Saturday, April 15
Worcester, Mass.
1 p.m.
Lehigh University
at
Holy Cross
Photo by: Hannahally Photography
Mountain Hawks Head To Holy Cross For Three-Game Series
4/14/2023 12:51:00 PM | Baseball, Athletics
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -Â The fourth weekend of Patriot League play as the Mountain Hawks headed to Worcester, Mass., for a three-game series against Holy Cross. A doubleheader is set for 1 p.m. Saturday and the series finale will be at 1 p.m. Sunday from Fitton Field. Saturday's first game and Sunday's series finale are scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN+.
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Lehigh is coming off an 8-2 midweek victory at Coppin State, which moved the Mountain Hawks to 14-20 on the season. It was a big day for the sophomore class at the plate with Andrew Kohl and Jake Whitlinger hitting home runs and Rafe Perich driving in three with a fourth-inning bases-clearing double. First-year Dom Patrizi added two hits and a couple of runs scored.
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Sophomore Val Taddei delivered a strong start with four scoreless, hitless innings on the mound. He struck out five and walked two. Classmate Najir Glenn added 2.1 innings of one-run relief.
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The Mountain Hawks are looking to bounce back as they approach the second half of the Patriot League slate. At 1-10, Lehigh is two games behind fifth-place Holy Cross and is three games behind fourth place Bucknell in the loss column.
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Fifth-year Casey Rother leads the Mountain Hawks at the plate, with a .346 batting average, 10 home runs and 42 RBIs. Rother enters the weekend with 27 career home runs, one behind the school record held by Jesse Novalis '04.
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On the mound, fifth-year Luke Rettig, sophomore Alex Bouchard and junior Teddy Tolliver started the three games last weekend at Army West Point. Rettig owns a 4-3 record and a 2.88 ERA. He has struck out 41 in 34.1 innings of work and needs 15 strikeouts to surpass Mitch Smith '79 as the program's career leader.
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Holy Cross enters this weekend's series at 11-24 overall and 3-8 in the league. The Crusaders beat Stonehill and lost to Rhode Island in midweek action. Last weekend, Holy Cross dropped all three games at Navy. Holy Cross owns a league win over Army West Point and two over Bucknell.
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Jake McElroy leads Holy Cross with a .306 batting average. Sean Scanlon and Jack Toomey have provided the power, combining for 24 doubles, seven home runs and 49 RBIs.
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Among pitchers with at least 20 innings thrown, Ben Talbot leads Holy Cross with a 4.35 ERA. Scanlon has made 10 starts on the mound and Luke Fox has started seven games for the Crusaders.
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Holy Cross leads the all-time series 69-61. Last year Lehigh won the season series 3-2. The Mountain Hawks won two out of three games at J. David Walker Field and then split a doubleheader at Fitton Field on the final day of the regular season.
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A stretch of seven consecutive games against Patriot League opponents will continue next week, with Lehigh traveling to Lafayette on Wednesday for a single game at 3 p.m. The Mountain Hawks will then host Bucknell for three games at J. David Walker Field next weekend.
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Lehigh is coming off an 8-2 midweek victory at Coppin State, which moved the Mountain Hawks to 14-20 on the season. It was a big day for the sophomore class at the plate with Andrew Kohl and Jake Whitlinger hitting home runs and Rafe Perich driving in three with a fourth-inning bases-clearing double. First-year Dom Patrizi added two hits and a couple of runs scored.
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Sophomore Val Taddei delivered a strong start with four scoreless, hitless innings on the mound. He struck out five and walked two. Classmate Najir Glenn added 2.1 innings of one-run relief.
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The Mountain Hawks are looking to bounce back as they approach the second half of the Patriot League slate. At 1-10, Lehigh is two games behind fifth-place Holy Cross and is three games behind fourth place Bucknell in the loss column.
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Fifth-year Casey Rother leads the Mountain Hawks at the plate, with a .346 batting average, 10 home runs and 42 RBIs. Rother enters the weekend with 27 career home runs, one behind the school record held by Jesse Novalis '04.
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On the mound, fifth-year Luke Rettig, sophomore Alex Bouchard and junior Teddy Tolliver started the three games last weekend at Army West Point. Rettig owns a 4-3 record and a 2.88 ERA. He has struck out 41 in 34.1 innings of work and needs 15 strikeouts to surpass Mitch Smith '79 as the program's career leader.
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Holy Cross enters this weekend's series at 11-24 overall and 3-8 in the league. The Crusaders beat Stonehill and lost to Rhode Island in midweek action. Last weekend, Holy Cross dropped all three games at Navy. Holy Cross owns a league win over Army West Point and two over Bucknell.
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Jake McElroy leads Holy Cross with a .306 batting average. Sean Scanlon and Jack Toomey have provided the power, combining for 24 doubles, seven home runs and 49 RBIs.
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Among pitchers with at least 20 innings thrown, Ben Talbot leads Holy Cross with a 4.35 ERA. Scanlon has made 10 starts on the mound and Luke Fox has started seven games for the Crusaders.
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Holy Cross leads the all-time series 69-61. Last year Lehigh won the season series 3-2. The Mountain Hawks won two out of three games at J. David Walker Field and then split a doubleheader at Fitton Field on the final day of the regular season.
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A stretch of seven consecutive games against Patriot League opponents will continue next week, with Lehigh traveling to Lafayette on Wednesday for a single game at 3 p.m. The Mountain Hawks will then host Bucknell for three games at J. David Walker Field next weekend.
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