Baseball Shut Out in Florida

Lose 2-0 to Olivet

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FORT MYERS , Fla. – The Shenandoah University baseball team fell for the fifth time in six games Thursday morning as Olivet took a 2-0 Gene Cusic Tournament victory.

The two-run loss was supposed to be the lidlifter in a doubleheader with the Comets; game two was rained out.

Shenandoah (3-10) was held to just four hits on the day as Olivet shut SU out for the second time in four games. Sophomore Dusty Crostic (Chesterfield, Va./LC Bird) led the Hornets with two hits in four at-bats while John Cowell (Devon, Pa./Conestoga) and Shane Lloyd (Alexandria, Va./Hayfield) had one each.

Shenandoah’s offensive woes ruined a strong pitching performance by junior Seth Foster (Alexandria, Va./Hayfield). Foster scattered seven hits and struck out six against just one walk in the complete game performance. He falls to 1-2 on the season with the loss.

Shenandoah placed runners in scoring position in the first, fourth and fifth innings but saw Olivet escape trouble by turning double plays in the first and fourth and getting a inning ending strikeout in the fifth.

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The Hornets continue play at the Gene Cusic Tournament with a 6:00 game Friday evening against Westfield (Mass.) State College .