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Dehoux's Two Home Runs Lifts Builders Over Robert Morris-Springfield 4-2

Dehoux's Two Home Runs Lifts Builders Over Robert Morris-Springfield 4-2

 

HAMPTON, VA. - Sophomore Jonathan Dehoux was 3-for-3 with a pair of home runs and drove in all four runs to backup the three-hit pitching of sophomore Aaron Penny as the Apprentice School defeated Robert Morris-Springfield 4-2 on Tuesday night in the USCAA National Championships.

The win puts the Builders (22-20) in the winners bracket final on Wednesday night at 6:30 pm where they'll face Columbia Union College.  Robert Morris-Springfield (20-23) will face the winner of Southern Maine CC and Penn State Greater Allegheny at 1:30 pm in an elimination game.

Dehoux hit his first home run to left center in the first inning to put the Builders up 1-0.  In the third, his double to right-center scored junior J.D. Drewry putting the Builders ahead 2-0.  He closed out the hitting with a two-run blast over the left field wall giving the Builders a 4-0 lead after five innings.

Robert Morris-Springfield scored a pair of runs in the sixth on an RBI double from Justin Anderson and an RBI single from T.J. McCoy.

Penny threw a complete game striking out eight and allowing three hits in seven innings for the Builders.

 

Apprentice 4, Robert Morris-Springfield 2

Robert Morris     000 002 0 -- 2 3 3

Apprentice         101 020 x -- 4 4 2

WP: Penny; LP: Standridge.  Standouts: Apprentice, Dehoux 3-3 (4RBIs, 2 runs, 2 home runs - solo in first and 2-run in fifth)