Senior\u00a0Brody Lindsey\u00a0swatted three extra-base hits and\u00a0 crushed his fourth home run of the season to lead the Lycoming College baseball team, which fell,\u00a04-3 and 10-5,\u00a0in a Landmark Conference doubleheader to the University of Scranton on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lindsey\u2019s four-hit day kept Lycoming (14-17, 7-12 Landmark) right on the heels of Scranton (22-7, 11-3 Landmark) as the Warriors pounded out 20 hits on the afternoon.<\/p>\n
In the bottom of the first in the opener, Lycoming took the lead. Senior\u00a0Nick Reeder, a Montoursville graduate, led off with a single and moved to second on a\u00a0hit from senior\u00a0Sean Perkins. With one out, Lindsey ripped a ground-rule double into the left-field corner, scoring Reeder for a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
The score remained there until the fifth, when Reeder legged out an infield hit and an error put two on with no outs. After a wild pitch, senior\u00a0AJ Llorente, a Montoursville graduate, roped a two-run single to right-center, scoring both runners to give the Warriors a 3-0 advantage.<\/p>\n
Llorente also excelled on the mound over the first five innings, scattering just three hits and striking out a season-high six batters over that time. In the sixth, though, Scranton came through with\u00a0two singles and a walk\u00a0to\u00a0load the bases for Vincent Napolitano, who\u00a0hit\u00a0a grand slam that gave the Royals a 4-3 advantage.<\/p>\n
The Warriors made some noise in the final two frames, putting two on with one out in the eighth before being turned back. In the ninth, a Perkins walk, Llorente single, and a wild pitch put two in scoring position for Lindsey, but he flew to deep center to end the game.<\/p>\n
Lindsey, Llorente, Perkins, and Reeder all had two hits apiece to lead an 11-hit attack, while Llorente added a pair of RBIs. Sophomore right-hander\u00a0Lex Nelsen worked three scoreless innings in relief, allowing just one hit and no walks with a strikeout. Senior\u00a0Joel Inman\u00a0threw a scoreless ninth in relief as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Napolitano\u2019s grand slam drove in all four Scranton runs, while three Royal relievers combined for four scoreless innings out of the bullpen to nail down the win for Scranton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In game two, Scranton struck first with two runs on three hits in the first, but Lycoming immediately responded. Llorente blooped a double with two outs, then Lindsey crushed a 2-1 offering 403 feet down the left field line for a no-doubt two-run shot that evened the game at two apiece.<\/p>\n
The Royals, though, regained the lead in the third. Following a leadoff single and a walk, a sacrifice bunt and a groundout had the Warriors on the verge of escaping the inning, but Hunter Petrich ripped a two-run double to left, which was followed by an RBI double from Aidan Casey that stretched the Scranton lead to 5-2.<\/p>\n
Two innings later, Scranton continued to add on. Back-to-back hits opened the inning before Casey and Jimmy Lundari each lifted sacrifice flies to right, pushing the Royal lead to 7-2.<\/p>\n
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