Cranberry Beats Black

College Baseball
Cranberry Beats Black

Freshman lefty Eric Carmichael (West Grove, Pa./Avon Grove) won two games, striking out three Black batters in four innings of work, to lead the Cranberry team to the Championship of the annual Rider University Cranberry and Black World Series.

Carmichael was the winning pitcher in both the first and fifth games of the three-inning, five-game series, allowing no runs or walks.

Senior Jeff Reynolds (Denville, N.J./Parsippany Hills) collected four hits for the Cranberry, including a triple, and knocked in a run. Freshman Clint Lawyer (Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview) had four hits and two RBI for Cranberry, and junior David Hayes (Sunrise, FL/American Heritage) also collected four hits and an RBI.

For the Black team, freshman shortstop Garrett Rugg (Langhorne, PA/Neshaminy) batted .500 with a pair of RBI and three walks. Freshman Nick Wojnowski (Baldwin, Md./Calvert Hall) hit the only home run of the Series.

The Black team holds a 9-5 advantage in the series history.

The Rider spring season begins February 23-25 with a three-game series at East Tennessee State.

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