MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College baseball team extended its win streak to seven consecutive games on Wednesday afternoon with two Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) victories over Saint Vincent College at Robert M. Garbark '32 Field.

In the series opener, the Gators (23-12, 14-4 PAC) needed a late comeback to defeat the Bearcats (12-21, 7-11 PAC) by a 6-4 final score. However, the bats broke out in the nightcap, as the Blue and Gold rolled Saint Vincent in a 15-2 win.

In both contests, Allegheny received complete games from freshmen pitchers Zach Miner (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) and Caden Williams (Mars, Pa./North Catholic).

Allegheny 6, Saint Vincent 4
Despite giving up four runs in the top of the third inning, including a three-run home run off the bat of Reid Rachwal, the Gator coaching staff trusted enough to keep him on the mound. The first-year utility player rewarded them for that decision with a gritty performance, as he gutted out a complete nine innings on 109 pitches en route to a come-from-behind win. From the fourth inning on, Miner faced one over the minimum. He allowed a single to lead off the sixth, but stranded the runner at third. Saint Vincent also led off the top of the ninth with a base hit, but Miner induced a 6-4-3 double play to thwart the Bearcats' hopes of a late rally.

Clinging to a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the seventh, Saint Vincent pulled its starter, Andrew Bell, in favor of reliever Connor Soska. Soska lasted only three pitches, as he threw two balls before plunking Ivan Schuster (Chino Valley, Ariz./Prescott). Against righty reliever Jack Reichart, Ryan Cochran (Pittsburgh, Pa./Deer Lakes) laced an RBI single into right field to plate the tying run. In the eighth, the Gators scored the go-ahead run on an error. Nick Banez (Edmonds, Wash./Meadowdale) added an insurance run on a bases-loaded sac fly, which provided enough insurance for Miner to close the ninth.

Allegheny 15, Saint Vincent 2
The Allegheny bats left nothing to chance in the nightcap. The Gators racked up 15 runs on 19 hits, including eight doubles, and run-ruled the Bearcats in just seven innings.

The most productive inning of the game was the first. Allegheny batted around the lineup, sending 12 men to the plate while driving in eight runs on nine hits. The first four batters all reached with singles. Miner, Connor Kunkle (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area), and Banez then smacked back-to-back-to-back doubles to widen the gap to 6-1. Outfielders Liam Irving (Olney, Md./Sherwood) and Cochran tacked on RBI singles during their second trips to the plate, increasing the early lead to 8-1.

The fifth inning included much of the same from the Allegheny batsmen. Irving, Cochran, Noah Philson (Greenville, Pa./Greenville), and Wyatt Burchill (Saegertown, Pa./Saegertown) led off with four consecutive hits, including a two-run base knock from Philson. With one out, Miner ripped a double down the right-field line and drove in two more, and Banez added an RBI two-bagger of his own to reach the final score.

Inside the Box Score: Game 1

• Allegheny scored six runs on eight hits, while Saint Vincent drove in four runs on nine hits.
• The only extra-base hit of the opening contest was the homer from SVC's Rachwal in the third inning.
• Irving and Burchill both finished 2-for-3.
• Burchill scored the go-ahead run in the eighth on an errant throw by the Saint Vincent pitcher on a sac bunt attempt.
• Banez was 1-for-2 with one sac bunt, one sac fly, one run scored, and one RBI out of the ninth spot in the lineup.
• Miner scattered four runs, nine hits, and six strikeouts over a complete 9.0 innings of work.
• Reichart took the loss for the Bearcats, allowing the go-ahead run to each in the eighth.

Inside the Box Score: Game 2

• The Gators peppered the Bearcats with 19 total hits, including eight doubles>
• Saint Vincent logged two runs on just five hits.
• Irving was 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs in the lead-off spot.
• Cochran was 3-for-5 with two runs and one RBI in the two-hole.
• Miner, who manned third base after pitching in the opener, was 2-for-4 with a team-high four RBIs.
• Banez doubled twice and drove in three runs.
• Williams posted a game-high nine strikeouts without a walk over 7.0 innings.
• SVC starter Garrett Knapp received the loss after allowing eight runs in just two-thirds of an inning.

News and Notes

• Allegheny improved to 23-12 overall and 14-4 against PAC opponents.
• The Gators have won seven in a row, including six straight against conference foes.
• Miner recorded his second complete game of the season, while Williams earned his first, both in their fifth starts of the spring.
• Miner also extended his on-base streak to 20 consecutive games, the longest active streak on the team.
• Cochran extended his hitting streak to 13 in a row, just one shy of the longest by a Gator in 2026.
• Irving finished 4-for-4 for the second time in his Allegheny career; he earned four hits in four trips to the plate in a win over Franciscan University on April 6, 2025.
• Cochran is the first Gator with 100-plus total bases in a season since Joe Killian '16 had 101 as a senior in 2016.

Up Next
Allegheny's penultimate series of the season is at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, April 25. The first game is slated for a 1 p.m. first pitch.