The Muskingum baseball team moved to 7-0 on the season with a win against William Peace on Sunday afternoon. The Muskies finished with an 8-4 win as freshman Lex Castaneda notched three hits and four RBI's as he led the Muskie bats.

The Basics

• Records: Muskingum (7-0 overall), William Peace (0-9 overall)
• Location: Cary, North Carolina
• Attendance: 95

Notables

• The Muskingum baseball team is off to the best start in program history as they move to 7-0 to start the season.

Inside The Numbers

• The Muskies scored eight runs on 10 hits with one error.
• Freshman Lex Castaneda led the Muskie bats with three hits, four RBI's, and three runs scored. Of his three hits he logged one double and one triple.
• Senior Weston Melick and sophomore Benny Hess each tallied two hits to fuel the offense for Muskingum.
• Melick also added two RBI's and one run scored.
• Hess tacked on two RBI's.
• Sophomore Aiden Reis, junior Sam Palmieri, and freshman Jasper Owens each logged a hit in the contest.
• Senior Tobie Teke earned two walks and scored a run.
• Junior Max Vosters got the start for the Muskies and went four innings.
• Sophomore Gavin Schultz finished the game with five innings of work on the mound and struck out nine batters. Schultz earned the win and moved to 3-0 on the season as a pitcher.

Up Next

• The Muskies will be back in action when they face North Central on Friday, March 7 at 1:00 p.m. in the North Central College Tournament at Marietta.