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Delaware DELAWARE 13-11, 2-2 CAA

Elon ELON 10-15, 2-2 CAA

Delaware DELAWARE

13-11, 2-2 CAA

Final

Mar. 28, 2025

Elon ELON

10-15, 2-2 CAA

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Delaware DELAWARE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	2
Elon ELON	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	X	8	12	3

W: Mitrovich, Justin (3-1) L: Ben Moyzan (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | 3/28/2025 10:45:00 PM | Gray Aust, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications

Alford Homers Twice; Mitrovich Pitching Roasts Blue Hens

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Elon, N.C.- After back-to-back losses, the Elon Phoenix (10-15, 2-2 CAA) bounced back with one of their finest, all-around performances of the season. Elon took down the Delaware Blue Hens (13-11, 2-2 CAA), 8-2 Friday night after top performances from Jackson Alford and Justin Mitrovich.

Jackson Alford led the way for the Phoenix bats with his first career two-home run day. Alford drove in a team high three runs and scored two runs in the win. Kenny Mallory Jr. finished with a complete day at the plate. Mallory singled twice, scored a run, drove in a run, stole two bases and reached base five times.

Starter Justin Mitrovich tossed his finest game of the season of the season and continued to dominant Delaware after three seasons with the Phoenix. Mitrovich tossed 6.1 innings, allowed just two hits and struck out eight with no runs given up in the win.

How It Happened

After a two-strikeout inning from Mitrovich, Alford led off the Phoenix batters on the night with a leadoff home run to left field.
A three-up, three-down inning from Mitrovich followed in the second before Vince Fattore led off the bottom of the inning with a single. After a Mallory walk, Tank Yaghoubi singled through the right side to score Fattore from second to double the Phoenix advantage.
Elon continued to put up runs with another run in the third. A single from Alex Duffey beat the Blue Hen shift to score Granatell from second base and increase the Elon lead to three.
In the fourth inning, Mitrovich continued to dominate. Mitrovich struck out three batters in the inning to increase his tally to five. The right-hander then struck out another two batters in the fifth inning and had not allowed a hit since the first inning.
In the fifth, Kenny Mallory singled through the right side to score Ryan Sprock after two walks in the inning. Will Vergantino drove in another run on a sacrifice fly to increase the lead to 5-0.
Alford topped his first inning home run with another home run to left field which traveled farther and came off the bat faster than the first for his second home run of the night.
Elon produced a pair of two-out runs in the seventh inning thanks in part to the base running of Mallory. After a leadoff single, Mallory stole second, stole third and scored on a passed ball to increase the Elon advantage. Alford capped his night with an RBI single that scored Jake Hajdu from second to complete the Elon scoring.
After Mitrovich exited, Sam Nomura induced a ground ball double play with the first pitch he threw to end the seventh inning.
Delaware got two runs back in the eighth inning before Nomura and the Phoenix retired the Blue Hens in a row in the ninth to take the 8-2 win.

Notes and Stats

The Phoenix improves to 10-15 on the season with the Friday win. Elon improves to 2-2 in the CAA with the victory over Delaware. Elon sits one game behind the top spot in the conference after four conference games.
Jackson Alford finished the night with three hits, two being home runs. Alford is the first Phoenix with a multi-homer game since Will Vergantino had a pair of blasts against Charleston last season.
Kenny Mallory Jr. finished with two singles and reached base five times in the win. Mallory also stole two bases and scored a run.
Vince Fattore collected a multi-hit night with a pair of runs scored in the win.
Alex Duffey continued to reach base and drive in runs with an RBI single and a walk in the victory. Duffey continues to lead the CAA batters in walks with 26.
Justin Mitrovich delivered his best start of the season with 6.1 innings pitched. He tied his season high with eight strikeouts and for the third time this season, allowed two hits or less. In two career starts versus Delaware, Mitrovich has been flat out dominant. Against the Blue Hens, Mitrovich has thrown 13.1 innings, allowed no runs, surrendered just five hits and struck out 16 batters.
Sam Nomura pitched 2.2 innings on the night and allowed no earned runs in the win. Nomura lowered his ERA to 1.08 on the season while he struck out three batters and walked none.
Elon has won nine straight games against the Blue Hens dating back to 2019. The Phoenix have not allowed more than three runs in any of the nine consecutive wins.