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East Tennessee State University

dive-back-villanova
15
Winner Villanova VU 6-11
8
ETSU ETSU 14-5
Winner
Villanova VU
6-11
15
Final
8
ETSU ETSU
14-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Villanova VU 1 1 2 2 5 0 2 0 2 15 13 2
ETSU ETSU 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 11 0

W: FRANCIS, JAKE (2-2) L: Harpster, Michael (3-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bucs drop the series finale to Villanova, 15-8

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 17, 2024) – The ETSU baseball team dropped the series finale to Villanova on Sunday afternoon at Thomas Stadium by a score of 15-8. With Sunday's loss, the Buccaneers move to 14-5 on the 2024 season.
 
For the 13th time in 19 games this season, ETSU totaled 10 or more hits. The Bucs, which finished with 11 hits on the day, were led by a trio of players that had multi-hit days at the plate. Jackson Green continues to swing it well for ETSU going 3-for-5 with two RBI and a home run. Nick Iannantone and Cody Miller both tallied two hits on Sunday, while Noah Gent also slugged a home run in the series finale.
 
Villanova's offense was clicking on all cylinders on Sunday. The Wildcats scored at least one run in the first five innings of the game, including a five-run fifth. Villanova also scored two runs in both the seventh and ninth to finish with a season-high 15 runs scored.
 
Early in Sunday's action, however, the Bucs held a 2-1 lead after Green slugged a home run and Gent drove in a run with a groundout. However, the Wildcat offense kept clicking and grew their lead to four, 6-2, before the Bucs scored again in the fourth.
 
Jamie Palmese and Green both tallied run-producing doubles and Cameron Sisneros knocked in his 32nd run of the season with a groundout to shrink the Wildcat lead to one, 6-5. Villanova's five-run fifth inning put the pressure back on the Bucs. ETSU got one back in the bottom of the fifth and Gent slugged a two-run home run to cut the deficit to three, 11-8, after six innings.
 
Even with the Villanova lead pushed back to five runs, 13-8, the Bucs still had a key chance in the eighth to take a big bite out of the Wildcat lead. ETSU had a bases loaded chance and Blake Jacklin narrowly missed a grand slam that would've gotten the Bucs back within a run thanks to a leaping catch at the wall by the Villanova right fielder. After that scoring chance came up empty for the Bucs, Villanova added two in the ninth and finished off the 15-8 victory.
 
After playing 18 of its first 19 games at home, the Bucs will now begin an eight-game road swing. ETSU will open the stretch of road contests on Tuesday when it visits Virginia Tech. First pitch between the Bucs and Hokies is set for 4 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

For more information on Buccaneer baseball, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the baseball tab.
 
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