Dickinson BeDevils with Sweep of Twinbill
The Garnet (5-17, 3-9) dropped a both ends of a Centennial Conference doubleheader at Dickinson, falling 7-5 in the opener and 12-4 in the nightcap.
Jared Leiderman '05 went the distance in game one with seven strikeouts over six innings but it was not enough as Dickinson scored late to pull out the victory.
Dickinson jumped out to a 1-0 lead with an unearned run in the first but the Garnet tied the game in the third as Scott Dalane '08 tripled and scored on a Scott Young single.
Swat took a 3-1 lead in the fourth as a Ben Mendelson '08 single plated Sam Faeder '07 and Noah Cooper-Harris '07 with the go-ahead runs.
Dickinson answered with a solo run in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 3-2 as Nicholas Perkins singled and scored on a Ryan Stearrett double.
The Devils then took the lead with two in the fifth and added some insurance with three in the sixth to take a 7-3 lead.
The Garnet mounted a rally in the top of the seventh as Jody Fisher '05 led off with a double, and scored on a Young single. Patrick Christmas '08 then followed with a single to bring the tying run to the plate with no outs. Ian Adelsetin grounded into a fielder's choice, forcing Young out at third and Faeder followed with a walk to load the bases. Travis Allen '08 hit a fielder's choice grounder to short that forced Adelstein out at third and scored Christmas to make it 7-5. Cooper-Harris stepped up to the plate as the go ahead run but popped out to short to end the game.
Young finished the game 2-for-4 with two RBI to pace the Garnet. Box Score
In the nightcap, the Red Devils put together 16 hits to post a 12-4 victory. Dickinson scored two in the first, two in the third and one in the fourth to take a 5-0 lead as Matthew Villone held the Garnet hitless through the first four and a third innings until Faeder broke up the no-hit bid with a single to center field.
The Devils added a five-spot in the seventh to take a 10-0 lead as Cooper-Harris gave up 13 hits and allowed nine runs in six plus innings.
The Garnet broke up Villone's shutout bid when Allen hit his first career home run with one out in the eighth. Swat added three more runs in the ninth as Fisher and Young scored on a Christmas double and Christmas touched the plate on a Faeder RBI single.
The Garnet return to action on Tuesday with a trip to Franklin & Marshall at 3:30.