TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Allegheny College baseball team split a doubleheader against Gustavus Adolphus College on Wednesday evening with a 14-13 walk-off win in the early game and a 6-1 loss in the nightcap.

Allegheny 14, Gustavus Adolphus 13
The first half of the two-game set against the Golden Gusties (0-2) was a high-scoring, back-and-forth affair that saw the two sides combine for 27 runs and 38 hits. Although the Gators (3-6) took an early 4-0 lead, they needed some late-inning magic to pull out the victory.

Trailing 12-9 in the bottom of the seventh, Tyson Bryant-Dawson (Oakland, Calif./Manvel (Texas)) provided one of the biggest swings of the young 2023 campaign with a two-out, three-run home run to even the score. After Gustavus Adolphus scored once in the top of the eighth, William Wolff (Naples, Fla./Gulf Coast) tied the game at 13-all with a two-out, pinch-hit RBI single.

With runners on the corners, Matt Jennings (Birmingham, Mich./Brother Rice) found the hole between third and short, which allowed Bryant-Dawson to trot home from third for the walk-off victory.

Bobby Kusinsky (Harrison City, Pa./Penn-Trafford) was the winning pitcher of record for Allegheny. After making a fantastic start in his last appearance on the bump, Kusinsky was called out of the bullpen to preserve the tie in the top of the ninth. With two runners in scoring position, the senior righty fanned Connor Wiberg for a clutch third out.

Gustavus Adolphus 6, Allegheny 1
After runs were scored in bunches in the first game, starters Mark Schweickert (Glen Allen, Va./John Randolph Tucker) and Luke Siegle engaged in a pitcher's duel through four innings in the late matchup. Although both had to dance around trouble at various times, they traded zeros until the bottom of the fifth.

In an inning that saw the Gusties plate all six of their runs, Gavin Baker was responsible for the knockout punch. The junior shortstop was the first to face Reid Passauer (Covington, La. /Archbishop Hannan) with the bases loaded, and he rudely welcomed the Allegheny reliever into the game with a grand slam.

Brady Nolin (Cumberland, Maine/Greely) drove in one run in the sixth, but the base knock was only the second of the night for Allegheny, and Gustavus southpaw Adam Biewen held the Gators scoreless in the seventh.

Inside the Box Score - Game 1

• The Gators scored 14 runs on 21 hits.
• The Gusties plated 13 runs on 17 hits.
• Both teams committed four errors, and only seven of the 13 runs allowed by Allegheny were earned.
• Eight Gators finished with multiple hits, including each of the first six batters in the lineup.
• Ryan Dougherty (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) was 4-for-5 with three runs scored while batting in the eighth spot.
• Bryant-Dawson was 2-for-6 with a team-high four RBIs.
• Nolin went 3-for-6 with two doubles, two RBIs, and two runs scored.
• Tai Hopkins (Meadville, Pa./Cathedral Prep) and Kusinsky combined to strike out four in the last 1.2 innings, and neither reliever was charged with a run.

Inside the Box Score - Game 2

• Allegheny was outhit, 5-to-2, although three Gators were hit by a pitch.
• Nolin was 1-for-3 with one RBI.
• Seth Reisman (Fayetteville, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) finished 1-for-1 with Allegheny's lone run scored.
• Baker's only hit for Gustavus Adolphus was the grand slam, as he recorded a game-high four RBIs.
• Schweickert received the loss after giving up four runs on two hits and six walks in 4.1 innings.
• Schweickert also earned a team-high six strikeouts.
• Siegle was the winner with 6.0 innings of one-run ball with seven strikeouts.

News and Notes

• Allegheny is now 3-6 overall, while Gustavus Adolphus started its season 1-1.
• The Gusties lead the all-time series, 1-3, over the Gators.
• The Gators logged season highs in hits (21), runs (14), RBIs (12), and stolen bases (6) in the victory.
• The walk-off is Allegheny's first since doing so against the College of Wooster in a 3-2 victory on May 2, 2021.
• Jennings has reached base safely in every game so far in 2023.

Up Next
Allegheny's spring break trip continues on Thursday, March 9, with a bout against Bethany Lutheran College at the Kino Sports Complex at 5:30 p.m. EST/3:30 p.m. MST.