CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Visiting #4 Salisbury's Roman March delivered the go ahead hit, a two-run pinch hit triple with one out in the top of the ninth and would score on a throwing error on the play, to break a 5-5 tie in an 8-5 win over host Washington College on Friday afternoon at Athey Baseball Park in non-conference baseball action.  The Sea Gulls improve to 15-3 on the season, while the Shoremen are 4-14.

#4 Salisbury 8 Washington College 5

How It Happened
- Salisbury scored on a one-out double down the left field line by Tim Petrucelli that scored Andrew Kell in the top of the first inning for the game's opening run.
- The Shoremen tied in the bottom of the first on single to center with one away by Chase Ruppel that plated Will Turner.
- In the top of the fifth, Dom Frigiola would launch a grand slam over the left field fence with two away to give the Sea Gulls a 5-1 lead.  Scoring ahead of him were Petrucelli, Dylan Winebrenner and Danny Sheeler.
- Washington would get two back in its half of the fifth to cut the lead to 5-3.  With two outs, Turner singled to left-center to score Drew Kinsey to cut it to 5-2.  On the play, the throw to try to throw out Ty Everitt at third got away and would allow Everitt to score to trim the lead to two.
- Turner would tie the game at 5-5 in the last of the seventh on a two-run homer to left on the first pitch to also score Dino DiMauro.
- The score remained tied until the top of the ninth when March with runners on first and second socked a triple to the fence in left field to score both Sheeler and Ben Anderson to make it 7-5.  On the play, the Shoremen tried to throw out March at third, but the ball got away and March was able to score to give the Sea Gulls a three-run lead.
- WC got one runner on in the bottom of the ninth on a leadoff walk to Kinsey, but the next three were retired and Salisbury came away with the win.

For The Shoremen (4-14)
- Hitting: Turner (2-for-4, three RBI, two runs, home run), Everitt (1-for-3, run, two walks), Kinsey (1-for-3, run, walk)
- Pitching: Tyler Titus (loss 0-1, two innings, two hits, three runs, one earned, one walk, four strikeouts)
- Washington had seven hits and worked out four walks while leaving five on base. 
- The Shoremen made three errors in the game, leading to two unearned runs for the Sea Gulls.

For #4 Salisbury (15-3)
- Hitting: Petrucelli (2-for-3, two walks, run, RBI), March (1-for-1, two RBI, run), Sheeler (two runs), Frigiola (four RBI, grand slam)  
- Pitching: Ethan Hirschfeld (win 3-1, four innings, two hits, two runs, two earned, one walk, seven strikeouts)
- The Sea Gulls notched six hits, drew eight walks and had two reach via hit by pitch as they left 10 on base.
- Salisbury had one error in the game, leading to one unearned run for WC.
Notes
- Turner was named the Goose Nation TV Shoremen Player of the Game.

Up Next
3/24 @ Cabrini (DH) – 11:00 a.m. (Non-Conference Games)
- Originally a single game, the two teams agreed to play a doubleheader earlier today.