MEADVILLE, Pa. – The Allegheny baseball team dropped a pair of Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) games on late comebacks by Westminster Tuesday (March 28).
The Titans won game one 5-2 and game two 4-3.
Game One - Westminster 5, Allegheny 2
After a pair of scoreless innings, the Gators got on the scoreboard in the third inning. With
Hunter Lohr (Bowdoinham, Maine/Mount Ararat) on first after a fielder's choice, lead-off hitter
Brady Nolin (Cumberland, Maine/Greely) homered to left field, giving the Gators a 2-0 lead. The home run was his first of the season.
In the sixth, the Titans nearly got on the board but
Tyson Bryant-Dawson (Oakland, Calif./Manvel (Texas)) threw out a runner rounding third at home from left field.
Starting pitcher
Conor Deasy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic) kept the Titans at-bay in his seven innings of work. He allowed just three hits and no runs while striking out eight batters.
The score remained 2-0 until the ninth. The Titans crossed the plate five times in the frame as they tallied five hits in the inning while taking advantage of a Gator miscue.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Gators were unable to put a runner on-base as they dropped game one 5-2.
Inside the Box
- Deasy went 7.0 innings, striking out eight while allowing just three hits and no runs.
- Nolin's two-run home run led the Gators at the plate. He also added a single.
- Sullivan Schueltz (Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley) also had a multi-hit game with a pair of singles.
- Matt Jennings (Birmingham, Mich./Brother Rice) doubled while Alejandro Samayoa (Katonah, N.Y./John Jay Cross River) rounded out the hits with a single.
Game Two – Westminster 4, Allegheny 3
The game remained scoreless until the fourth inning.
Tommaso Floro (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) led off the inning with his second hit of the day.
Ryan Dougherty (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) followed up with a double to move Floro to third. A
Jake Stotsky (Pittsburgh, Pa./Vincentian Academy) brought Floro home on a groundout, breaking the stalemate.
The Titans would take the lead in the seventh. After scoring the first run with two outs, an Allegheny error allowed a second run across the plate.
The Gators made up that run and regained the lead in the eighth inning. Bryant-Dawson was walked to start the inning. After moving up on a sac bunt, a Dougherty double down the third base line scored Bryant-Dawson and tied the game at two. After a pitching change,
William Wolff (Naples, Fla./Gulf Coast) hit a pinch-hit RBI single, plating Dougherty to push the Gators back in front 3-2.
Similar to game one, the Titans mounted a comeback in the ninth. With a runner on and two outs, the Titans hit a two-run home run, giving them a 4-3 lead.
Bryant-Dawson reached first on an error with two outs in the ninth but it was not enough as the Gators fell 4-3.
Inside the Box
- Dougherty produced a pair of doubles at the plate, driving in two runs.
- Floro also had a multi-hit game with a pair of singles.
- Wolff had a pinch-hit RBI single
- Antonio Rios (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison) doubled while Chase Chodkowski (Buffalo, N.Y./West Seneca West) also had a hit.
- Brent Herrmann (Canfield, Ohio/Canfield) went 7.0 innings, allowing three hits and two runs while striking out five. He did not allow a baserunner until the sixth inning and it took another inning for the Titans to register a hit.
Up Next
The Gators are back in action Thursday (March 30) for a nonconference home game against Penn State Behrend at 3 pm.
