Devils Play Fall Twin-Bill at Messiah

Dickinson opened up the flood gates in the second inning by putting up six runs and batting around the order. Tom Van Horn '11, David Bernstein '13, Steve Anzalone '13 and Garrett Horan '12 each picked up an RBI in this statement of an inning. Andrew Mauro '13 threw two scoreless innings to set the pace for the Red Devil defense.

The Red Devils added two more runs in the top of the third frame, but Messiah rallied to score five runs on four hits in the bottom of the inning bringing the score to 8-5. Dickinson was held in check offensively until the seventh inning when Van Horn and Evan Fitzpatrick '11 came through, each with an RBI single.

The Falcons scored ten runs in the last four innings capped off by a two-run dinger, bringing the offensive rout to a halt and concluding the game in a 16-16 draw. Santoro '13 and Fitzpatrick led the way for the Red Devils. Santoro was 3-6 including four runs scored and three swipes on the base paths. Fitzpatrick provided the firepower necessary to keep up with the high-scoring affair, adding three hits, three runs and two RBI.

In the second game of the day, the Red Devils jumped out to an early 3-0 advantage in the third inning thanks to some timely hitting by outfielders, captain Mike Schuster '11, and Andrew Sterling. Dickinson added another tally in the fifth inning when Schuster scored his second run of the contest.

Sean White '12 and Brett Friedman '10 threw the first five innings without allowing an earned run and posting five strikeouts and only four hits and one free pass in the process.

Garret Horan '12 scored after being hit by a pitch on an RBI single from Evan Farha '11 in the seventh inning. However, the Falcons scored five runs over the course of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings tying the contest at 5-5.

Pete Bilali '12 crossed the dish on an RBI groundout by Matt Vidal '12 to put the Red Devils up 6-5 in the top of the ninth.

Fitzpatrick came out for his second inning of work to shut the door for Dickinson, but Messiah had other plans. They picked-up a walk-off, two RBI single with two outs to win the game.

Schuster went 3-for-5 and scored two runs, had two stolen bases, an RBI and two walks to spark the Red Devils potent offense. However, it was just not enough as the 12 men that Dickinson left on base proved to be costly in the 7-6 loss to Messiah College.