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Iona ION 4-11
11
Winner UNCW UNCW 11-6
Iona ION
4-11
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Final
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UNCW UNCW
11-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Iona ION 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 10 1
UNCW UNCW 6 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 X 11 14 4

W: Royalty, Alex (4-1) L: Maier, Bill (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tom Riordan

Diamond Hawks Slam Five Home Runs In 11-4 Win


WILMINGTON, North Carolina – UNCW slammed a season-high five home runs as the Seahawks picked up a series win with Iona on Saturday after an 11-4 win at Brooks Field.

UNCW ran its record to 11-6 overall and 11-2 at Brooks Field with its second straight victory. The Gaels, who had a three-game winning streak snapped yesterday, dropped their second-in-a-row and dipped to 4-11.

Alex Royalty (4-1) picked up the win working five innings and striking out five. Reliever Austin Easter held the Gaels to one hit over three innings out of the bullpen to lower his earned run average to 1.26.

Steven Linkous keyed the Seahawks at the top of the lineup with three hits and his 15th stolen base of the season. Gavin Stupienski, Nick Feight, Casey Golden and Robbie Thorburn each had two hits on the game. Brian Mims, Stupienski, Feight, Golden and Daniel Stack all delivered round trippers.

Iona starter Bill Maier (0-3) took the loss, allowing nine runs, seven earned, over four innings of work.

For the Gaels, Matt Byrne, Lou Matarazzo and Carmine Palummo had two hits apiece while Travis Mistretta connected on his second home run.

Home Runs: Iona - Mistretta (fifth inning off Royalty, none on, two out); UNCW - Mims (first inning off Maier, one on, none out); Feight (first inning off Maier, one on, none out); Stack (fourth inning off Maier, one on, two out); Golden (sixth inning off Stafford, none out, one out); Stupienski (eighth inning off DeRosa, solo, leadoff)

Up Next: The Seahawks close out the series on Sunday with a 2 p.m. start against Ione, looking for the sweep.

How it happened: UNCW sent 11 hitters to the plate in a six-run first inning to take a 6-0 lead. Mims and Feight connected on two-run homers to stake the Seahawks to a 4-0 lead just four batters into the game.

Inside the box score: UNCW finished with five two-out hits and RBI's … 7-of-9 UNCW starters had a hit … Royalty allowed just two hits with runners on base and induced eight ground ball outs … Linkous went 2-for-3 with RISP … The top five hitters in the UNCW lineup combined to go 10-for-19 with seven runs scored and eight runs batted in.

Notes: UNCW reached double figures in runs for the second straight outing and the ninth time this season … Nick Feight pushed hit career-long hitting streak to 11 games with a two-run homer in the first inning … UNCW's five homers were a season-high and the most since hitting five against Sacred Heart during the 2012 Raleigh Regional … Five different Seahawks homered, the number that did so against Sacred Heart … Easter tossed three innings of relief, matching his season-high.
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