Eagles Bounce Back to Clip Teikyo-Post
March 10, 2003

There’s usually two “K’s” in Skibinski. Monday, there were 12.

Senior Chris Skibinski struck out 12 batters in six innings of work Monday (Mar. 10) in Fort Myers, FL, as the Ashland University baseball team clipped Teikyo-Post (CT), 14-1.

Not only did Skibinski reach double digits in strikeouts, he gave the pitching staff a much-needed break. By lasting six innings, Skibinski gave the AU bullpen a rest. That should help the Eagles on Tuesday (Mar. 11) when they play a doubleheader against Southwest State (MN). In six innings, Skibinski gave up one run on four hits.

Sophomore righty Justin Halpin relieved Skibinski and gave up one hit over two innings. Freshman Jim Barry, another righthander, pitched a scoreless ninth inning.

Sophomore outfielder Richie Jones was 3-for-5 with a double and a pair of RBI. Junior outfielder Bradon Cornell was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI and freshman outfielder David Waters was 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.

Ashland trailed, 1-0 going into the fifth inning. The Eagles took control of the game by scoring eight times in the fifth. All of those runs came with two outs. Four more runs in the eighth inning put the game away.