Brandywine Rolls To Eighth-Straight Victory

MEDIA, Pennsylvania -- Penn State Brandywine scored 10 runs over the final two innings and ran away with a 16-4 victory over the University of Valley Forge in non-conference baseball action Monday afternoon, extending its winning streak to eight games.

Brandywine (14-10, 8-0 PSUAC) trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the first inning, but answered with a pair of runs. Tommy Crumlish (Upper Darby, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) led off with a bunt single, stole second and scored on Dan McMenamin's (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) triple. Tom Osenbach (Newtown Square, Pa./West Chester Christian) followed with a single to plate McMenamin.

McMenamin added two more RBI in the second as his double drove in Cumlish and Will Scott-Norris (Wilmington, Del./Mt. Pleasant), extending Brandywine's lead to 4-1.

Tyler Logan's two-run double brought Valley Forge within one in the fourth, but John Gorgone (Ridley, Pa./Ridley) quickly got one run back for Brandywine, smashing a leadoff, opposite field home run, his second of the season.

Crumlish's run-scoring triple made the score 6-3 after five innings and the Lions padded their lead with five runs during the seventh and eighth frames.

Crumlish crossed home on Osenbach's double and Gorgone followed with an infield single that plated Osenbach. John McGarvey (Wilmington, Del./Concord) dealt the big blow with a bases-clearing double off the left field fence later in the inning.

Osenbach, Alex Rivera (West Chester, Pa./Rustin), Chris Skahill (Media, Pa./Penncrest) and Anthony Bianchini (Long Island, N.Y./Long Beach) all delivered run-scoring hits in the eighth, pushing the Lions' edge to double figures.

Brandywine recorded 16 hits, including a 4-for-5 performance from Osenbach. He also drove in three runs, while McMenamin added three hits and a trio of RBI and Crumlish scored three times.

Troy Mucchetti (Haverford, Pa./Haverford) struck out eight in 6.0 innings of work to up his record to 3-1. He allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits. Bradley Ulmer (Newark, Del./St. George's Tech) tossed two innings in relief, surrendering just one unearned run, while Osenbach worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

Brandywine hosts Penn State Greater Allegheny on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 pm.