HAMPTON, VA. - The Apprentice School baseball team continued swinging the hot bats on Tuesday smashing out 17 hits en route to a 15-1 victory over Elizabeth City State at War Memorial Stadium.
Junior Josh Tuck opened the scoring binge for the Builders smashing his second home run in as many games with a solo shot in the first inning. In the third, junior Andrew Yonta drove in junior Ryan Wagner who started the inning with a single and Tuck scored later on an error as the Builders held a 3-0 lead after three innings.
In the fourth senior Jonathan Dehoux broke the career hits record in impressive fashion by smashing a three-run home run to left center. His hit broke the previous record of 208 by Ryan Scott from 2004-07. Dehoux singled later in the game to raise his career total to 210.
In the fifth, Tuck singled in a pair of runs to push the lead to 8-0. The Builders broke the game wide open in the sixth scoring seven runs sending 12 men to the plate. Freshman Chris Kennedy had a run scoring single in the start of the inning and drove in a run with a double to end the seven-run sixth.
Wagner, Tuck and Kennedy all had three hits each for the Builders while Dehoux and senior Dory Fields had a pair of hits each. Dehoux drove in four runs, while Wagner and Tuck scored three runs each.
Freshman Ethan Halberg earned his fourth win on the season throwing the first six innings and allowing three hits while striking out four. Senior Tim Kehoe pitched the next two striking out two, while junior Michael Opauski threw a scoreless ninth inning and struck out two.
The Builders return to action on Friday morning when they face Castleton State College at 10 am. They'll also be facing Penn State Fayette at 4 pm at War Memorial Stadium on Friday and the same schedule for Saturday.
APPRENTICE SCHOOL 15, ELIZABETH CITY STATE 1
ECSU 000 000 010 -- 1 4 2
NNA 102 327 00X -- 15 17 2
WP: Halberg (4-0); LP: Brown (1-3). Standouts: ECSU, Green 1-4 (9solo home run in eighth); Apprentice, R. Wagner 3-5 (3 runs, double); Tuck 3-5 (3 runs, 3RBIs, solo home run in first); Dehoux 2-4 (2 runs, 4 RBIs, 3-run home run in fourth, breaks career hits record), Fields 2-4, Kennedy 3-4 (2RBIs). Records - Apprentice 7-4, ECSU 4-5.
