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Ft. Pierce, Fla. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Baseball squad opened its trip to Florida with an 8-6 victory over Delaware Valley on Saturday night. The Dolphins scored six runs in the first inning to open an early lead and had three players with a least two hits. Freshman Josh Sharpe (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) paced the Dolphins offense by going 3-for-4 and senior Mike Trainor (Patterson, N.Y.) worked 6.2 innings for his first win of the season.
Mount Saint Vincent jumped on top early after recording four hits and taking advantage of five Delaware Valley errors in its first at bat. James Labartino (Holbrook, N.Y.) drove in the first run with a single with one out in the first. Sharpe drove in a run with a single in the inning and Mike Pope (Massapequa, N.Y.) delivered the big blow with a two run double.
With the early six run lead, Trainor settled in and did not allow a run until the fifth inning. After the Dolphins added the eventual game winning run in the bottom of the third, the Aggies got on the board after a Jim Calabrese RBI single. Delaware Valley added another run in the sixth on a Mike Otstot single, before it made the game tight with a three run seventh.
Trailing 8-2 in the seventh, the Aggies loaded the bases with two when Jake Barben cleared the off with a three run double to bring his team to within 8-5. Delaware Valley would add a run in the ninth, but Brian Rush (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) closed the door for the Dolphins with his first career save.
Trainor allowed six hits and four earned runs in 6.2 innings on Saturday, his longest outing of the season. He fanned five Aggies and walked three. Rush allowed a run on one hit and allowed two walks in his 1.0 inning of relief work.
Sharpe finished the night 3-for-4 and also scored a pair of runs to go along with his RBI. Labartino went 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI and Pope went 2-for-3 with three runs driven in. The nine hits for the Dolphins was the second highest total of the season.
The win brings Mount Saint Vincent to within a game of the .500 mark at 3-4 overall on the season. The Dolphins will take the field again on Monday afternoon when they take on #13 St. Scholastica. First pitch is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
