Lehigh University
Penn St
Lehigh drops back and forth game to Penn St.
3/21/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Lehigh picked up the first run of the game in the top of the second on a RBI double down the right field line from Swenson. The Mountain Hawks offense then exploded for five runs in the next inning. Brendan McGaheran started the scoring on a one-run double to left field, plating Joe Ercolano from first.
Geoff Campbell knocked in the next two runs on single to right field. Swenson picked up his second and third RBI on a single to leftfield, scoring Campbell and Austin Borden. Four of the five Lehigh runs in the inning came with two outs.
The Nittany Lions answered back with five runs in the bottom half of the inning, then seven more in the bottom of the seventh.
Joe Matteo (3-1) earned the loss in the start, pitching 4.1 innings, giving up seven earned runs on eight hits.
The Mountain Hawks return to the diamond tomorrow at 1:05 p.m. when they play the second game of their series against
