Box Scores
W 7-2 / W 13-2

MURFREESBORO, N.C. – Redshirt junior 3B Jake Griesemer was 5-for-8 with six RBI and five runs, including a grand slam in the second game, as East Stroudsburg University improved to 5-0 with a pair of wins at Chowan on Saturday.

Freshman Keith Moyer didn't allow a hit and struck out six in 3.0 innings of relief to earn the win and junior Ryan Beck got the final four outs for his second save of the season in a 7-2 victory in the first game. Redshirt sophomore Andy Noga threw 5.0 shutout innings in the second game and the Warriors scored nine runs between the fourth and fifth innings to complete the sweep with a 13-2 win.

ESU will finish the series with Chowan on Sunday and look to maintain its undefeated start. The Warriors swept a three-game series at defending CIAA champion Saint Augustine's, outscoring the Falcons 24-5, to open the year last weekend in North Carolina. Chowan was 24-23-1 overall and 15-5 in the CIAA a year ago.

Griesemer, hitting in the No. 2 spot, was 2-for-4 in the opener with a two RBI single in a four-run third inning and a leadoff double in a three-run seventh inning. He was 3-for-4 with four RBI and three runs in the nightcap, belting a grand slam for the final four runs in a six-run fifth inning that gave the Warriors a 12-0 lead. Griesemer is hitting .619 (13-for-21) with 11 RBI and seven runs in the Warriors' first five games.

Leadoff hitter Evan Gallagher was 4-for-7 in the doubleheader to spark a lineup that collected 13 hits in both games. The junior shortstop has two hits in four of the Warriors' first five outings and is hitting .400 (8-for-20) after batting .387 last season.

All nine of the Warriors' starters had at least one hit in the opener and sophomore catcher Nico Delerme and junior OF Carey Zimmerman joined Gallagher and Griesmer with two-hit games, both going 2-for-3.

Chowan scored a first-inning run off ESU's starter, sophomore Brian Ernst (2.0 IP, 4 hits, 1 run, 4 strikeouts), but didn't score again until the sixth after 3.0 innings of stellar relief work by Moyer, who earned his first career win.

The Warriors scored four runs in the third inning that began with a leadoff single by Delerme and a one-out single by Zimmerman. Gallagher had an RBI single, Greisemer drove in two runs with a single and scored ESU's fourth run of the inning. Gallagher and Griesemer also had stolen bases in the frame and the Warriors stole seven bases on the day, including three by Griesemer and two by Gallagher.

Freshman Keenan Stare got the first two outs of the sixth inning before running into trouble and issuing a bases loaded walk that made the score 4-2. Beck entered and got a groundball to finish the sixth, then retired the side in the seventh to notch his second save of the year.

Beck took the mound in the seventh with a 7-2 lead thanks to a three-run inning in the top half of the frame. Griesemer led off with a double and scored on a base hit by sophomore OF Eric Boyer, and freshman OF Chris Knott hit his first career home run with two outs to give the Warriors a five-run advantage.

In the second game, ESU got on the board with a pair of RBI groundouts in the first inning after Gallagher and Griesemer singled to open the game. The Warriors added an unearned run to go ahead 3-0 through three innings, then got three in the fourth and six in the fifth to break the game wide open.

A pair of freshmen, DH Eric Forth and 2B Matt Bahnick, and sophomore OF Evan Cain all had two-hit games as the bottom four spots in the lineup combined to go 6-for-14 with four RBI and six runs.

Bahnick had an RBI double and Cain had an RBI single for the key hits in the fourth inning, and the bottom of the order came through again in the fifth after Ernst drew a leadoff walk and scored on a sacrifice fly by senior catcher Bryce Muth. Forth and Bahnick singled, Cain had an RBI double and Gallagher walked to bring Griesemer up with the bases loaded, and the Pleasant Valley product homered to deep left field to extend ESU's lead to 12-0.

Chowan scored two runs in the sixth off redshirt sophomore Kyle Evans, the first of two Warriors to throw in relief of Noga. ESU added an unearned run for its final scoring in the seventh and redshirt sophomore Brandon Snyder pitched around two singles and had a strikeout in the bottom half of the inning.

ESU is hitting .373 (62-166) with 13 doubles, two triples and three home runs entering Sunday's action at Chowan. On the mound, the Warriors' staff has a 1.95 ERA and has yielded just 28 hits. Noga is 2-0 and hasn't allowed a run in 9.0 innings, and Moyer is unscored upon in 6.0 innings with 11 strikeouts, three walks and four hits allowed.