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Baseball: Big Red continues to roll in comeback win over Benedictine

Aidan Lucas struck out the side in the ninth to earn his first save of the season.

Date: March 13, 2008
Location: FT. MYERS, Fla.

With the Big Red trailing 6-3 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, DU hitters put six runs on the board and got some clutch pitching down the stretch to squeeze out a 9-7 victory over Benedictine University on Thursday in Ft. Myers, Fla.  The win improves the Big Red's record to 6-2.

Freshman Freddy Marino (Shaker Heights, Ohio/University School) got the win in relief of Nick Smith (Mirror Lake, N.H./Holderness).  Marino pitched 1.2 innings and allowed just one run off one hit.  In the eighth inning Mike Hundley (Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain) took over with runners on base and induced an inning ending double play.  The ninth inning was all about sophomore Aidan Lucas (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Twp.) who took the hill and abruptly struck out the side to earn his first save of the season.

John Schleer (Boxford, Mass./Masconomet) led all Denison hitters with a 3-for-4 day at the plate.  Park Smith (Warren, N.J./The Pingry School) was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs.  Justin Held (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) also added a pair of hits in five at-bats.  

Denison will take on Eastern Nazarene University on Friday at 12 p.m.