Lehigh University Athletics
Baseball travels to GW for three-game series
2/27/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Jordan Warncke will take the ball in game one of the series on Saturday, hoping to bounce back from the first start of his career at Southern Miss on Sunday. The junior righty threw two innings and gave up seven runs against the Golden Eagles’ talented lineup, but Lehigh head coach Sean Leary is hopeful his starter will rebound well.
“We asked all the guys to learn from last weekend, but to also put it behind them,” Leary said. “
Lehigh swept a double-header against the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore on Wednesday to pick up its first wins of the year. The Mountain Hawks pulled out an 8-7, 11-inning victory, in game one on a Logan Marshall-Winchester RBI single in the eighth, and followed it up with a 6-3 victory behind Ken Longernecker’s six innings on the mound. Freshman reliever Cory Kent picked up his first career win in game one, and earned his first career save in game two to cap off the day.
Rob Russell is scheduled to pitch game two of the series on Sunday at noon. Russell pitched three scoreless innings in relief at
The Mountain Hawks have faced the Colonials four times in school history, with the most recent meeting coming in a three-game series last season. The Mountain Hawks went 1-2 last year against George Washington, and they lost the only other previous meeting in 1986, to put the overall series at 1-3 all time.
Last season, Lehigh emerged from a pitchers’ duel in game one of the series with a 2-1 victory. But the Colonials came back in games two and three, outscoring the Mountain Hawks 18-5 over the final two games of the series.
“They’re pitching was pretty strong last year, and they’re returning almost everyone,” Leary said. “This should be a good challenge for our hitters. We always set up the schedule this way to prepare us for Patriot League play.”
Sean Leary previews the GW series
