LEXINGTON, S.C. – The Swarthmore College baseball team split a pair of games on Tuesday during its spring break trip in South Carolina. The Garnet won their first contest of the day, 5-2, over Oswego State before dropping the nightcap to No. 23 Arcadia University, 8-5.
Aidan Sullivan continued his strong week with four more hits. He batted .571 (4-for-7) with a home run, a walk, two stolen bases, and five runs.
Max Roffwarg increased his hitting streak to five games, going 4-for-8 with two stolen bases and a run.
Brad Johnston drove in a team-high three runs over the two games.
Liam Alpern posted a strong start in the opener, tossing five innings of one-run ball for the win. He allowed six hits and struck out five.
HOW IT HAPPENED (vs. Oswego State)
- The Lakers got on the board first with an RBI single in the second. Swarthmore tallied one run apiece in the third and fourth innings to go in front.
Max Beadling scored on a groundout and
Jett Shue plated Johnston with a two-out single.
- The Garnet increased their lead in the sixth with two runs.
Matthew Silvestre doubled in Sullivan and Johnston knocked in Silvestre with a base hit. Silvestre picked up his team-leading 22
nd RBI of the season with a sacrifice fly in the eighth to make it 5-1.
- Oswego managed a two-out run in the ninth to get within three and the Lakers brought the tying run to the plate but
Jack Bowling was able to get a ground-ball out to close out the victory.
GARNET OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Hits: Sullivan, Johnston 2
Runs: Sullivan 2
RBI: Silvestre 2
Stolen Bases: Sullivan, Roffwarg 2
GARNET PITCHING LEADERS
Liam Alpern: Win, 5.0 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 0 BB, 5 K
Casey Jordan: 1.2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 1 K
Jack Fitzgerald: 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K
HOW IT HAPPENED (vs. Arcadia)
- Swarthmore took an early 2-0 lead in the opening frame as
Benjamin Buchman doubled in Sullivan and Roffwarg scored on a fielder's choice.
- The Garnet pushed across a run in both the third and fourth innings to make it 4-0. Johnston and Sullivan both launched solo home runs.
- The Knights got on the board in the sixth, scoring twice to cut the deficit in half. Buchman upped the cushion to three again (5-2) with a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the sixth.
- Swarthmore looked poised to secure another triumph but Arcadia rallied for six runs in the ninth to stun the Garnet and take the lead. The Knights needed just three hits in the frame as they took advantage of two walks and three hit-by-pitches by the Swarthmore pitching staff.
- The Garnet drew a lead-off walk in the bottom of the ninth but were unable to mount a comeback.
GARNET OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Hits: Roffwarg 3
Runs: Sullivan 3
RBI: Johnston, Buchman 2
Stolen Bases: Shue 1
GARNET PITCHING LEADERS
Joshua Rankey: 5.0 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 3 K
Jeremy Jensen: 3.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 2 K
UP NEXT
Swarthmore (8-4) faces Ithaca College on Wednesday.
