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3-28 vs. Villanova - Casey Rother
Photo by: Katie McNulty

Rother Breaks Another Record As Lehigh Downs Lafayette For Fifth Straight Win

4/19/2023 7:07:00 PM | Baseball

Box ScoreThe Rivalry: Lehigh vs. Lafayette
EASTON, Pa. – Fifth-year Casey Rother continued his torrid season at the plate, going 3-for-5 with four RBIs as Lehigh extended its winning streak to five with a 9-5 win over rival Lafayette Wednesday afternoon at Kamine Stadium. Four days after becoming Lehigh's career leader in home runs and runs batted in, Rother belted his 14th home run of the season to break the Mountain Hawks' single season record.
 
The Mountain Hawks took control early, scoring six runs in the top of the second as they improve to 18-20 overall and 5-10 in the Patriot League.
 
Lafayette is now 11-27 overall and 7-8 in league play.
 
The six-run second began with consecutive singles by junior Andrew Nole and fifth-year Joe Gorla before fifth-year Gerard Sweeney brought both runners in with a double to right center. Sweeney scored when junior Tyler Young reached on an error with the bases loaded to put Lehigh up 3-0 and Rother followed with a two-run double to left center to put the Mountain Hawks up 5-0. Young scored Lehigh's sixth run after coming in from third before sophomore Justin Butler was caught stealing.
 
Ethan Swidler's RBI ground out put Lafayette on the board in the second.
 
Rother came up again in the fourth and drilled a two-run home run to center to extend the Mountain Hawks' lead to 8-1. The home run, his 14th of the season, lifted Rother past Jacen Nalesnik (2017) and Mike Garzillo (2015) and into the top spot on Lehigh's single season list. Rother also now has 54 RBIs on the season, tying him with Garzillo for second behind Matt McBride, who drove in 61 in 2006.
 
Lafayette pulled back within 8-5 after scoring single runs in the fourth and fifth innings and plating two more in the sixth.
 
First-year Dom Patrizi doubled home Butler in the seventh inning to put Lehigh back up by four.
 
Nole, Sweeney and Patrizi all had two hit games for the Mountain Hawks, who out-hit the Leopards 11-7. Lehigh also capitalized on four Lafayette errors.
 
Swidler and Michael Zarrillo both had two RBIs to lead Lafayette.
 
Senior Ben Christian started on the mound for Lehigh and went the first four innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits with five strikeouts and two walks. First-year Cole Leaman threw 1.2 innings allowing three runs (two earned) on one hit. Leaman walked four and struck out one. Sophomore Alex Bouchard threw the final 3.1 innings allowing no runs on three hits while striking out three.
 
The Mountain Hawks return to J. David Walker Field this weekend to host Bucknell in a three-game series featuring a doubleheader Saturday and a single game Sunday. Action both days is set to begin at noon.
 
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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Christian, Ben (2-2)

L: Adam Bogosian (2-5)

S: Bouchard, Alex (1)

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Batting:

2B: Young, Tyler 1 ; Rother, Casey 1 ; Sweeney, Gerard 1 ; Patrizi, Dom 1

HR: Rother, Casey 1

RBI: Young, Tyler 1 ; Rother, Casey 4 ; Sweeney, Gerard 2 ; Patrizi, Dom 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Whitlinger, Jake 1 ; Young, Tyler 2 ; Rother, Casey 1 ; Butler, Justin 1 ; Nole, Andrew 1 ; Gorla, Joe 1 ; Sweeney, Gerard 1 ; Patrizi, Dom 1

SB: Rother, Casey 1

CS: Butler, Justin 1

HBP: Gorla, Joe 1

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Batting:

2B: Easton Brenner 1 ; Michael Zarrillo 1 ; Blaze Fadio 1 ; Ethan Swidler 1

3B: Kaleb Willis 1

RBI: Pete Ciuffreda 1 ; Michael Zarrillo 2 ; Ethan Swidler 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Easton Brenner 2 ; Seif Ingram 1 ; Blaze Fadio 1 ; Kaleb Willis 1

SB: Easton Brenner 1

HBP: Easton Brenner 1

Game Leaders

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Casey Rother

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Andrew Nole

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Gerard Sweeney

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Dom Patrizi

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Players Mentioned

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Alex Bouchard

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Justin Butler

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Ben Christian

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Joe Gorla

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Cole Leaman

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Andrew Nole

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Dom Patrizi

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Casey Rother

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Gerard Sweeney

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Tyler Young

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