RUTHERFORD, N.J. – After putting up six runs in the first inning the other day against Wilmington University at home, the Post University Baseball bats were off to a hot start again, posting up eight runs across the first two innings against Felician University on Tuesday afternoon's road rubber match, hanging on for the 10-7 victory. For the Eagles, they have won eight of their last 10 games since getting swept by Jefferson the other weekend, moving to 15-9 in conference play, firmly holding the fourth spot in the standings. 

THE BASICS

Post University 10, Felician University 7
  
Post University (21-19, 15-9 CACC)
 
Felician University (22-17, 13-11 CACC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Freshman infielder Max DeFrancesco had himself a day at the plate, going 3-for-5 with an RBI in the four-spot, driving in the first run of the game with his RBI single to left off of sophomore right-hander Devin Malvasio. Despite Malvasio only lasting a third of an inning, he was charged with three of the four runs as a one-out error allowed the inning to continue, in which, after DeFrancesco's hit, graduate outfielder Andrew Hartman would drive in two with his RBI double, followed by junior infielder Jesse Alfalla's RBI single to cap off the first.

Freshman left-hander Chris Laieta would get the ball in the second inning for the Golden Falcons, giving up a big three-run home run to senior catcher Manny Contreras, which was the sixth of his season and second in the last four games overall. Contreras finished the game 2-for-2 with three RBIs, two walks, and two runs scored in the win, while junior right-hander Sebastian Velasquez moved to 2-0 this season against Felician after allowing four runs (three earned) in five innings of work on eight hits with four strikeouts, three walks, a hit batter, and a wild pitch. 

Graduate shortstop Evan Cornwell would add some breathing room to the Post lead in the eighth with his two-run double, making it a 10-5 game after a stretch of five unanswered runs by the Golden Falcons between the second and sixth innings. Sophomore right-hander Logan Pulitano, who relieved Velasquez in the sixth, was charged with three earned runs in his two innings of work before freshman right-hander Jacob Schrage came into the game to pick up his first collegiate save. 

Sophomore infielder Braden Walsh made it a three-run game once more in the eighth with his two-run single, before Schrage retired four of the next five batters he faced to secure the win for the Eagles, 10-7, on the road. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• Evan Cornwell finished today's game with one hit, moving his career total to 177 hits –  Cornwell is 16 hits away from tying Dan Luisi for the most hits in program history at Post University 
• So far this season, Manny Contreras has put together eight multi-RBI games, the second-most on the team, as well as his 14th multi-hit game of the year after going 2-for-2 with three RBIs and a home run in the win
• Manny Contreras currently holds a 19-game on-base streak, with Joey Cohen right behind him with an 18-game on-base streak following today's game 
• Post University's offense has started to find its rhythm, producing an offensive output of 10 runs or more in four of its last six games overall

  
WHO'S NEXT
Post University will face Georgian Court University this Saturday in a road doubleheader starting at 1:00 PM in Lakewood, New Jersey. In their first-ever meetings last year, the Eagles went a perfect 4-0 against the Lions, who were in their inaugural season.