Box Score (Game 1) | Box Score (Game 2)

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Lafayette began its weekend rivalry series against Lehigh with a pair of defeats on Saturday afternoon, falling 4-3 in the opener and 10-4 in the night cap.

The Leopards were up 3-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning of Game 1, but the Mountain Hawks scored once in the sixth and walked off in the seventh on a Mike Garzillo walkoff home run. Lehigh then broke open a 1-1 tie in the nightcap with four runs in the bottom of the third, taking a lead which the home side would not relinquish.

Spencer Rouse and Andrew Landolfi each had a pair of hits in both games to lead the Maroon and White offensive attack, with the duo finishing a combined 8-for-14 with three doubles at the plate. Alex Woinski, meanwhile, supplied a two-run homer, his third of the year, in the fourth inning of Game 2.

The Mountain Hawks (16-26, 5-9 PL) moved within a game of Lafayette (13-24, 6-8 PL) in the Patriot League standings with today's sweep.

The two teams are right back in action tomorrow afternoon, with another doubleheader scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. in Bethlehem.

GAME 1

Lehigh struck for two runs off Lafayette starter David Bednar in the opening inning. The junior right-hander walked two of the game's first three batters, and both crossed the plate on a one-out double by Patrick Donnelly.

The Leopards cut that deficit in half in the top of the third. Rouse led off the frame with his first of two doubles on the afternoon. He advanced to third on a single by Michael Coniglio and scored on a 5-4-3 double play.

Bednar stranded two runners on base in both the second and fourth innings, while he retired the side in order in the third and fifth to give the visitors a chance to rally, and that rally came to fruition in the sixth. Dan Leckie was hit by a pitch to get things started, and he moved to second on a walk to Steven Cohen.

After a sacrifice advanced both runners into scoring position, Luke Robinson tied the game with an RBI groundout, and AJ Kloehn delivered a clutch two-out single to right to give Lafayette its first lead.

The advantage was short-lived, however, as Lehigh came back to level the score in the bottom of the frame on a sacrifice fly. The Leopards were set down 1-2-3 in the seventh, and Garzillo led off the bottom half with his walk off homer to left.

Bednar's season record dropped to 3-4. He struck out seven, but allowed six hits and three walks over six-plus innings. Kevin Boswick earned the win for the Mountain Hawks after pitching two scoreless innings in relief.

Landolfi and Rouse each finished the game 2-for-3 in the batter's box for Lafayette.

GAME 2

An RBI single from Donnelly off of Mitch Leeds gave Lehigh a quick 1-0 advantage in the opening inning of the night cap. The Leopards leveled up the score in the third on a RBI single from Coniglio, but the Mountain Hawks used four hits and a Lafayette error to put up what turned out to be their first of two four-run innings in the bottom half.

That outburst made the score 5-1. Woinski tacked on two for the Maroon and White with his long ball to left in the fourth inning, but Lehigh answered right back with one run in the bottom of the frame and four more tallies in the fifth. James Bleming accounted for most of the damage in the fifth with a one-out three-run homer to left.

The Leopards managed only one run the rest of the way, with their fourth run coming on an RBI single from Alex Nickles in the eighth.

Leeds allowed eight runs (seven earned) over 4 1/3 innings to fall to 2-3 on the year. Peter Moore moved to 4-3 overall for the Mountain Hawks after giving up four runs over 7 1/3.

Notes:

Woinski added a double in the night cap, helping him pick up his fifth multi-hit game of the spring.

In addition to his four hits on the day, Landolfi registered his fifth stolen base of the season in Game 2.