RELEASE DATE: 3/05/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mounties Split with Wilmington in Florida

FT. PIERCE, FL – Nate Grove hit his first home run of the season and drove in three runs to lead Mansfield to a 12-6 win over Wilmington University in the opening game of a doubleheader in Ft. Pierce, FL Thursday afternoon.

Wilmington won the nightcap 7-0.

Mansfield jumped out to four runs in the first inning in the opener with Chris Miller driving in the first run on a triple followed by an RBI double by Grove and run scoring single by Mike Hartz.

Grove would up the score to 8-0 in the top of the second with a two-run home run.

Eric Rosenberger picked up his second win of the season with relief by Joe Will. Grove went 3-5 with a double, home run and three RBI’s in the game while Hartz was 3-4 with two RBI 

Mansfield suffered its second shutout of the season in the nightcap with Justin Garcia taking the loss.

Mansfield plays Slipper Rock on Friday.

GAME ONE

Mansfield        440      022      0          12-14-3

Wilmington     012      120       0          6-7-3

Mansfield (6-8): Eric Rosenberger (W, 2-0), Joe Will (5) and Tony Battisti

2b – Nate Grove, Cody Stinger, Drew Baer  3b – Chris Miller         HR – Nate Grove (1)

RBI – Grove 3, Chris Miller 2, Matt Young, Stinger, Chris Coleman, Mike Hartz 2

Wilmington: Joe Harris (L), JT Gregory (6), Nick Galinskie (7) and Phil Aviola
2b – Bryan Woolford              RBI – Aviola 2, Drew Anusky

GAME TWO

Wilmington     410      101      0          7-6-0
Mansfield        000      000      0          0-5-0

Wilmington: Bryan Woolford, Greg Snyder (W) (3), Phil Aviola (7) and Mike Godwin

3b – JT Gregory          RBI  - Gregory, Cody Holiday, Anusky, Jason Wyatt, Matt Umba, Mike Godwin

Mansfield (6-9): Justin Garcia (L, 0-2), Chris Zelko (2), Andy Young (5), Shane Ryan (7) and Tony Battisti, Kevin Miller (7)