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Baseball 3/27/2008 12:00:00 AM Canisius College Athletics

Offense Continues Historic Output in Win at Delaware State

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The Canisius College baseball team continued to produce runs at a historic level in the 21-11 victory at Delaware State on Wednesday. The Golden Griffins (16-2) have now won five straight and 11 of their last 12.

The Griffs scored 20 or more runs in back-to-back games for the first time in school history and tallied 53 runs in the past three games, besting the previous school record of 52 runs set during the 1957 season.

For the second consecutive game, all nine Golden Griffins in the starting lineup recorded at least one hit as the Griffs had 21 as a team, giving them 44 in two-game series with the Hornets. Junior Kevin Reimer matched a school record with five hits in the game while senior Adam Donato had a career-high four hits. Canisius had five separate players score at least three runs in the game. Senior Alec Cabello set a career high with five RBIs as the shortstop, along with Connor Burke, each had a home run for the Griffs. The Griffs jumped out early, scoring three runs in the first on some unconventional methods. Donato led off the game by reaching on catcher's interference and eventually scored on a wild pitch. Reimer would single home Ryan Asis to make it 2-0. After Branson Joseph was thrown out at the plate after Kevin Mailloux flew out to center field, Reimer moved up two bases on two balks and would score on an error.

After Delaware State (4-18) scored one in the bottom of the first, each team scored four times in the second to make it 7-5. Canisius scored two runs in the fourth on RBI singles by Burke and Cabello while Delaware State added one to make it 9-6.

The Griffs broke it open with six runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Burke had another RBI single in the fifth while Cabello's double to center cleared the bases. Donato singled home Cabello to make it 15-6. In the sixth, Mailloux and Perry Silverman had RBI singles while Burke drove home a run on a fielder's choice. Cabello added a sacrifice fly and Donato closed out the scoring with a two-run home run.

Sophomore Bryan Smith made his third career start, going 3.1 innings and allowing six runs. Matt Weber (2-0) relieved Smith to pick up the win by throwing 3.2 innings. Chris Cox and Andrew Van'tWout each threw a scoreless inning of relief.

Canisius concludes its Spring Break road trip playing at the New York Institute of Technology on Thursday. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.

Game Notes: Asis scored three runs for the third consecutive game and is 9-for14 during that stretch... Burke tied career highs in runs scored and RBIs... Brian Burton's pinch-hit appearance ended his hitting streak at six games... Cabello matched his career high with three hits... Donato matched his career high in runs scored and has scored three runs six times this season... Donato is 9-for-16 with six runs scored and 10 RBIs in the last three games... Reimer tied his career highs with the four hits, three runs scored and four RBIs... Canisius committed two errors for just the second time this season... Joseph and Mailloux matched a school record with seven at-bats, last done by Kevin Mahoney on April 22, 2006... Canisius allowed double-digit runs in back-to-back games for the first time since March 31-April 1, 2007, against Marist... The Hornets had six errors in the game, leading to 11 unearned runs for the Griffs... Van'tWout pitched for the first time since March 15, at Mount St. Mary's... Smith's other career starts came against Kentucky and West Virginia last season... The Griffs have had 16 innings where they scored four runs or more this season.

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Players Mentioned

#7 Ryan Asis: IF/OF; 5' 7"; Senior

#5 Connor Burke: 1B/OF; 6' 0"; Junior

#33 Brian Burton: 1B; 6' 1"; Freshman

#22 Alec Cabello: SS; 5' 10"; Junior

#23 Chris Cox: P; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#11 Adam Donato: OF; 5' 9"; Senior

#2 Branson Joseph: OF; 5' 11"; Junior

#4 Kevin Mahoney: 3B; 6' 0"; Junior

#12 Kevin Mailloux: 2B; 5' 11"; Redshirt Junior

#28 Kevin Reimer: C; 6' 0"; Senior

#24 Perry Silverman: OF; 5' 10"; Sophomore

#10 Bryan Smith: P; 6' 2"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#7 Ryan Asis
: 5' 7"; Senior
: IF/OF

#5 Connor Burke
: 6' 0"; Junior
: 1B/OF

#33 Brian Burton
: 6' 1"; Freshman
: 1B

#22 Alec Cabello
: 5' 10"; Junior
: SS

#23 Chris Cox
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: P

#11 Adam Donato
: 5' 9"; Senior
: OF

#2 Branson Joseph
: 5' 11"; Junior
: OF

#4 Kevin Mahoney
: 6' 0"; Junior
: 3B

#12 Kevin Mailloux
: 5' 11"; Redshirt Junior
: 2B

#28 Kevin Reimer
: 6' 0"; Senior
: C

#24 Perry Silverman
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: OF

#10 Bryan Smith
: 6' 2"; Sophomore
: P