DAVENPORT, Fla. -- In a wild game that saw both teams lose their designated hitter, a combined 12 different pitchers, and an eight-run fifth inning, the Allegheny College baseball team defeated the University of Dubuque, 14-13, on Monday at Northeast Regional Park.

After giving up six runs in the top of the first, the Gators (4-2) found themselves trailing 9-4 at the midway point of Monday's matinee against the Spartans (1-5). The Blue and Gold found new life, however, with their most explosive inning of the season at the plate in the bottom of the fifth. Allegheny drove in eight runs on seven hits against three different Spartan pitchers.

The comeback began with a two-run base hit by pinch-hitter Michael Alspaugh (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township). The next two batters were hit by pitches, which loaded the bases for Ty Eberhardt (Pittsburgh, Pa./Hopewell). Eberhardt plated two more with a double to center field, bringing the Gators within one at 9-8. A wild pitch during the next at-bat evened the score, and Nick Banez (Edmonds, Wash./Meadowdale) put Allegheny ahead 10-9 with an RBI grounder. Jake Fix (Westlake, Ohio/Saint Ignatius) and Zach Miner (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) also added RBI base hits in the inning. The damage could have been much worse, but the Gators left the bases loaded after batting around the lineup.

Dubuque answered by loading the bases and scoring twice to tie the game at 12-all in the top of the sixth. With two outs in the bottom of the frame, Tommaso Floro (Sewickley, Pa. /Quaker Valley) pinch hit and smacked a two-run, two-out double to jump back into the lead at 14-12.

Although the Spartans cut the deficit to one in the seventh, Miner shut down the Dubuque batters after moving from third base to the mound to close the game. The first-year utility man struck out two of the first three batters he faced to escape the seventh, then retired the Spartans with back-to-back 1-2-3 innings in the eighth and ninth.

Inside the Box Score (full box score will be available soon)

• Allegheny and Dubuque combined for 27 runs on 24 hits, 15 walks, six hit-by-pitches, and two errors.
• The Gators plated 14 runs on 12 hits without committing an error in the field.
• Skaggs and Miner each logged multi-hit games, as the former was 3-for-4 and the latter was 2-for-3.
• Eberhardt doubled, scored twice, and drove in two more runs.
• Ryan Cochran (Pittsburgh, Pa./Deer Lakes) had a hit in his only at-bat, but walked three times and scored twice.
• Floro doubled in his only at-bat off the bench and earned two RBIs.
• Dawson Thomas (Espyville, Pa./Conneaut Area) was the pitcher of record for Allegheny after allowing one run on one hit in two-thirds of an inning.
• Miner posted a three-inning save in a scoreless appearance with two strikeouts.
• Dubuque second baseman Ryan Turner was 3-for-4 with a game-high four RBIs.
• Shortstop Zavion Ingram tripled for his only hit but drove in three runs for the Spartans.
• Connor Lyons was credited with the loss after giving up two runs in 1.1 innings of relief.

News and Notes

• Allegheny earned its second consecutive win and improved to 4-2 overall.
• Monday's contest was the first-ever between Allegheny and Dubuque, located in Dubuque, Iowa.
• Allegheny finished with double-digit runs and hits for the third time in six games this spring.
• The Gators posted a season-high five doubles as a team.
• Banez extended his hitting streak as the only Gator with at least one base knock in every game in 2026.
• Enjoying the Florida weather, Skaggs now has seven hits in 11 at-bats (.636) in four games in the Sunshine State.
• Miner has pitched 5.1 hitless innings in his first two career appearances on the mound as a freshman.
• Miner also logged the first multi-hit game of his Gator career.

Up Next
Allegheny will battle Clark University in a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 3, beginning at 2:45 p.m.