The Bearcats improved their winning streak to three games with victories over Emory and Henry and Johnson and Wales in Sanford, FL.

Game 1: Saint Vincent 6, Emory and Henry 1

Sophomore lefty Jared Lapkowicz earned his first career win, going seven innings and scattering five hits and striking out eight, while the Bearcat offense pounded out 14 hits to earn the win over the Wasps.

Both teams were quiet offensively over the first part of the game, until SVC manufactured its first run in the top of the fourth.  Mike Adams was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame, stole second, and was driven home on a two-out Mike Christiansen single through the left side.

The Bearcats also used small ball in the sixth for their second run, starting with an Adams walk.  Abe Weimer laid down a sacrifice bunt down the first baseline to move Adams to second, and Christiansen again came through with a big two-out hit, this time a double to left center, bringing Adams home to put the Bearcats up 2-0.

SVC took a 3-0 lead in the seventh, when Dave Jones, who led off the frame with a single, was driven in by a two-out single through the right side by Kenny Primeaux.

The Bearcats' fourth run was scored in the eighth, when Christiansen, who singled, was plated three batters later when Jones was beaned with the bases loaded.    In the top of the ninth, Adams led the frame off with a triple off the right center fence, followed by an RBI single from Weimer to make the score 5-0.  An RBI ground out from Adam Miller, scoring Primeaux, gave SVC its final insurance run of the game.

While SVC's bats continued to add to the lead, Lapkowicz was cruising.  The lefty allowed just five men to reach base, and needed only 100 pitches to get through seven innings.  Ben Smith came on in relief in the eighth, giving up one run on one hit in two innings.

Primeaux and Jones each had three hits in the opener, while Christiansen and Miller recorded two apiece.  Adams scored three runs.

Game 2:  SVC 10, Johnson and Wales 6

All nine Bearcat starters recorded at least one hit, and, after spotting JWU a 4-0 lead, SVC scored 10 runs over the final four innings for the come-from-behind win.  Rob Patula started and pitched well, allowing just one earned run while striking out five in five innings.  Freshman Vince Yandura came on in relief in the sixth to earn his first collegiate win. 

Patula pitched out of a number of jams early, but JWU was able to plate its first run after an SVC throwing error in the third inning.  Patula found himself in trouble again in the fifth, loading the bases with nobody out, but again, the big righty was able to limit the damage, allowing just one run on an RBI ground out.

JWU scored two more times in the sixth before the Bearcats erupted.

Adams walked and Weimer was hit to start the inning, and then Primeaux hit a shot over the left field fence to bring the Bearcats to within one, at 4-3.

In the seventh, Mark Shouey doubled and was followed with another walk to Adams before another single from Weimer sent home Shouey to tie the game at four.

Christiansen then came through with a clutch hit yet again, doubling on a hit-and-run to score both Weimer and Adams, putting the Bearcats up 6-4.  A sacrifice fly from Primeaux then sent Christiansen home, and Miller reached on an error.  Fred Federici doubled, putting runners on second and third, before Mario Fragello's laced a two-run single up the middle to give SVC a 9-4 advantage.

In the eighth, the Bearcats made the score 10-5 after an Adams double sent home Shouey, who had doubled.

Johnson and Wales looked to rally in the top of the ninth, leading off with a double and a single to put runners on second and third.  A single then made it 10-6, but Yandura enduced a pop up to first base to end the threat and earn the win.

Weimer, Christiansen, Fragello, and Shouey each recorded two hits in the nightcap for the Bearcats (4-2), while Primeaux knocked in four RBIs. 

The Bearcats will look to extend their winning streak to four games on Friday afternoon, facing Ohio Northern at 4pm.