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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Complete games from pitchers Luke Alventosa and Aidan Miller helped the Swarthmore College baseball team  (8-2) sweep St. Joseph's College Long Island to wrap up its spring break trip on a high note. The Garnet prevailed 1-0 in the first game of the doubleheader and routed the Golden Eagles, 13-2, in game two.

In game one, Alventosa pitched a seven-inning shutout and struck out two in his first win of the season. The Garnet offense had trouble getting started and one of its best opportunities to score came in the top of the fifth innings. Trevor Shepherd hit a one-out single to left field and advanced to second after a single by freshman Jaron Schrock. The bases were loaded when the next batter, Cal Barnett-Mayotte, was hit by a pitch, but two consecutive outs left the three stranded and the game remained scoreless entering the bottom of the fifth.

Swarthmore put the game-deciding run on the board in the sixth inning behind two of its seven hits in the game. John Lim led off with a walk and advanced to second on a single by Scoop Ruxin. A sacrifice bunt by Steven Matos-Torres advanced Lim and pinch runner Gregory Cox and then Roy Walker singled to center field to drive in the only run of the game.

The Garnet, however, did not struggle for offense in game two and jumped ahead to an ultimately insurmountable lead with a 10-run first inning. Wesley Fishburn, Ryan Burnett, Matt Palmer and Barnett-Mayotte all scored twice in the frame.

Fishburn began the inning with a single to center field then stole second and reached third on an error by the catcher. Two straight walks put Burnett and Lim on second and first, respectively, and a fielder's choice brought Fishburn around. Next, Walker reached base on balls and Matos-Torres drove in three with a double to right field. Shepherd walked to put men on first and second.

Following a pitching change by St. Joseph's, Barnett-Mayotte reached base on one of the Golden Eagles' four errors in the first and loaded the bases. Palmer's single brought two home and a botched pickoff scored one more. Batting for the second time in the inning, Fishburn hit an RBI-triple and forced St. Joseph's into another pitching change. A Burnett walk and subsequent error allowed Fishburn to score and a dropped third strike gave the Garnet its 10^th run of the inning.

Swarthmore scored two more runs in the next inning and took a 12-0 lead into the third. Although St. Joseph's responded with a run of its own, the Garnet lead was too great and Miller was too strong on the mound. The sophomore improved to 2-0 on the season after striking out five and allowing only one earned run in seven innings.

The team resumes play with a non-conference road game against Cairn University on Tuesday, March 17 at 3 p.m.