SWARTHMORE, Pa. - No. 9-ranked Swarthmore College Baseball dropped two games to Franklin & Marshall at Clothier Field on Saturday.
Game One: Swarthmore 5, F&M 9
The Garnet let an early 3-0 lead wash away as the Diplomats plated five in the fifth.
Junior
Jared Gillen, senior
Charles Levitt and sophomore
Sam Jacobson had the initial RBIs for Swarthmore.
Junior starting pitcher
Jack Corkery was relieved after 4.2 innings with just two earned runs allowed. His ERA falls to an impressive 1.65 on the season.
Senior
Zach Gonzalez entered the game and pitched 2.2 innings, allowing just two hits and an unearned run that gave him the loss.
Sophomore
Owen Webb also faced two batters in the loss and retired both of them.
Senior
Jackson Roberts had an RBI single in the fifth, and Levitt reached home to tie the game in the sixth. However, F&M scored four unanswered runs over the final two innings to take the victory.
Junior
Holden Bridge went 2-for-4 and leads the Centennial Conference with a .443 average this season.
Game Two: Swarthmore 0, F&M 1
Swarthmore was shutout for the first time this season in Game 2.
Gillen, Levitt and Bridge had all three of Swarthmore's hits.
Junior starting pitcher
Sawyer Lake had his best outing of the season as he threw seven scoreless innings.
F&M scored the game's only run in the top of the ninth.
The Garnet, 16-9 overall and 4-5 in the Centennial Conference this season, play at Muhlenberg on Sunday at 12 p.m.
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