0R, 3HBP, 1BB
• DH Jack O'Donnell: 2-for-3, 1RBI, 1R, 1BB
• LF Jack Haynes: 2-for-4, 1RBI, 1R, 1BB
• Zach Weiner: 2-for-4, 1R
• LHP Michael Silver: 2.0 IP, 0H, 4K, 0R, 1BB

 
TCNJ baseball is back in action on Monday, March 11^th as they face off against Southern Maine with first pitch set for 12:30 PM.