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 Posted: April 11, 2006 By: Sam McCarthy, Assistant Sports Information Director Crusaders Fall in Game One, Beat No. 17 Malone in Nightcap No. 17 Malone 6, Capital 5 [Box Score] Capital 7, No. 17 Malone 1 [Box Score] (CANTON, Ohio) - Capital University's baseball team split a pair of games this afternoon against No. 17 (NAIA) ranked Malone College, losing a closely contested 6-5 contest before handling the Pioneers in game two 7-1 in Canton, Ohio. With a split, Capital moves its record to 8-13 on the year, 1-3 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. Malone is now 28-9 on the season. After falling behind 6-2, Capital attempted to storm back in the top of the seventh and got three runs across the plate before losing 6-5. The Crusaders smacked out 14 hits in the game and each team made two errors. Senior Aaron Hurney (Chesterville/Sparta-Highland) took the loss for Capital as he pitched into the third before being relieved by fellow senior Marcus Mercer (North Canton/Hoover) who pitched the rest of the way. Hurney is now 0-4 on the season. Game two saw things turn for Capital as they pushed across a run in each of the first five innings and held Malone scoreless until the bottom of the fourth. Sophomore Chris Trainer (Chillicothe/Unioto) took a no-hitter into the fourth frame and threw six innings with sophomore Mike Graffin (Bowling Green/Bowling Green) tossing a scoreless seventh. Trainer picked up the win and improves to 2-3 on the season. Sophomore outfielder Marc St. John (Perrysburg/Perrysburg) tallied five hits in the two games, while stealing a base and picking up two RBIs. Junior Will Rutherford (Cincinnati/Deer Park) sparked the Crusaders in game two with two hits and two RBIs. Capital will turn around and play again tomorrow, hosting Mt. Vernon Nazarene University at 4 p.m. at Clowson Field. |
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