Mansfield men earn split; Martin gets no-decision

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Published: March 10, 2010

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Freshman Seth Tressler tripled and scored the winning run in the top of the seventh to lead Mansfield to a 5-4 win over Rockhurst in the nightcap of a doubleheader Tuesday at the RussMatt Invitational in Winter Haven, Fla.

Rockhurst held on for a 14-12 win in the opener.

In the nightcap, Mansfield scored three runs in the third with two of them coming on a single by Dan Chevalier, and led 4-2 when Rockhust scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game. With one out in the top of the seventh Tressler lined a drive off the centerfield fence and used his speed to stretch a double into a triple. The next batter, Mike Hartz, ground out to the left side of the infield with Tressler scoring what proved to be the winning run of the play.

Bernard Johnson, who had come into the game in relief of starter Mike Martin, a Wyalusing graduate, in the fifth, and retired the side in order, including a strikeout, in the bottom of the seventh to pick up the win. Johnson went 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and striking out one. Martin scattered five hits over 5 1/3 innings striking out four and walking one.

Chris Coleman led the offense going 3-3 from the plate with two doubles and a RBI. Tressler went 2-for-4 including a triple and also had two stolen bases. Kevin Miller was 2-for-4.

In the opener, Rockhurst broke up a 3-3 tie after the first three innings but scoring 11 runs over the next three innings to take a 14-4 lead into the bottom of the sixth.

In the sixth, Mansfield exploded for eight runs on eight hits but could pull no closer. Matt Hamilton paced the offense going 2-for-4 with a double and home runs while driving in three runs. The home run was his second of the season and came with a runner on in the second.

Coleman went 3-4 with two RBI while Miller and Chevalier both were 2-for-3.

Mansfield is 4-2 on the season and plays Winona in a single game tomorrow.

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