Box Score

EAST STROUDSBURG - Sophomore outfielder Ian Allen hit a grand slam for his sixth home run of the season, but Wilmington had enough offense for a 13-8 win over East Stroudsburg University in a single nine-inning non-conference baseball game on Thursday at Mitterling Field.

Allen's homer got ESU within 8-6 in the sixth inning, but Wilmington had a five-run eighth inning to protect its lead.

Wilmington (25-8), coming off a 9-5 loss to West Chester in the Bill Giles Classic championship game at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday, got a strong start from Frank Samluk, who allowed two runs in 5.0 innings to improve to 5-0.

The Warriors (24-12) were coming off a non-conference sweep of Le Moyne on Wednesday, giving them 24+ wins for the seventh straight season under eighth-year head coach John Kochmansky.

ESU outhit the Wildcats, 16-15, with four players collecting two hits each - freshman OF Chase James, redshirt junior 1B Matt Walewski, redshirt junior SS Drew Hercik and freshman catcher Steven Zimmerman, Jr.

Sam Goines was 5-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and three runs in the cleanup spot for Wilmington. Josh Swirchak was 3-for-4 with an RBI and four runs in the No. 3 hole.

Redshirt sophomore 3B Jay Young and junior 1B Dylan Tamecki both had hits to extend their hitting streaks to six games for ESU.

James had an RBI double in the third inning to get ESU on the board, and freshman 2B Aden Tully had an RBI single in the fourth.

Allen's grand slam in the sixth came with two outs after singles by Hercik and Zimmerman and a walk by Young.

The Warriors added single runs in the eighth, on an RBI single by junior DH Brett Bonn, and ninth, on an RBI single by junior 2B Nick Rabasco.

ESU, 10-10 in PSAC East play, faces West Chester (18-8, 13-5) in a four-game series this weekend beginning on Saturday at West Chester.

ESU's half of the series has been postponed to Sunday at 1 p.m. at Mitterling Field.

The Warriors enter the weekend fourth in the PSAC East with eight games remaining. West Chester trails Millersville (15-5) in the win column for the top spot. The Golden Rams still have two games to make up vs. Mansfield.