SWARTHMORE, Pa.–For the first time this season, the Swarthmore College baseball team (14-4) lost at home as it fell to the visiting Widener Pride (9-5) by an 11-4 score on Tuesday, March 22.

Sophomore designated hitter Joe Jackson hit his team-leading third home run of the season, a solo shot to left field in the sixth inning, and finished with two hits. Freshman Charles Levitt also had a pair of base knocks as Roy Walker and Cal Barnett-Mayotte each drove in a run.

Widener took advantage of five hits and two errors for a 4-0 lead after one and added four more to board in the third. The Garnet shrank its deficit behind two runs in the fourth as Walker drove in Barnett-Mayotte with a triple and later scored on a wild pitch. Swarthmore scored again in the fifth with a bases-loaded walk and completed its scoring on Jackson's homer.

Senior Nate Booth picked up his first loss of the season and reliever Max Kassan struck out five in six innings.

The Garnet continue their homestand with a 3:30 p.m. game against Gwynedd Mercy on Wednesday, March 23.