Langhorne, PA – Cairn baseball improved to 8-7 on the season with a 16-6 win over Central Penn College on Wednesday afternoon behind 21 hits and nine total strikeouts. John Burlaga started the game and picked up the win for the Highlanders on the mound, while Andrew Clarks got the loss for the Knights.
 
The Highlanders started out with a flurry of hits as the first five batters reached base safely with a hit. Aaron Takacs tripled to drive in the game's first run, followed by doubles from Caleb Lang and Daniel Morales. Morales was able to advance to third on the throw and advance home on an error by the third baseman.
 
Following the five-run first inning, the Highlanders added two more in the second inning and another six in the fourth inning. The Highlanders batted around in the fourth and saw an RBI-triple from Lang as well as RBI-doubles from Trent Fiori and Zachary Vegh.
 
Joey Nieves-Markee was also 3-4 in the game and had one RBI and two runs scored. A good number of substitutes were also able to make their way into the game, highlighted by Kyle Wolfe who went 2-2 and Daniel Bierc who was 1-2 with an RBI.
 
The pitching staff performed well for the Highlanders with three strikeouts going to Burlaga, three to Eric Stinglen, two to Jordan Cottrell and one to Matt Trotman.
 
Andrew Clarks led the Knights by going 2-3 in the game with one RBI and one run scored. Six other batters for the Knights collected one hit, while all six of their runs were scored by different players.
 
The Highlanders will return to conference action for the next game as they are scheduled to host Neumann University this Friday at 3 p.m. for a single game.