From Staff Reports If people judged the 2017 St. Francis baseball program solely on their record, they would be missing the trend line. Despite finishing 8-20 overall, first-year coach Aaron Dorlarque led the Golden Knights to six Mission League victories. What’s impressive about that? The Golden Knights six league wins matches the 2014, 2015 and […]
From Staff Reports
If people judged the 2017 St. Francis baseball program solely on their record, they would be missing the trend line.
Despite finishing 8-20 overall, first-year coach Aaron Dorlarque led the Golden Knights to six Mission League victories.
What’s impressive about that?
The Golden Knights six league wins matches the 2014, 2015 and 2016 totals combined.
They also routed first-place Notre Dame, 10-2, on Thursday.
Senior Nolan Shwery went out in style.
Shwery had a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and he teamed with Hayden Byrnes and Ryan DeVore on a three-hitter over the Knights.
The trio combined to strike out 7 batters, and more importantly, they kept Notre Dame slugger Hunter Greene at bay.
Greene had six hits, including three home runs in the first two games this week with St. Francis.
Senior center fielder Brandon Lewis also went out in a strong way.
Lewis went 3 for 4, scoring once and drove in two runs.
John Politis had two hits, scored one run and drove in another, and junior Aaron Treloar had two hits and drove in one run.
Seniors Pat Dionisio and Jacob Becthold also chipped in singles with both scoring runs and Dionisio driving in three runs.
Lucas Gordon had a single and drove in both runs for Notre Dame.
Christian Muro went 3 for 5 with three runs scored and one RBI.
St. Francis finishes the season 6-12 overall and 9-20 overall.
Quotable:
St. Francis coach Aaron Dorlarque: “I am extremely proud of the seniors for buying into the program and helping lead the culture change with the St. Francis baseball program. They showed what is possible tonight against a very talented baseball team. We are extremely excited about the future of Golden Knight baseball. Congratulations to senior players Jacob Becthold, Pat Dionisio, Brandon Lewis, Kevin Gates, Ryan Devore, Evan Tontini, Nolan Shwery and Josh Hedgpeth on a fine season and announcer/managers Charlie Greaves and Jacob Marmolejo on a job well done.”
Box Scores:
ND: 0-0-0-0-0-2-0-(2)
SF: 0-4-0-1-0-5-X-(10)
Win: Nolan Shwery
Loss: Connor Skertich
Mission League Standings:
Notre Dame (22-8 overall, 15-3 in league)
Harvard-Westlake (22-4-2, 12-4-2)
Chaminade (20-10-1, 9-8-1)
Alemany (15-12, 8-10)
Loyola (12-15-1, 7-10-1)
St. Francis (9-20, 6-12)
Crespi (8-18-1, 4-14)
