Lehigh Defeats Lafayette to Capture Season Series

Wednesday, April 18

Bethlehem, Pa.

3 p.m.

Lehigh University

14-21, 4-10

Lafayette College

13-25, 2-12

Lafayette

Lehigh

Lehigh Defeats Lafayette to Capture Season Series

4/18/2018 8:10:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh concluded its season series with rival Lafayette with a 5-2 series-clinching victory on Wednesday at Walker Field. The Mountain Hawks have now won the season series five years in a row and have not lost a series to Lafayette since 2009. Lehigh is now 17-4 against the Leopards in the last five seasons.

Both pitching staffs held the opposition in check for the most part as the two teams combined for just 11 total hits and seven total runs on the day. However, Lafayette (13-25, 2-12 PL) handed out 14 free passes between three hit batters and 11 walks, including a pair of bases-loaded walks on two separate occasions.

Peter Woltersdorf picked the win for Lehigh (14-21, 4-10 PL) as he tossed 3.1 innings in relief after entering in the third. The freshman paces the staff in wins as he improves to 4-0 on the season. Ethan Frohman surrendered just one hit in 2.0 scoreless innings to clinch his career-best fifth save of the season.

Matt Kozemchak gave Lehigh another strong start as he tossed 2.0 scoreless innings as he allowed just two hits with no walks. The senior lefty has yet to allow a run in three starts this season. Matt Hand also saw action out of the pen as he tossed 1.2 scoreless innings without allowing a hit.

(4/18/2018) Baseball vs. Lafayette, 4/18/18

Chris Kersey helped put Lehigh on the board with an RBI double in the third inning as Ryan Bonshak trotted home from third. Tony Gallo tacked on another run in the frame with sacrifice fly to center as Kersey scored from third.

Kersey paced Lehigh with three runs on the day as he finished 1-for-3 with an RBI and two walks. He also improved his Patriot League-leading doubles count to 13 on the season and has reached base in six-straight games.

Gallo contributed to another run in the fifth inning as he drew a four-pitch walk with the bases loaded. James Bleming worked a six-pitch at bat to draw another bases-loaded walk in the sixth inning to give Lehigh a 4-2 lead. Bleming picked up another RBI as he cranked a double to left field in the eighth inning to bring home Kersey from second.

Bleming leads the team with eight multiple RBI games on the season. He ranks sixth in the league with 24 runs batted in and is four away from tying his single-season record.

The Mountain Hawks return to action this weekend with a crucial three-game Patriot League set at Bucknell, which begins a five-game season series against the Bison. Game one of Saturday's doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.