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Gannon University collected 37 hits on its way to completing the four-game PSAC Western Division series sweep over the Mountain Cat baseball team with 16-1 and 16-6 wins on Saturday.  Pitt-Johnstown slipped to 10-15 overall and 3-5 in conference-play.
 
In the opener, Gannon send 11 hitters to the plate and struck for six runs in the top of the first off of Pitt-Johnstown starter Ken Gault and coasted to the 16-1 victory. 
 
Nick Restuccia's two-run single in the Gannon first made it 5-0, and Jared Wiesen followed with an RBI double, before Luke Miller relieved Gault and got Mark DeVita to ground out to second to end the inning.
 
Restuccia's two-run single up the middle in the Golden Knights' second increased to 9-0., but back-to-back doubles from Kylan Kerstetter and Joe Gagliardi in the Mountain Cats' second cut it to 9-1.
 
Gannon added another run in the third on a Ben Foose balk that scored Chris Beer and six more in the fifth, highlighted by Nate Cardy's three-run homerun to extend it to 16-1.
 
Gagliardi had an RBI double, while Smeltz and Kerstetter also doubled for Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Gault took the loss after allowing six runs (5 earned) in just .2 innings.
 
Restuccia went 3-for-4 with a double and six RBI to lead Gannon.  Santiago Mendez earned the win and improved to 5-0 for the Golden Knights after holding the Mountain Cats to just one earned run on five hits over the first six innings.
 
In game two, Gannon broke open a one-run game with nine runs over the final three innings to complete the sweep with the 16-6 win.
 
Cardy's RBI single in the top of the first chased home Wiesen from third.  Cardy came through again in the second with a two-run single to help the Golden Knights go up 4-0.
 
Pitt-Johnstown came back with three on five straight hits in the bottom of the second.  Kerstetter and Devon Walker singled with one out.  Nico Pecora doubled home Kerstetter, and Ernesto Rizzitano and Smeltz each had RBI singles.
 
Gannon answered with three runs of its own in the third to rebuild the lead to 7-3, but the Mountain Cats scored three in the fourth, including Nate Negri's two run homer to left-center.
 
However, that was as close as Pitt-Johnstown would get.
 
Smeltz was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and Pecora doubled, tripled, and drove in one for the Mountain Cats.  Kerstetter added two hits and Negri had a two-run homer.
 
Tyler Black started and took the loss to fall to 0-2 after surrendering four runs (1 earned) in two innings.
 
With the sweep, Gannon improved to 20-5 overall and 8-0 in the PSAC West.
 
Pitt-Johnstown will host a PSAC Western Division doubleheader against Seton Hill University on Friday at 1 p.m. at Point Stadium, before traveling to Greensburg on Saturday to conclude the four-game series on Saturday.