SAINTS TURN BACK CAZENOVIA 8-1

April 11: A quartet of Saint pitchers combined on a three-hitter and rookie outfielder Christian Spicer and veteran second baseman Jon Klix drove in two runs each as St. Lawrence University’s baseball team improved to 7-4 on the season with an 8-1 win over Cazenovia at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds in Watertown Monday night.

Josh White was credited with the victory, pitching four innings of one-hit ball with six strikeouts. White, 2-0, surrendered Cazenovia’s lone run when Matt Wood, who had two of the three Cazenovia hits, led off the game with a walk, stole second, went to third on a balk and scored on a ground out.

The Saints tied the game in the bottom of the second when Andrew Engberetson was hit by a pitch with two out and moved to second on a balk. Rookie catcher Jake Garrow, who was three for three in the game, singled Engberetson to third and the run scored on Jeff Silino’s single to left.

The Saints took the lead in the bottom of the third when Matt Yaworsky singled and scored on freshman Christian Spicer’s single and it went to 4-1 in the fourth on an infield error and Jon Klix’s run-scoring ground out.

SLU tacked a run in the fifth on Tim Malisa’s double and a sacrifice fly by Joe Regonlinski and another in the sixth when Yaworsky scored on a balk. The final two runs came in the seventh when Garrow and Silino hit back-to-back singles and Klix and Spicer delivered run-scoring singles.

Wesley Filkins picked up a save in three innings of work while Charles Cannan worked the eighth and Jesse Emilo worked the ninth, striking out three, for the Saints. Jamie Patten went seven and took the loss for Cazenovia.

The Saints will play at Plattsburgh on Tuesday and host Clarkson in a Liberty League home opening doubleheader Friday at 1 p.m.