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AUBURNDALE, FL (March 12, 2014) – The Vassar College baseball team registered 20 hits in just over five innings of play as the Brewers knocked off Franklin & Marshall College 16-7 in non-conference play in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational from Lake Myrtle Park Wednesday.

The hit output of 20 was the most since Vassar chalked up 26 in a win over Rochester Institute of Technology April 7, 2012. It took the Brewers only a little over five innings to earn the hit total, as every player in the lineup had at least one knock.



Vassar (2-0) scored in its first at-bat for the second consecutive day Wednesday, posting a pair of runs in the opening frame. Freshman Denis Shanagher (San Francisco, CA/St. Ignatius College Prep) reached on an error, and went to third on a single from junior Kyle Casey (San Diego, CA/Vista). Senior Brett Zaziski (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) scored Shanagher on a RBI ground out to shortstop to give Vassar a 1-0 lead.

Sophomores Nick Johnson (San Francisco, CA/St. Ignatius College Prep) and Brooks English (Milton, MA/Milton Academy) both followed by singling to load the bases, and catcher Cory Wuenschell (Pittsburgh, PA/Mount Lebanon) knocked in Zaziski to complete the scoring in the frame.

Vassar was back at it in the second inning, posting five runs, highlighted by a two-run single by English and a two-run blast to left field by Wuenschell. Johnson also had a RBI ground out in the stanza for the Brewers. Vassar continued to add to its ledger in the bottom of the third, plating three runs thanks to RBI singles from Casey and Johnson, as well as another run-scoring grounder from Zaziski, making the score 10-0.



Freshman starter Adam Erkis (Villanova, PA/Radnor) cruised through the first three innings, retiring the side in order in each of the frames. He ran into his first trouble as a Brewer in the top of the fourth, as the Diplomats (5-4) posted a pair of runs on a sacrifice fly and an RBI double from Matt Mezansky to trim into the Brewer advantage.

VC got the runs back in the bottom half of the frame, as Shanagher posted his first career RBI, plating Parker Werline (Newport Beach, CA/Corona Del Mar) and Jason Garfinkel (Encino, CA/Harvard-Westlake) with a double to centerfield. After F&M chalked up two in the top of the fifth, Zaziski blasted his second homer in as many days, a solo shot to lead off the bottom half of the frame.

The Brewers weren't done in the bottom of the fifth, as Johnson and English both singled for Wuenschell, who connected on his second homer of the day to make the score 16-4. The Diplomats added three more in the top of the sixth, but Vassar put runners on second and third with one out in the sixth. The clouds would open up at that moment, forcing the umpires to halt the game, eventually leading to the win for Vassar.

English had a banner day for the Brewers, going 4-for-6 with two hits and two RBI, while Wuenschell finished 3-for-4 with six RBI, two homers and two runs scored. Johnson posted a 3-for-5 day with two RBI; Zaziski added two hits, three RBI and three runs, and Shanagher finished his first collegiate start with three total bases, two runs driven in and two runs scored. Casey chalked up his second multi-hit game of the season, posting three singles and two runs.

Erkis got the win after throwing six innings, allowing four earned runs while scattering eight hits. The Brewers registered seven extra-base hits and the most homers hit in a game since April 28, 2010 at New Paltz, when VC mashed four long balls.

The Brewers will be back in action tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. against Medaille College in Winter Haven, FL at Chain of Lakes Park.