Jacob LaDuca stroked a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth, giving #1 Washington & Jefferson a 4-3 win over #2 Grove City, putting the defending champions into the Presidents Athletic Conference Baseball championship round. Grove City built a 3-0 lead through five innings before W&J rallied to tie the game. Sam Schuster hit an RBI double off the fence in right, Tyler Horvat lofted a sacrifice fly and Trevor Dean delivered a two-out single in the sixth. W&J got out of trouble in the 9th & 10th innings before LaDuca’s blast made Dante DiMatteo a winner in relief.
Championship round action is set for Saturday, starting at 1 pm at Ross Memorial Park. We’ll have every W&J game in the tournament on WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here! The tournament winner advances to the NCAA Division III Regionals. Saturday’s pregame starts at 12:50 pm.
Friday
Game C Wash & Jeff 4, Grove City 3, 10 inn.
Game D St. Vincent 7, Westminster 4 (Titans eliminated)
Game E St. Vincent 13, Grove City 6
Saturday
12:50 pm Game F Wash & Jeff vs. St. Vincent (WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here! 12:50 pm)
4 pm IF NECESSARY Game