Lehigh University
15-13, 0
Bucknell
10-17, 0
Mountain Hawks drop weekend finale at Bucknell
4/25/2021 5:58:00 PM | Baseball
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Lehigh's top two hitters were bright spots on Sunday, as senior Eric Cichocki and junior Gerard Sweeney combined to go 7-for-9 with three runs and three RBIs. Cichocki finished 4-for-4 with two runs scored while Sweeney was 3-for-5, driving in three of the Mountain Hawks' four runs on the afternoon. Cichocki's four hits tied a career high, marking the first time he's done so in just four at-bats.
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Sophomore reliever Will Grisack entered in the third inning and settled things down, allowing just two hits and one run over 3.2 innings. Freshman Tyler Thompson allowed just one run over the final two innings, striking out two.
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In the bottom of the first, three Bucknell hits and a Lehigh error led to four quick Bison runs. Two innings later, Bucknell doubled its lead to 8-0.
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Lehigh rallied in the fifth as four hits led to three runs, with Sweeney supplying a two-run triple. Two batters later, Joe Gorla plated Sweeney to pull Lehigh within 8-3.
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In the seventh, a Cichocki triple followed by Sweeney RBI groundout got the Mountain Hawks within 9-4, but a five-run Bucknell bottom-of-the-inning erased any doubt.
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Lehigh will look to bounce back on Wednesday when it hosts Fairleigh Dickinson at 3 p.m. at J. David Walker Field.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Chris Difiore (4-2)
L: Svanson, Matt (2-4)
S: Anthony Casciola (1)
Batting:
2B: Retzbach, Adam 1
3B: Cichocki , Eric 1 ; Sweeney, Gerard 1
RBI: Sweeney, Gerard 3 ; Gorla, Joe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cichocki , Eric 2 ; Sweeney, Gerard 1 ; Young, Tyler 1
CS: Cichocki , Eric 1
Batting:
2B: Chris Cannizzaro 2 ; Kendall Pierson 1
RBI: Chris Cannizzaro 2 ; Jacob Corson 2 ; Kendall Pierson 2 ; Jacob Terwilliger 2 ; Logan Kellerman 1 ; Anthony Sherwin 1
SH: Jacob Terwilliger 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Chris Cannizzaro 2 ; Jacob Corson 1 ; Peter Marren 1 ; Kendall Pierson 3 ; Henry Novicki 2 ; Logan Kellerman 2 ; Caleb Broughton 2 ; Anthony Sherwin 1
SB: Caleb Broughton 1
CS: Henry Novicki 1 ; Jacob Terwilliger 1
HBP: Logan Kellerman 1
