Box Scores
Game 1 - W 14-8
Game 2 - W 19-6

Saturday's recap

MANSFIELD – Senior outfielder Chris Knott hit four home runs, becoming East Stroudsburg University's career leader, as the Warriors pounded Mansfield pitching for a pair of wins (14-8, 19-6) to sweep this weekend's four-game series on Sunday in north-central Pennsylvania.

ESU (24-11, 10-8) opened the series with a come-from-behind 5-4 win in game one on Saturday, followed by a 9-3 victory in the nightcap. The sweep is the Warriors' first in divisional play since taking all four games from Millersville in 2010, and puts the defending PSAC champions back into playoff contention with two weekends and 10 games remaining.

Knott entered the day with 15 career home runs, then hit two in both games on Sunday to set ESU's career record with 19 round-trippers. He surpasses Kevin Thompson (2005-09) and Jeff Pfeiffer (1984-85), who both hit 17 home runs at ESU.

Knott has set five career records this season and is within reach of several more. He currently holds marks for home runs (19), triples (16), extra-base hits (78), total bases (330) and RBI (142), and ranks fourth in doubles (43 – one from the record), third in stolen bases (56), fifth in runs (137), fifth in walks (82) and tied for fifth with 198 career hits.

The Warriors hit seven home runs Sunday, with redshirt senior catcher Nico Delerme (8th career), senior 1B Mike Tenaglia (5th career) and redshirt sophomore OF Matt Walewski (2nd career) also going deep.

ESU opened game two with an 11-run first inning, scoring seven runs before the Mounties (16-15, 4-12) got an out, and collecting 12 hits in the frame. Redshirt sophomore SS Drew Hercik, Knott and senior catcher Eric Forth all had two hits in the first inning.

ESU had 22 hits overall in the nightcap, its most in a divisional game since at least 2003.

The Warriors' 19 runs are their most against a PSAC East opponent since a 21-15 win at Shippensburg in 1997.

Knott is the first ESU player with multiple home runs in both games of a doubleheader since at least 2003.

The most recent Warriors with two home runs in a game were Ryan Guarino and Carey Zimmerman, who both had two of ESU's seven total home runs in the first game of a doubleheader at Chestnut Hill in 2010.

Six Warriors had at least three hits on Sunday as ESU was 37-for-77 (.481) at the plate. Knott was 6-for-10 with seven RBI and six runs, Delerme and Walewski were both 5-for-8, Forth was 4-for-6, Hercik was 4-for-9 and Tenaglia was 3-for-8, including two doubles, a home run and six RBI.

Senior Matt Smith and sophomore Brandon Holup were the winning pitchers. Holup, the PSAC leader in ERA (1.10) entering the weekend and last week's PSAC East Pitcher of the Week, allowed three runs in 5.0 innings after being staked to an 11-0 lead before he took the mound.

ESU hosts West Chester on Monday at 1 p.m. at Mitterling Field. The two schools split their first meeting (L 4-3, W 3-1) on April 1 at West Chester, with Holup throwing a complete game for the victory in game two.


Game notes
* Sr. RHP Keenan Stare set ESU's career saves record (11) with his 5th save of the season in ESU's 5-4 win in Saturday's opener.

* ESU hit .435 (54-for-124) with a .507 on-base percentage in four games against Mansfield after hitting .362 (17-for-47) in Saturday's home sweep in the first half of the series.

* Knott was 8-for-16 with 1 walk, 4 home runs, 9 RBI and 8 runs … Forth was 8-for-12 with 3 walks, 1 double, 7 RBI and 5 runs … Delerme was 6-for-12 with 4 walks, 1 double, 1 home run, 3 RBI and 6 runs … Hercik was 6-for-14 with 4 walks, 1 double, 1 triple, 5 RBI and 7 runs … Walewski was 6-for-14 with 1 double, 1 home run, 5 RBI and 5 runs … Tenaglia was 5-for-12 with 4 walks, 3 doubles, 1 home run, 7 RBI and 4 runs … R-Fr. 2B Jay Young was 5-for-13 with 2 walks, 1 double, 5 RBI and 5 runs

* Delerme moved into ESU's career top 20 with 135 hits and 80 RBI
* He is hitting .433 (42-for-97) with a .550 on-base percentage, .670 slugging percentage, 8 doubles, 5 home runs, 35 RBI and 28 runs this season. He has walked 29 times, tied for 6th-most in school history.

* Knott is hitting .420 (50-for-119) with a .497 on-base percentage, .739 slugging percentage, 12 doubles, 4 triples, 6 home runs, 40 RBI, 41 runs and 13 stolen bases.