Lehigh University
17-17, 5-8
Navy
16-19, 7-10
Navy claims weekend, season series over Lehigh after both games Sunday
4/17/2022 10:06:00 PM | Baseball
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Senior Casey Rother (3-for-7) and Joe Gorla (4-for-10) both had fantastic offensive performances between the two games for Lehigh, while first-year Jake Whitlinger and sophomore Tyler Young also had a three-hit pair of games.
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A three-run homer via Retzbach in the top of the first inning of Game 2 on Saturday had Lehigh out in front, 3-0 before five straight runs had the Mids up 5-3 heading into the final portion of the contest after the suspension.
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Navy scored six runs in the sixth inning to pull ahead 11-3 before the Mountain Hawks tacked on another run in the eighth off Joe Gorla's RBI single through the left side of the field.
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Matt Stamford (3-4), who pitched the first 3.2 innings of the game, was charged with the loss. He allowed five runs on seven hits with three strikeouts.
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Ben Christian got the start for the Mountain Hawks in Game 3 and pitched brilliantly, allowing just two runs on eight hits with three strikeouts in six strong innings of work. Jack Hamilton (2-1) picked up his first loss of the year after allowing the go-ahead run in three innings of work. He was pulled in the bottom of the 10th inning in favor of Rother, who inherited the runner on second base.
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Rother had a hand in both of Lehigh's runs in the contest, a sacrifice-fly to right field in the first inning which put Lehigh ahead, 1-0 and a single through the left side in the third inning, pushing the lead to 2-0.
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Navy scored in the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game at 2-2 before walking off in the bottom of the 10th inning on Alex Smith's RBI single through the left side with the bases loaded as the Mids prevailed, 3-2.
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Young led the way for Lehigh with a 3-for-4 game while Whitlinger went 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored.
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Lehigh will look to snap a two-game losing streak on Wednesday at 3 p.m. against Lafayette at J. David Walker Field in The Rivalry presented by Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Golden, Liam (3-5)
L: Stamford, Matt (3-4)
S: Jones, Colin (2)
Batting:
2B: Gorla, Joe 1 ; Rother, Casey 1 ; Sweeney, Gerard 1
HR: Retzbach, Adam 1
RBI: Gorla, Joe 1 ; Retzbach, Adam 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Gorla, Joe 1 ; Rother, Casey 1 ; Retzbach, Adam 1 ; Nole, Andrew 1
HBP: Nole, Andrew 1 ; Holtz, Sam 1
Batting:
2B: Smith, Colin 1 ; Smith, Alex 1
3B: Keller, Logan 1
RBI: Policelli, Christian 2 ; Smith, Alex 3 ; Keller, Logan 1 ; Brenczewski, Kiel 1 ; Burch, Nick 1
SF: Brenczewski, Kiel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Colin 3 ; Policelli, Christian 2 ; Smith, Alex 2 ; Diaz, Eduardo 1 ; Keller, Logan 1 ; Brenczewski, Kiel 1 ; Burch, Nick 1
SB: Smith, Colin 1 ; Policelli, Christian 1 ; Diaz, Eduardo 1
HBP: Raba, Zane 1 ; Smith, Colin 2
