SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Swarthmore College Baseball swept the season series over Haverford College with an 18-5 victory on Friday at Clothier Field.
The offense got off to a hot start as they plated ten runs in the first two innings for the Garnet. Every batter in the starting line-up reached base safely at least once. Through the first five innings, the first batter in each inning reached safely for the Garnet.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The top of the first inning saw the Fords leadoff hitter reach base on a double off the left center field wall.
Matteo Sollecito sat down the next swinging, and had Luke Smith line out to left field as the inning came to an end as
Austin Burgess caught Harry Genth too far off second base for the double play.
- In the bottom of the first inning,
Max Roffwarg led off with a hit by pitch. The shortstop moved over to second base on a wild pitch, and moved over to third on a sacrifice fly by
Luke Mutz. With one out in the home half of the inning, Roffwarg scored on a wild pitch to Burgess.
- Eight straight batters reached base and nine runs crossed the plate in the home half of the second inning.
Nate Jbara led the inning with a walk, and would advance to third base as
Paul Cooke's single got passed the right fielder. Cooke would come around to score on a double off the left center fence by Kirk Tereda-Herzer. Burgess roped a double down the left field line to plate
Andrew Olsen and Roffwarg.
-Jbara knocked in a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth as he recorded an RBI double to left center field. Tereda-Herzer's stolen base in the bottom of the fifth was the 100 stolen base by the Garnet in the 2022 campaign.
- Sollecito allowed one hit, two walks and struck out a pair in three innings on the hill.
Jett Shue, who relieved the righty, allowed two runs, five hits, two walks and struck out four in two innings of work.
GARNET OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Jbara: 2-for-4, 3 RBI, 2B, BB
Burgess: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 2B
Tereda-Herzer: 3-for-3, 4 RBI, 2 R, 2B
GARNET PITCHING LEADERS
Sollecito (W, 1-1): 3.0 IP, 0 R, 1 SO, H, 2 BB
Shue: 2.0 IP, 2 R, 4 SO, 5 H
Webb: 1.0 IP, 2 SO, H
Weiss: 1.0 IP, SO, BB, 3 H, 1 R
Skufca: 2.0 IP, 4 SO, BB, 0 H, 0 R
UP NEXT
The Garnet (13-15, 6-2) will travel to Carlisle, Pa. on Saturday for a Centennial Conference doubleheader at 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
