Game One Box ScoreGame Two Box ScoreThe Albright College baseball team suffered a costly series sweep, dropping two at Widener on Saturday.
The Pride ripped off double-digit hits in each of the three weekend games, taking Saturday's decisions 9-3 and 7-1.
In game one,
Gabe Santone and
Joe Pechulis hit home runs, with
Nate Peiffer and
Evan High each going 2-for-3 at the plate.
Junior
Alex Myers took the loss on the mound after allowing seven earned runs in five innings of work;
Julian Cimino threw a perfect inning of relief.
Michael Elfreth went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored to lead Widener. Also contributing at the plate were
Sam Christie (2-for-2, 3 runs) and
Justin Healey (2-for-4, 2 runs).
Pechulis homered to left, his first career bomb, in the top of the fourth. Santone also homered to left, in the top of the sixth frame.
In the nightcap,
Zachary Kiebler was 2-for-3 with a run scored, while
Collin Hecker was also 2-for-3.
Albright took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, with
Nate Peiffer singling in Kiebler.
Widener opened the game up with four runs in the bottom of the third.
Nicholas Enos singled to score both
Matt Scherer and
Michael Riverso, after Elfreth had scored on an error.
Albright falls to 7-11, 5-8, and faces a must-win doubleheader tomorrow vs. Elizabethtown at Kelchner Field (12 p.m.).
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