WESTMINSTER, Pa. - The Swarthmore College baseball team earned a series split at McDaniel College on Saturday afternoon. The Garnet fell 8-6 in the opener, before answering with a 12-10 victory in the finale.

Paul Cooke, Nate Jbara and Matthew Silvestre all homered in the series finale. The Garnet also received a dominant four innings from Zach Camp in a relief victory. 

SWARTHMORE 6, MCDANIEL 8
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Andrew Olsen opened the scoring with an RBI double in the third inning, but the Green Terror answered with a crooked number in the bottom half as they rallied for six runs, 6-1.

- Cooke attempted to dig the Garnet out of a hole with an RBI double in the fourth. Kirk Terada-Herzer then added another run in the inning on a sacrifice fly to pull within three runs, 6-3. 

- Swarthmore tied the game with three runs in the seventh inning. Luke Mutz plated a pair of runs with a triple, while Burgess added brought home the tying run with a sacrifice fly. However, McDaniel responded with a two-run seventh inning to regain the lead, 8-6.

GARNET OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Mutz: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, R, BB, 3B
Burgess: 1-for-4, RBI
Roffwarg: 2-for-3, BB

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SWARTHMORE 12, MCDANIEL 10
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Cooke singled in two runs to open the scoring. Michael Sepe then came around to score on a wild pitch to cap off a three-run first inning. However, McDaniel answered with three runs in the second inning to tie things up, 3-3. 

- Cooke plated one run on a ground out in the third inning. The senior then mashed a home run to right field to open the fifth inning. The Garnet added on three more runs in the fifth on a Jbara homer and a Roffwarg RBI single, 8-3. 

- McDaniel took the lead with seven runs in the fifth inning to take a two-run lead. The Garnet then plated one run on an error in the seventh, before tying things up on a wild pitch in the eighth inning. The Garnet then took the lead with a go-ahead two-run homer from Silvestre in the eighth, 12-10.

- Camp continued to put together a strong ending to his season with four shutout innings in a winning effort. The senior struck out eight batters and allowed one hit in a much-needed, dominant relief appearance. 

GARNET OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Cooke: 4-for-5, 4 RBI, 2 R, HR
Silvestre: 2-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 R, HR
Jbara: 1-for-5, 2 RBI, HR

GARNET PITHCING LEADERS
Camp (W, 1-2), 4.0 IP, 0 R, 8 SO, 1 H

UP NEXT 
The Garnet return to action (18-16, 11-3) versus Muhlenberg College on Tuesday.