ST. DAVIDS, Pa. – The Swarthmore College baseball team put forth a complete effort in a dominant doubleheader sweep versus Cairn University on Sunday. The Garnet took the opener, 11-0, before winning the nightcap, 18-2.
Patrick Brady dazzled on the mound in just his second career start in game one. He took a no-hitter into the final frame of the seven-inning contest and finished off a complete-game shutout. Meanwhile, the Swarthmore offense exploded for 29 runs and 24 hits over the two contests.
Deven Peterson went 3-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, five RBI, and three runs in the twin bill.
Aidan Sullivan was 5-for-7 with a double, two walks, five stolen bases, three RBI, and five runs.
Leor Kedar smacked four hits and drove in four, hitting for the cycle over the two games, while
Alessandro Propper-Bowring also knocked in four runs.
SWARTHMORE 11, CAIRN 0
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Garnet got on the board with two runs in the third. Sullivan drew a lead-off walk and later scored on a single by Peterson. Peterson crossed the plate on a double steal to give Swarthmore a 2-0 advantage.
- In the fourth, Kedar reached on a bunt single before stealing both second and third. Sullivan followed with a single up the middle to up the Garnet lead to three. Swarthmore broke it open with eight runs in the fifth. The Garnet tallied six hits in the inning and capitalized on a Highlanders error. Kedar and Sullivan each drove in a run on a triple and double respectively to highlight the frame.
- Meanwhile, Brady flummoxed the Cairn lineup, not allowing a baserunner until a lead-off walk in the fourth. He hit a batter to begin the fifth and those were his only blemishes through six innings of work. Needing just three more outs to secure a no-hitter, he struck out the lead-off man in the seventh. However, the bid then came to an end on a hard-hit ball to center. Brady shook it off and forced a fly out then a groundball fielder's choice to complete the shutout.
GARNET LEADERS
Brady: Win, 7.0 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 5 K
Kedar: 2-4, 3B, 2 SB, BB, RBI, 2 R
Sullivan: 2-3, 2B, 3 SB, 2 BB, 2 RBI, 2 R
Peterson: 2-2, SB, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R
SWARTHMORE 18, CAIRN 2
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Swarthmore wasted little time in getting going in game two, pushing across six runs in the opening frame. The Garnet put the first five hitters aboard and totaled three hits while benefitting from an error. Propper-Bowring punctuated the inning with a bases-clearing, three-run double.
- Swarthmore continued putting up crooked numbers in the next three innings, scoring three in the second, four in the third, and four in the fourth.
Zac Kahn,
Nathaniel Kittredge, and
Brad Johnston all hit an RBI double, Peterson plated two with a base hit, and Kedar crushed a three-run homer to highlight the offensive onslaught.
- The Highlanders ended their scoring drought with one run in the third and another in the sixth. Only one of the runs was earned. The Garnet tacked on a final run on a double-play groundout in the bottom of the sixth.
GARNET LEADERS
Kedar: 2-3, 2B, HR, SB, BB, 3 RBI, 3 R
Sullivan: 3-4, 2 SB, RBI, 3 R
Johnston: 3-3, 2B, SB, BB, 2 RBI, 3 R
Kahn: 2-2, 2 2B, SB, 2 BB, RBI, 2 R
UP NEXT
Swarthmore (4-2) is scheduled to visit Immaculata University on Tuesday.
