CARLISLE, Pa. - The Haverford College baseball team (11-15, 1-5 CC) was upended by host Dickinson on Saturday at McPhail Field, falling twice in doubleheader action (17-8-1, 5-1 CC) to the Red Devils by final scores of 15-5 and 18-4.
Dickinson 15, Haverford 5
The Fords struck first against Dickinson hurler Ethan Hamilton. With two out, Jonny Flieder reached on a throwing error and immediately stole second. Jack Wallis then poked a single into left field for the opening run of the contest.
Dickinson tagged Riley Grohowski for two runs in the second, as Dylan Posencheg delivered a single before an RBI hit by pitch by Ethan Sodl put Dickinson ahead 2-1. A two-out single from Zach Becker pulled Haverford back level in the third, but a fourth-inning rally for Dickinson plated three runs as Posencheg doubled and Sodl singled in the frame as Dickinson took a 5-2 lead.
Pranav Rane walked with the bases loaded in the fifth to pull Haverford back within five, but Dickinson broke things open in the fifth, scoring seven runs on seven hits. Sodl did damage with his bases clearing double to right center as Dickinson was suddenly ahead 12-3 at the end of five.
Dickinson added three more runs in the sixth. Wallis added an RBI single in the sixth, and Kendrick Curry II plated a run with his single into left field in the ninth. Colin Lewis and Oliver Bergeron were standouts on the mound in relief for Haverford, combining for the final 2.2 innings and not allowing a hit while striking out two. Wallis had a three-hit day, while Becker and Rane each added a pair.
Christian Kim went 3-for-4 to pace Dickinson, who got multi-hit games from five different players. Hamilton went five innings to pick up the win, while Charlie Bien logged three innings in relief with five strikeouts.
Dickinson 18, Haverford 4
Haverford sent Josh Fuller to the hill in game two, and he got into a bit of trouble in the second inning. Derek Smith led off the frame with a triple, and Kim then singled up the middle. After Posencheg punched a single into left center, Kenny Tagliareni singled, plating Posencheg and Ryan Thompson, who had earlier reached on a fielder's choice.
Haverford went immediately back to work, with Daniel Rosman and Genth teaming up on consecutive doubles to plate a run. Genth stole third, and came in to score on Flieder's RBI groundout. Suddenly down just one, Haverford tied the score at 3-3 in the next inning.
Zach Landry reached on an error, and Curry then singled into left field. After a flyout advanced Landry to third, Rosman added an RBI single that plated Landry for the tying run.
After Andrew Mazzone added an RBI single in the fourth, a big fifth inning proved to doom the Fords. Posencheg again put his stamp on the game with a single, and Kim later scored on a wild pitch with the bases loaded. Talgiareni brought a run home on another RBI groundout, and Posencheg came home on a wild pitch. When all was said and done in the frame, Dickinson was ahead 8-3.
Haverford pulled a run back in the top of the sixth, but Dickinson had another big inning in the sixth to blow things wide open with five runs and five hits for a 13-4 lead. The rally featured Posencheg roping a double, while Mazzone and Kaden Sigmon also putting their stamps on the score sheet with RBI hits. Rosman made his collegiate debut on the mound in the eighth inning, tossing a scoreless inning of work. He added three hits to match a game-high in the second game. Dickinson banged out 19 hits and 14 RBI in the late afternoon contest.
First-year Koll Peichel picked up the win for the Red Devils, scattering six hits and striking out six in five innings of work. Fuller struck out three in his four innings on the mound.
The Fords now return to action on Tuesday, hosting Washington College in a CC matinee at approximately 3:30 p.m. at Kannerstein Field.