SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore College baseball team fell to rival Haverford College on Tuesday, 11-3, at Clothier Field.
 
The Fords jumped on the Garnet early, opening up a 9-0 lead through three innings of play and Swarthmore was unable to get back in it. Deven Peterson went 2-for-3 at the plate for the Garnet and scored a run. Nathaniel Kittredge smashed a two-run homer while Brad Johnston recorded an RBI double.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Haverford wasted little time getting going, putting up five runs in the opening frame. The Fords registered a pair of hits, drew three walks, and were hit by a pitch twice. The visitors continued their momentum in the second, scoring on a single and a sacrifice bunt to make it 7-0. Haverford completed its onslaught in the third, posting two more runs on a wild pitch and an error.
 
- Kittredge put Swarthmore on the board in the fourth with a two-run blast to left, his second of the season. However, the Garnet were held scoreless over the next two innings and the score remained 9-2.
 
- Swarthmore threatened to get back in it in the seventh. Aidan Sullivan and Zac Kahn both reached on walks before Johnston plated Sullivan with a double. Peterson was then hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out but the Fords notched back-to-back strikeouts to get out of the inning with a 9-3 advantage. Haverford tacked on two insurance runs in the ninth on the way to the victory.
 
GARNET LEADERS
Johnston: 1-4, 2B, BB, RBI
Peterson: 2-3, BB, R
Kittredge: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI
 
UP NEXT
The Garnet (22-13, 7-8 Centennial) travel to Haverford on Friday to complete the season series.