LANCASTER, Pa. – Baseball entered the sixth week of competition this season on Tuesday afternoon with a matchup against traditionally strong program Franklin & Marshall. The Diplomats won their sixth straight game by defeating the Lions 10-0. Albright falls to 8-10 overall while F&M improves to 14-8.
Today's game went seven innings as Albright produced eight hits this afternoon.
Leading the charge offensively was
Christian Eckstein. Eckstein went 2-3 with a pair of singles. The multi hit game is the 7
th of the season for Eckstein.
The Lions and Diplomats were locked in a close ball game through the first six and half innings. The bottom of the sixth got away from Albright as Franklin & Marshall plated seven runs in the inning.
Josh Tudor fared well in his outing today, throwing 1 2/3 scoreless innings. McDonald faced eight total batters striking out three of them while allowing only one hit.
Six different Lions earned a hit this afternoon. Collecting a hit today was
Michael Avino,
Jack Gilmer,
Roman Berretta,
Chris Gorla,
Deklyn Marks and
Nick Barton. Berretta added a walk reaching base safely twice this afternoon.
Up Next:
The Lions will take the field tomorrow (Mar. 26) afternoon hosting Penn State Berks. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m. from Kelchner field.
