Box Score

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A 4-4 game between the Swarthmore College baseball team (16-9, CC 4-7) and Muhlenberg ended in a 6-4 defeat for the Garnet after the Mules scored one run in both the seventh and eighth innings to clinch the contest.

Sophomore Steven Matos-Torres finished 3-for-4 and shortstop Wesley Fishburn had a hit in his 20th consecutive game this season. Ryan Burnett and Scoop Ruxin each recorded two hits and one RBI on the afternoon.

After surrendering the first four runs of the game in the second inning, Swarthmore clawed its way back with three in the top of the third frame. Senior Danny McMahon led off with a double and freshman Cal Barnett-Mayotte followed up with a walk. Fishburn's single to center scored McMahon and subsequent groundouts by Burnett and John Lim drove in Barnett-Mayotte and Fishburn, respectively.

Neither team scored over the next three innings, but Swarthmore knotted the game at four apiece with a run in the seventh. With Lim and Burnett on second and third, Ruxin knocked a single to center to bring Burnett home and tie the game.  Unfortunately, a costly fielding error with two outs in the bottom of the frame allowed Muhlenberg to regain the lead and the Mules added an insurance run in the eighth frame.

Nathan Booth was charged with the loss and falls to 1-1 on the season. The team remains on the road for a nonconference game against Immaculata on Wednesday, Apr. 15 at 3:30 p.m.

NOTE: Dating back to last season, Fishburn has reached base safely in the last 34 games.