Big Ford Bats Cruise Past Garnet
HAVERFORD, Pa. -- The Swarthmore baseball team suffered a 28-7 loss to long-time Centennial Conference rival Haverford College on Monday afternoon at the Class of '16 Field.
The Fords improved their overall record to 15-10-1 and an 9-3 Conference record with the loss Swarthmore fell to 9-17 and 1-9 CC.
Things looked promising for the Garnet during their first at bats collecting four runs. Freshman Mike Waterhouse (Weston, Conn. / Weston) started the game sending with a single through the right side and was advanced to second as first basemen Wiley Archibald ’10 (Berkeley, Calif. / The College Preparatory School) followed suit and sent another hit up the right side. Third time was a charm to load the bases as infielder Anthony Montablano ’12 (Edison, N.J. / John P. Stevens) had his 31st hit of the season out to right field. Freshman Matt Lamb (Pacific Palisades, Calif. / Loyola) grounded out to second base but collected an RBI off the attempt. The Garnet scored the remaining runs of the inning off a Spencer Ross ’12 (Chappaqua, N.Y. / Horace Greeley) homer to left field which was good for three RBIs.
The Fords defused the Garnet lead in the bottom of the first posting five runs and then an additional seven in the second inning to make the score 12-4. Following a scoreless third the Haverford offense continued to pound the Garnet scoring eight runs pushing the home team lead to 20-4.
In the top of the sixth Swarthmore posted a lone run making the score 20-5 before Haverford stepped it up a notched to score eight additional runs in the next three at bats.
The Garnet closed the game with two runs but it was not enough for the hopeful come back kids.
Swarthmore sophomore Andy Allen (3-2) (Machester, Maine / St. Dominic) took the loss in his 1.1 inning start this afternoon and was followed by six other Garnet pitchers.
The Garnet will travel to Collegeville, Pa. tomorrow, Tuesday, April 14th to open the season series with the Bears. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
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