Temple Bats Continue To Burn, Beat Drexel, 20-7

Skip Wilson's club (10-16, 5-1) continues to batter opposing pitching,

defeating Drexel (4-18), 20-7, on a sunny afternoon at Drexel Field.

GAME # 26 - APRIL 5, 2001 vs. DREXEL

Senior third baseman Kyle Sweppenhiser homered twice and junior first

basaeman Rob Cucinotta once to headline an 18-hit assault as the Owls (10-16,

5-1) defeated Drexel, 20-7, in a non-league game at Drexel Field.

Sweppenhiser, who went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBI,

launched two-run shots in the seventh and eighth innings for Temple, which won

for the 10th time in their last 12 games. Cucinotta (2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBI)

had a two-run shot in the fourth.

Junior outfielder Joe Lyall was 4-for-5 with 3 RBI for the hot-hitting

Owls. Sophomore right-hander Mike Caron, who entered the game in the second

inning with the Owls trailing 6-1, pitched two-hit ball over the final seven

and two-thirds for his second win (2-3).

Temple came from behind with four runs in the third inning to cut Drexel's

lead to 6-5, then plated three in the fourth and fifth and six in the seventh

to blow the game open.

Temple 1 0 4 3 3 0 6 3 0 20 18 2

Drexel 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 11 4

WP - M. Caron 2-3

LP - S. Gartska 0-3

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