one hit.
Starter Trevin Eubanks worked six scoreless
innings on Sunday and pinch-hitter Jimmy
Goldsmith’s two-out, two-run single down the right
field line keyed a five-run seventh as the Vikings
cemented their win over Andrew College.
It was the first win in a starting role for Eubanks
(1-0), who struck out seven, walked one and allowing
three singles. Four relievers went the last three
innings.
Cole Perry hit a home run and a double and
Carpenter had two doubles for St. Johns.
Carpenter was 2-4, Perry and Nick Owens 2-5,
Perry with three RBI. Goldsmith, Smith, Koslowski,
Broughton
and 7,
Andrew
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2. Baylor
23-1 790
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Gordon State. They
trailed 7-5 after
San Jose at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
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single
Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m.
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21-2 682
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tied
the game. St.
Johns
took the 20-2
lead 680 4
Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers,
7 p.m.
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Carolina
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Dallas
at
Toronto,
7:30
p.m.
8.
Stanford
20-3
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bases loaded.
Columbus at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
9. Oregon St.
22-2 547 11
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slam
was
the
second
of
two
Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
10. Washington
22-3 540 10
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on the11.
day
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Minnesota at Winnipeg,homers
8 p.m.
Texas
Vancouver
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Nashville,
8
p.m.
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Montreal
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p.m.
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Reemsnyder
14. Duke
20-4 407 15
ony Cappello.
Justin Smith had
a
triple
and
a
double
15. UCLA
17-5 341 13
and Koslowski doubled.
16. Miami
17-5 331 16
17. NC State
17-6 294 19
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Busy week
ahead for
St. Johns
Softball
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7A
found out a way to have hot batters in the lineup and
a good defense in the field at the same time.”
The Vikings were beaten in their opening game by
Tallahassee’s Kristin Guter, who took advantage of
the 185-foot fences at Treaty Park by hitting three
home runs, while driving in seven runs and scoring
three times. For the Vikings, Sydney Shows was 2-for3 with an RBI, while Kayla Kight had a run scored
and an RBI and Maegan Stone added a hit. Palatka Daily News
A busywalked
weekend for the St. Johns
Against Palm Beach, Madison Roeshink
River State College baseball team is
one, struck out seven and scattered four
hits
in
getabout to give way to a busy week.
ting the win in the circle. Both Shows and
Christiana
Four
games in four days at the
Marasa went 4-for-4 with Shows knocking
in four
Kevin Miller
Classic in Panama City
set the
state for
runs and scoring three times and Marasa
coming
upsix games in six days
at Tindall Field.
with two runs and two RBI, one on a first-inning
solo
“Six games
some of the
home run that set the tone. Kight was 2-for-2
with against
a
toughest competition we can get,” said
run and an RBI, Roeshink was 2-for-4
with an RBI,
SJR State coach Ross Jones, whose
Selena Bezares was 2-for-3 and Marissa
Huggins
fin- State today, has
club
hosts Polk
ished 2-for-3 with a run. Stone and Taylor
Nilsson off
hadand then plays five
Wednesday
games in four days at the Capital City
one hit each.
Bank
Classic.
In the win over FSC-J, it was Bezares
with
the big
The
Vikings
blow, a three-run, third-inning home run that
gavewent 2-2 in Panama
City, losing to host Gulf Coast State
the Vikings a 4-2 lead. Skye Davenport,and
who
improved
Chattahoochee Valley, Ala., before
to 3-0 lifetime against FSC-J, scattered
eight
coming
backhits,
with wins over a couple of
walked three and struck out none. Kight
wasschools,
3-for-317-7 against Gordon
Georgia
on Saturday
with two runs and an RBI, while LewisState
finished
2-for- and 7-2 against
Andrew
on Sunday.
3 and Huggins ended going 2-for-2 with
a runCollege
and an
“We played well. It’s a tough weekRBI. Getting one hit each were Shows,
Marasa,
end, great competition,” Jones said.
Bezares, Stone, Nilsson and Jessie Grissom.
“It’s a confidence builder. When you
Abbi Lewis’ RBI single broke a 3-3 look
tie inatthe
of we played, we’re
thetop
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toughwith
losses, but that’s baselead for good. For the Vikings, Shows was
3-for-4
two runs scored, Marasa was 2-fo-3, ball.”
Kight finished
Michael Koenig’s grand slam was
2-for-4 with two RBI and Higgins, Bezares,
Stone and
the big blow in a 12-run eighth inning
Nilsson all had one hit apiece.
with which the Vikings finished off
The Vikings will travel to Bradenton
to face
Gordon
State.the
They trailed 7-5 after
s e v e n i nwhich
nings before Kerry
State College of Florida in a doubleheader,
Carpenter’s one-out, two-run single
starts at 4 p.m.
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weekend with two wins
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tied the game. St. Johns took the lead
when Nick Koslowski was hit with the
bases loaded.
The slam was the second of two
2-16-19-34-36
homers on the day for Koenig, who
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