Lemasters had a dominant second turn on the pitching rubber as the ace of first-year head coach Ray Skjold’s rotation.
The righty had the strikeout pitch working versus Lock Haven as he finished with 14 punchouts, tied for the third most in a single game in conference history.
The senior went six strong innings, departing with the Storm up 2-1 in a close contest. He gave up just one run on six hits for his first winning decision of the spring.
Backed by a Trace Peterson two-run blast in the first inning, Lemasters buckled down with the run support and fanned three straight hitters in both the first and second innings after the leadoff runners reached base.
He struck out the side in the sixth inning while working around a single before giving way to Chris Mutter in a save situation.
Lemasters was a second team all-conference selection by the coaches in 2018, a season where he finished 3-3 with a 3.30 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 60 innings pitched.