APRIL 14, 2018

KING'S BASEBALL WINS PAIR AT FDU, SWEEPS THREE-GAME SERIES WITH DEVILS

MADISON, NJ -- The King's College baseball team picked up a much-needed doubleheader sweep of host FDU-Florham Saturday in Madison, NJ.  The victories enabled the Monarchs to win all three games in the weekend series against the Devils.

The Monarchs won the opener 9-3 before taking the nightcap 5-1 to improve to 13-13 overall and 6-8 in MAC Freedom Conference games. FDU, meanwhile, slipped to 12-14 and 2-9.

In the opener the Monarchs struck first when King's exploded for seven runs in the frame, thanks in part to a two-run home run from Kyle Lupas. King's had seven hits in the inning, stringing together five in a two at one point.  Kyle Friebolin, Matt Mellinger, and Brad Wilkins all had two hits for King's while Christian Pack drove in three runs. Dan Hartson also contributed with a RBI double i the second inning.  John Wickiser picked up the pitching win for the Monarchs, allowing three runs on six and one-thirds innings with six strikeouts.

In the nightcap King's scored twice in the first inning before adding one run in each of the fourth, sixth, and seventh innings. Lupas was 2-for-3 with two RBI while Sean Padden went 3-for-4 with a double and home runs. Wilkins also added two more hits and Chris Rebar doubled and scored a run to lead the Monarch attack. Hartson was the pitching victor for King's, pitching five complete shutout innings with six strikeouts.

King's returns to action Tuesday with a 4:00 PM home game against Penn State Wilkes-Barre,