Baseball

SALISBURY, Md. - The victories continue to pile up for No. 14 Salisbury University as the Sea Gull baseball team returned to Sea Gull Field on Saturday for a doubleheader against Saint Joseph's College of Maine. Salisbury, fresh off three wins last week in Florida, concluded its Spring Break with 3-1 and 9-0 wins over the Monks.

SU has won 16 consecutive games, a new school record, since it lost the first game of the season 5-4 in 10 innings to Virginia Wesleyan College on February 9. The Sea Gulls (16-1) are also 12-0 at home. Salisbury's old school mark of 15 wins in a row was set in 2003.

Senior third baseman Justin Armiger had quite a day as he smashed three home runs and drove in eight runs in the two 7-inning games. Armiger went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate, 2-for-2 in both games, and scored four different times for the Gulls.

The Monks (7-6) pushed across their only run of the day in the top of the first inning of the first game. Ben Grant-Roy singled home Wade Oliver to give Saint Joseph's the early 1-0 lead. The run off SU starter Jeff Feigl (3-0) was the first one allowed this season by the junior right-hander. Feigl settled down from there and pitched all seven innings for the Gulls where he allowed two hits and struck out seven.

Armiger got Feigl and the Sea Gulls all the runs they would need in the bottom of the first inning. Armiger slammed a three-run home run to left field off Saint Joseph's starter Pat Moran to put the maroon and gold up for good, 3-1. Moran pitched the entire game for the Monks and only allowed one SU hit the rest of the game as he struck out six.

Armiger started the second game just like he began the first one. He jacked a three-run homer off Saint Joseph's starter Andrew Keirstead in the bottom of the first inning as the Gulls led early, 4-0. He later hit his ninth homer of the season, a two-run shot, in the fifth inning. Senior Mark Bostwick went 3-for-3 in the second game with a double and a home run. He scored three times and drove in two runs. Bostwick's home run came right after Armiger's homer in the first inning. Freshman Andrew Miller and junior Matt Anuszewski each added a RBI in the win.

SU freshman Dustin Herbet improved to 5-0 this season as he pitched six scoreless innings as he surrendered two Monk hits on two walks and struck out six. Junior Lucas Hanson entered in the seventh to close out the win with two strikeouts.

Salisbury will begin a busy week littered with Capital Athletic Conference games, seven out of the next eight games. The Sea Gulls will travel up Route 13 into Delaware to face rival Wesley College on Monday, March 24, at Noon for a doubleheader.