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Ryan Stekl prepares to swing against Monmouth
Karlee Sell
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St. Bonaventure SBU 9-26
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Winner Canisius CAN 25-18
St. Bonaventure SBU
9-26
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Final
11
Canisius CAN
25-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Bonaventure SBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Canisius CAN 4 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 X 11 16 0

W: Stevenson, J.P. (8-1) L: SCHLIMM, Brandon (0-7)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Pounds Out 11-0 Victory

GAME RECAP
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Canisius offense exploded for 11 runs on 16 hits as the Golden Griffins roughed up St. Bonaventure 11-0 Friday night at the Demske Sports Complex in Buffalo, N.Y. The win ends a two-game slide of the Griffs, making them 25-18 on the season, as the Bonnies continue their three-game losing streak, falling to 9-25 overall.
 
The Blue and Gold came out swinging, posting four runs on six hits in the bottom of the first inning highlighted by RBI singles by senior Liam Wilson and junior Conner Morro and capped off by a two-run single by Gage Lanning putting the Griffs up 4-0.
 
A base hit by redshirt senior Christ Conley in the second scoring senior Ryan Stekl extended the lead to 5-0.
 
The fourth inning saw two Canisius home runs as freshman Jacob Martins launched a solo shot to dead center and few batters later Stekl hit a three-run round tripper to right center, pushing the advantage to 9-2.
 
Morro roped a two-run triple into the right center field gap in the sixth frame to plate Conley and Lanning, closing out the scoring, and the victory, 11-0.
 
Senior southpaw J.P. Stevenson picked up his eighth win of the season as he was locked-in for six innings, only allowing two base runners via a double and a single, while striking out nine batters. Sophomore left-hander Kyle Warner relieved Stevenson as he fanned four Bonnies in two innings of work. Freshman Omar Ward saw action in the ninth as he surrendered a single, forced a double play line-out, and got a strike out to end the ballgame.
 
St. Bonaventure sent senior Brandon Schlimm to the mound as he battled through six full innings, scattering 15 hits and allowing 11 runs as he walked four and struck out five. Right-hander Brian Pulli and freshman Brandon Nelson pitched the eighth and ninth innings, respectively, garnering three strikeouts and one hit between them. 
 
GAME NOTES
• With his one hit on Saturday, Wilson has reached base in all 41 games that he's played in this season and 42 times in his last 43 games dating back to last year.
• Wilson's hit was the 203rd of his career, putting him into a tie for ninth place in school history with Jose Torralba ('14).
• Wilson also recorded his 112th career RBI, moving him into tenth in program history passing Torralba.
• With his start Saturday, Stekl is now the all-time program leader in games started in Canisius baseball history with 213, passing Kevin Mahoney ('09).
• Also, Stekl has now played in 216 career games for the Blue and Gold, moving him into a tie for second place all-time with Mahoney.
• Stekl scored two runs Saturday putting him with 142 career runs scored, which is good for eighth all-time in school history, moving ahead of Brian Burton ('11).
• With his six-inning outing on the mound Saturday, Stevenson has now amassed 277.0 innings in his career, which ranks him fifth all-time in program history, passing Garrett Cortright ('13).
• Martins home run in the fourth inning was the first of his career.
• Freshman Jake Zurat recorded the first hit of his career with a single in the eighth inning.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius finishes off the three-game weekend series with St. Bonaventure Sunday afternoon as the squad heads down to Olean, N.Y. for a doubleheader. Game one is set to start at noon.   
 
 
 
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