Baseball 5/13/2016 6:21:00 PM Saint Louis Athletics

Billikens Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader to Win Series

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

GAME DETAILS
GAME ONE
Saint Louis 6
St. Bonaventure 1

GAME TWO
Saint Louis 7
St. Bonaventure 4
May 13, 2016 | Olean, N.Y. (Fred Handler Park)

OVERVIEW
Saint Louis won both games of a doubleheader at St. Bonaventure to take the series two games to one. The Billikens won the first game 6-1 and the second 7-4. The wins move SLU to 22-29 overall and 12-9 in Atlantic 10 games.

PITCHER DECISIONS
GAME ONE
SLU – Matt Eckelman (W, 8-4) 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
SBU – Connor Grey (L, 2-6) 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K

GAME TWO
SLU – Ryan Lefner (W, 3-1) 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
SBU – Aaron Phillips (L, 2-3) 4.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 2 K

SLU SCORING SUMMARY
GAME ONE
T4 – Bunselmeyer scores on a passed ball.
T5 – Dubet singles through the left side. King scores.
T7 – Mahoney singles through the right side. Bozarth scores.
Leimkuehler homers to left field. Martinez and Mahoney also score.

GAME TWO
T1 – Dubet grounds out to shortstop. Bozarth scores.
T2 – Leimkuehler homers to left center.
King hits a sacrifice fly to centerfield. Martinez scores.
Bozarth singles to left field. Sniatynski scores.
T5 – Mahoney triples to right field. Dubet scores.
T7 – Bunselmeyer homers to left field. Bozarth also scores.

BILLIKEN NOTABLES
- Matt Eckelman picked up his eighth win of the season in game one of the double header. He is the 12th Billiken to amass eight or more wins in a season. Only four Bills have ever reached nine wins. None have recorded 10 in a single season.
- It also was the 23rd victory of Eckelman's career, third all-time at Saint Louis.
- Trent Leimkuehler hit his eighth (game one) and ninth (game two) home runs of the season today.
- Over the two games, Leimkuehler was 4-for-8 with a double, two homers and four RBIs.
- In game two,Josh Bunselmeyer hit his 12th home run of the season. He is 10th on SLU's single season home run list.
- In game one, Michael Bozarth stole second in the eighth inning, his 22nd steal of the season. He is 10th on SLU's single season list.
- Ryan Lefner picked up the win in game two, his longest start of the year at 6.0 IP (previous was 3.1 IP). He held the Bonnies to a .190 batting average against him.