COTE ST. LUC, Que -- Rookie outfielder
Jonas Press of Toronto had three hits, including a home run, and collected a single-game school record six runs batted in as McGill cruised to a lopsided 16-6 vicory over visiting Laurentian University in the opener of a baseball doubleheader, Saturday, at Gary Carter Field.
It was the seventh consecutive victory for McGill but their first competition after four consecutive cancelations due to poor weather and unplayable field conditions,
Despite a lengthy 685-kilometre trip from Sudbury, Ont., the Voyageurs took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. But the weary travelers wilted as McGill pounded out 15 hits and roared back with four in the third inning, a whopping seven in the fourth and five more in the sixth.
Press, a 19-year-old political science freshman, surpassed the previous school mark of five RBIs held by numerous players. Hitting from the No.3 spot in the batting order, the 6-foot-3, 175-pound left-fielder went 3-for-5 at the plate and came around to score three times.
First baseman
Auguste Guern, a native of France, batted 2-for-2 with four RBIs and came around to score a pair of runs. Right-fielder
Will Bompey, a 20-yeaar-old freshman from New York City, went 2-for-3, with a homer, two RBIs and two runs.
Starting right-handed pitcher
Arthur "Cinch" Smith of Arizona, collected his fourth win in as many starts, with a masterful 86-pitch performance. He struck out 10 and walked one, scattering five hits over five innings of work.
Callum Belshaw took the loss in relief of starter
Ben Baydock for Laurentian. In three innings, he allowed six runs (five earned) on five hits, walked four, hit one, and struck out three.
Laurentian had seven hits with
Andrew Weber and
Ethan Murdy collecting two apiece..
Game 2 of the doubleheader was slated for a 6 p.m. start.
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
www.mcgillathletics.ca
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
