Boynton, Weast Pitch Gems as Baseball Stymies Lancaster Bible, 2-0 & 4-0

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.- Spencer Boynton (Tampa, Fla.) and Morgan Weast (Cincinnati, Ohio) both dominated on the mound, recording double-digit strikeouts in complete-game efforts to lead the Eastern Nazarene College baseball team to a pair of shutout wins over Lancaster Bible Wednesday afternoon.

             
GAME ONE
THE BASICS:
Score: Eastern Nazarene 2, Lancaster Bible 0
Records: Lions (5-3) | Chargers (2-4)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Eastern Nazarene tallied its only two runs of the game in the bottom of the fifth to snag a 2-0 edge. Frank Landeiro (Orlando, Fla.) laced a single up the middle to drive in Ethaniel Almendarez (Lynn, Mass.) from third base. Tyler Bean (Wellington, Fla.) followed with a double to centerfield to plate Frank Landeiro (Orlando, Fla.).
  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Tyler Bean (Wellington, Fla.) went 3-for-3 at the dish with one RBI and one run scored.
• Frank Landeiro (Orlando, Fla.) finished with one hit, one RBI, one stolen base, and a run scored.
• Ethaniel Almendarez (Lynn, Mass.) chipped in with a base knock and a run scored.
• Spencer Boynton (Tampa, Fla.) tossed his second complete game of the spring and racked up 12 strikeouts.

GAME TWO
THE BASICS:
Score: Eastern Nazarene 4, Lancaster Bible 0
Records: Lions (6-3) | Chargers (2-5)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Eastern Nazarene broke the scoreless deadlock in the top of the seventh inning, generating four runs to seize a 4-0 lead. Ruddy Vidal (Barahona, Dominican Republic) delivered a pinch-hit single to drive in Juan Jacobo Lopez (San Diego, Calif.). Francis Ferguson (Jefferson, Mass.) followed with a base knock to plate Kelvin Cortez (Corona, N.Y.) from second base. Tyler Bean (Wellington, Fla.) roped a single to centerfield to score Francis Ferguson (Jefferson, Mass.) before Frank Landeiro (Orlando, Fla.) tagged up and motored home from third on a sacrifice fly by Shane McNamara (Londonderry, N.H.).
  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Francis Ferguson (Jefferson, Mass.) collected a pair of hits, one RBI, and one run scored.
• Tyler Bean (Wellington, Fla.) and Ruddy Vidal (Barahona, Dominican Republic) both notched one base hit and one RBI.
• Frank Landeiro (Orlando, Fla.) and Juan Jacobo Lopez (San Diego, Calif.) each added one hit and one run scored.
• Morgan Weast (Cincinnati, Ohio) hurled his first complete game of the year and fanned 11 batters while surrendering just two hits and one walk.

UP NEXT:
Eastern Nazarene wraps up its trip to the Palmetto State with a matinee tilt against La Roche March 9.