Box Score

TAMPA, Fla. - The Rensselaer baseball team knocked out 15 runs on 21 hits, including five from senior outfielder Dan Valentine, to down #15 Augustana, 15-5.  The Red Hawks improve to 7-1 while the Vikings are now 8-2.

Valentine’s (Goshen, CT/Avon Old Farms) day at the plate included five hits in five at bats.  Among his hits were two home runs, a double and a pair of singles.  He also scored five runs and knocked in three.

Freshman Dan Stroud (Central Nyack, NY/Nyack) also had a big day, going 3 for 6 with a home run, two runs scored and five RBI.  Sophomore Pat Reardon (Troy, NY/LaSalle Institute) added four hits, two runs and an RBI and classmate Camden Mamigonian (Dover, NH/Dover) was 3 for 6 with a double, a run scored and two runs batted in.

On the mound, RPI senior Tim Klein (Westwood, NJ/St. Joseph Regional) went 6.0 innings for his second win in as many starts.  He allowed six hits and four earned runs.  Sophomore Andrew Mondo (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) came on the pitch the final 3.0 innings for the save.  He had two strikeouts while allowing a hit.

Rensselaer - 4-0-5 0-0-1 0-4-1 - 15-21-1
Augustana - 1-1-0 0-2-1 0-0-0 - 5-7-1

RPI: Klein (2-0), Mondo (7th: Save) and Poissant, Cieszko.  AUG: Erickson, Pankau (3), Kulig (6), Carlson (8), Doyle (9) and Dahlgren, Vezzetti (8).