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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Six players contributed extra-base hits and the Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team scored exactly two runs in five different innings to back the strong starting pitching of senior righty Alex Mach (Rockfall) in an 11-7 non-conference victory over Otterbein University at Terry Park Sports Complex.

In the first of five games in four days in Florida, Eastern (5-3) collected double-figure hits for the sixth time this year – recording exactly 17 for the third time – and raced to a 6-0 lead after its first three at-bats. The Warriors took an 11-4 lead into the ninth before Otterbein (7-8) got three back.

In his second start (third appearance), Mach struck out five and walked only one, allowing only four hits and two earned runs and departing on the winning end of an 8-3 lead after six innings. The top four hitters in the Eastern lineup – all seniors -- combined for nine hits, drove in six runs and scored seven. No. 3 hitter and first-year shortstop Michael Hernandez (Bridgeport) and cleanup hitter and leftfielder Alejandro Soriano (Hartford) each reached four times with three hits and a walk, scored twice and drove in a run. Centerfielder Ray Leonzi (Trumbull) and catcher Hank Penders (Wethersfield) both had two hits, with Leonzi driving in three runs and Penders scoring twice and driving in a run with a sacrifice fly. Soriano tripled and Penders and Hernandez both doubled.

Also adding extra-base hits were sophomores Ian Moser (Bellingham, MA) and Teige Kimbler (Albany, NY). Moser reached four times with three hits (including a triple) and scored three runs and Kimbler doubled and singled, drove in a run and scored one.

At Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale Monday, Eastern hosts Springfield College at 4:15 p.m. and William  Paterson University at 7:30 p.m.