TUSCON, Ariz. -- The Malone University baseball team spent spring break in the Tuscon area of Arizona playing in the Tucson Invitational Games.
The Pioneers played a total of eight games over the course of nine days.
Malone put together several strong performances, and went 5-3 overall on the week.
THE ROUNDUP
Friday | March 3
- 16-6 win vs Concordia University, St. Paul | Box Score
Saturday | March 4
- 9-2 win vs Adams State University | Box Score
- 15-14 loss vs Concordia University, St. Paul | Box Score
Monday | March 6
Thursday | March 9
- 3-2 win vs Concordia University, St. Paul | Box Score
- 6-4 win vs Southwest Minnesota State University | Box Score
Friday | March 10
- 8-6 loss vs Bemidji State University | Box Score
Saturday | March 11
- 6-5 loss vs Southwest Minnesota State University | Box Score
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WEEK
- Six different players (Clayton Criss, JC Philippi, Anthony Ryan, Tyson Gingerich, Jaxon Snyder, Jordan Stevens) played in at least two games, and posted a batting average of at least .400
- Clayton Criss led the team with a .529 batting average.
- Evan Balzano and Anthony Ryan each had 12 RBIs on the week.
- Eight of Balzano's RBIs came in the 16-9 win over Walsh which was played as a non-conference game.
- Ten of Ryan's RBIs came within the first three games which helped him pick up Great Midwest North Division Baseball Offensive Athlete of the Week honors.
- Malone stole 27 bases as a team, led by 9 from Tyson Gingerich.
- The Pioneers had 25 extra base hits as a team, and hit .362 on the week.
- Anthony Ryan, Tyson Gingerich, Evan Balzano, Clayton Criss, Jake Aleman, and Jordan Stevens all had multiple extra base hits.
- Devin Norton, Mitch Maurer, Michael Cook, and Nate Plack all started multiple games on the mound.
- Norton totaled a team-best 16 strikeouts, and led the way with 12.0 innings pitched.
- Cooper Davies made a team-high four appearances. He was also credited with a pair of wins.
- Maurer's 8.0 IP, 7 K, 1 ER performance against Concordia University, St. Paul helped lift Malone to the 3-2 win on Thursday.
- As a pitching staff the Pioneers struck out 65 batters.
WHAT'S NEXT
Malone will be back on the field on Friday, March 17 when they open up Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) play at Ohio Dominican University.
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