By Alex Benner, Sports Information Assistant
 
WASHINGTON, Pa. –  No. 19 Washington & Jefferson scored 10 runs in the sixth inning of the first game, and 12 unanswered runs in the second game to push past Geneva, 13-1 and 12-0 on Saturday, April 22, in Presidents' Athletic Conference action.
 
The sweep pushes the Presidents' record to 23-7, with a 16-2 conference showing.
 
Scoring in the bottom of the sixth of game one started when Ryan Sciullo (Vandergrift, Pa./Kiski Area) hit a triple to right center, scoring Frank Fortunato (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) from third. Sciullo was the first of 11 straight batters that reached safely for the Presidents in the inning, allowing for 10 runs to cross the plate and six W&J players to collect at least one RBI.
 
The Presidents' first three runs of the game came in during the fifth inning, with two runs scoring on an error and the third coming in on a sac fly from Adam LaRue (Imperial, Pa./West Allegheny).
 
W&J's bats got hot in the second game when Kevin Begley (Allison Park, Pa./Deer Lakes) scored on a sacrifice fly and LaRue and Nick Vento (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) reached base by way of a single and a walk, respectively.  Fortunato then whacked a homer to left field, plating LaRue and Vento, 4-0.  Dan Trettel (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) brought Mark Merlino (Irwin, Pa./Penn-Trafford) and Nick Gatins (North Royalton, Ohio/North Royalton) around to score on a double to left center, putting the Presidents up 6-0.
 
W&J scored six more runs in the next three innings, and allowed no runs on only one hit, giving it the 12-0 win.
 
Gatins and Fortunato led the Presidents with three hits on the day, with LaRue, Sciullo, Vento, and Derek Helbing (Pataskala, Ohio/Watkins Memorial) adding two hits each.  A total of 12 different Presidents drove in at least one run, highlighted by four from Fortunato and three by Vento.
 
Sciullo's triple in the sixth inning of the first game was the 12th of his career, tying him for second in W&J history.
 
Trevor Kerr (Orrville, Ohio/Orrville) and Bryce Schnatterly (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) started games one and two, respectively, with each earning a win.  Kerr (4-2) pitched six solid innings, allowing only one run on a lone hit, with three strikeouts.  Schnatterly (5-0) threw four innings, allowing no runs on six hits to match his career high for wins in a season.
 
The Presidents are back in action Thursday, April 27 when they travel to Muskingum for a 4:30 p.m. nonconference matchup.