YORK, Pa.
Brady Fallon went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, including a run-scoring single in a two-run eighth inning, as Virginia Wesleyan staved off elimination in the NCAA Division III baseball tournament with a 4-3 victory over Castleton on Friday.
The Marlins (29-15) will face the loser of Friday night’s Babson-Union game at 1:15 p.m. Saturday in the double-elimination York regional. VWU lost its opening game to Misericordia 4-1 on Thursday.
Jacob Pilarski gave the Marlins a strong start, allowing two runs on five hits in five innings with five strikeouts. Andrew Lowe (2-0) picked up the win with two scoreless innings of relief and Glen Pizzanello (Grassfield) allowed an unearned run in two innings for his second save.
Randy Neisz went 2 for 4 with a run and Zack Clark had a double, a sacrifice fly and a run for VWU.
Fallon’s RBI single in the second tied the game at 1 after Clark hit a two-out double. Deon Hammond reached on an error to score Fallon and give NSU a 2-1 lead.
After Castleton’s Deagan Poland stole home to tie it at 2 in the fifth, the Marlins broke the tie in the eighth on Clark’s flyout and Fallon’s single.
