Box Score

Four days and two rainouts after it was scheduled to open up Centennial Conference play, the Muhlenberg baseball team made a big splash when it finally faced a league opponent.

The Mules (10-11, 1-0) pounded out 21 hits against eight pitchers and rolled to a 14-4 win at Ursinus.

The 14 runs were the most for Muhlenberg in a CC game since a 15-7 win against Franklin & Marshall two years ago, and the 21 hits were the most in a CC contest since the Mules had 23 in a 26-3 defeat of Dickinson in 2010.

Every player in the starting lineup had at least one hit. Leading the way was junior Robbie Hopes (pictured above), who went 5-for-6 and drove in four runs. Freshman Chris Grillo and sophomore Eric Reitmeyer contributed four hits apiece, while junior John Icaza and freshman Jon Capra drove in three runs each.

The offensive outburst was plenty for sophomore Timmy Pilrun, who pitched the first six innings and allowed only one run on four hits while striking out eight.

After the Bears (15-9, 1-2) scored a run in the bottom of the first, Muhlenberg answered on a sacrifice fly by Capra in the top of the second. The Mules then blew the game open with six in the top of the third, highlighted by a two-run single from Icaza and a two-run double by Hopes.

A pair of two-out run-scoring hits - a single by freshman Bobby Merle and a two-run double by Grillo - made it 10-1 in the fifth.

Hopes stroked RBI singles as part of two-run innings in the eighth and ninth.