SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Dickinson baseball team opened up their Centennial Conference slate on Saturday afternoon with a road doubleheader against Swarthmore College. Unfortunately, the Red and White fell just short in game one by a score of 6-3, before the Garnet finished the sweep with a 10-2 win in the back-half at Clothier Field.


Final Score - Garnet 6, DEVILS 3  
Records - DEVILS 9-9, 0-1 CC | Swarthmore 10-12, 1-0 CC
Pitching Decision - W - Noah Potholm (5-1) | L - Austin Buzza (3-2) | S - Steven Jungers (4) 

Inside the Game

• Following a clean top of the first for Potholm, Buzza had a rough start to his afternoon by giving up a pair of solo home runs in the home-half making it 2-0 Garnet through one.
• Dickinson would get a runner during the front-half of the third when Luke Gartland walked. After a wild pitch advanced him to second, Potholm settled down and retired the next three men he faced. Swarthmore added onto their advantage in the bottom-half of the frame when with one Max Roffwarg reached on an infield single, before two batters later Benjamin Buchman notched his second long ball of the day sending the lead to 4-0 heading to the fourth.
• The Red and White then woke up offensively using doubles from Ryan Thompson and Kyle Bailey to pull one back. Kevin Schmidt singled to left leaving men at the corners with two down. Gartland cut it down to 4-2 with base hit through the left-side, before Dylan Posencheg stuck a Potholm offering in left as well making the margin 4-3 through three-and-a-half.
• Buzza posted a "three-up, three-down" home part of the fourth to let DC hold onto the momentum. However, the fifth inning saw the home team add one more to the tally as Leor Kedar reached on an error and later crossed hom on a two-bagger from Roffwarg (5-3).
• Dickinson attempted to dig into the deficit in the seventh against new arm David Herrin. With two out and one on, Matt Torres worked a walk to put the tying runs on base for Bailey. Unfortunately, he was unable to catch up to the Herrin offering going down on strikes to stall the rally. 
• The Garnet made it hurt double during the home-half by using a fielder's choice, walk and single to extend the margin to 6-3 entering the eighth. 
• Dickinson had a chance in the eighth when with two down a walk to Gartland and single by Posencheg gave Josh Markley a chance, but he would hit into a groundout. Then, in the ninth, Kaden Sigmon was hit, Thompson and Schmidt walked to fill the pillows with two gone for Johnny Bruno. That was when reliever Steven Jungers finished off his save with a groundout.

• Hits - Posencheg (2)
• RBIs - Bailey, Gartland and Posencheg (1)
• Runs Scored - Bailey, Schmidt and Thompson (1)
• Doubles - Bailey and Thompson (1)

• Buzza (L) - 5.0 ip, 8 hits, 5 run (4 earned), 0 walks, 5 strikeouts
• Sam Bliss - 3.0 ip, 3 hits, 1 run (earned), 1 walk, 3 strikeouts

Final Score - Garnet 10, DEVILS 2  
Records - DEVILS 9-10, 0-2 CC | Swarthmore - 11-12, 2-0 CC
Pitching Decision - W - Michelangelo Duva (1-1) | L - Koll Peichel (2-2) 

Inside the Game

• Dickinson began the game by getting the early lead as walks to Markley and Matt Torres coupled with a fielder's choice for Sigmon loaded the bags for Schmidt. During his at-bat starting pitcher Ezra Schwartz uncorked a wild pitch to let one come home. Then, after Schmidt was hit by a pitch, Schwartz was replaced by Duva who induced an inning-ending double play.
• The home-half of the frame saw the home side grab the advantage as a single, triple and double for the first three hitters made it 2-1 with no one out. Peichel then settled in picking up two strikeouts and a groundout to prevent any more damage.
• Swarthmore would add to their lead in the last of the third when a double, failed pickoff and hit batter had men on the corners for for Zac Kahn. He collected two RBIs with a single to left extending the margin to 4-1 after three.
• The Garnet picked up one run in each of the next two innings thanks to a home run in the fourth and a double followed by a DC miscue during the fifth (6-1).
• With Grayson Walker on the hill for the Red and White in the sixth, the home side stretched the advantage to 10-1 on the strength of four singles and a wild pitch.
• Dickinson finally got back on the scoresheet during the top of the seventh as a free pass to Markley and a single by Sigmon left men on the corners with no one out. However, Thompson grounded into an unfortunate double play that did score one, but cleared the bags. Torres followed with a single up the middle, before a flyout closed out the frame and the scoring.

• Hits - Torres (2)
• RBIs -  
• Runs Scored - Markley (2)
• Doubles - Thompson (1)

• Peichel (L) - 4.0 ip, 7 hits, 5 runs (earned), 0 walks, 4 strikeouts
• Walker - 3.0 ip, 6 hits, 5 runs (4 earned), 4 walks, 5 strikeouts
• Glen Cantalupo Jr. - 1.0 ip, 0 runs, 3, walks, 1 strikeout

• Dickinson (9-10, 0-2 CC) return home on Tuesday afternoon to open up their two-game Centennial Conference series with Muhlenberg College. First pitch between the Devils and Mules is set for 3:30pm.

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