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

WORCESTER, Mass. - After falling 2-0 in the opener of Saturday afternoon's doubleheader at Holy Cross, Lafayette found itself in a 7-1 hole after five innings in Game 2.

The Leopards mounted a furious rally, scoring eight times in the sixth to grab a 9-8 advantage, but the Crusaders managed solo home runs in both the seventh and eighth to eke out a 10-9 win and complete a twin bill sweep.

Despite today's setbacks, Lafayette (13-28, 6-12 PL) remains in contention for the fourth and final Patriot League playoff spot heading into the final two games of the regular season conference schedule tomorrow afternoon. The Leopards are one game behind Bucknell (16-31, 7-11 PL) for fourth place after the Bison dropped two to Navy today.

The Maroon and White need to gain one game on Bucknell tomorrow, as Lafayette would advance in the event of any tie in the standings involving the two teams. Lehigh (21-26, 9-9 PL) wrapped up the No. 3 seed after winning two against Army West Point this afternoon.

Holy Cross improved to 24-23 overall and 13-5 in league play with today's victories. Tomorrow's doubleheader in Worcester, originally scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m., will now begin at 10 a.m. due to the potential for inclement weather later in the afternoon.

GAME 1

Crusader junior right-hander Brendan King faced only two batters over the minimum while improving his Patriot League record to 4-0 this spring. He struck out seven and did not walk a batter. Lafayette's only two hits were a one-out double from Dan Leckie in the fourth and a leadoff single by AJ Kloehn in the sixth.

Leopard starter David Bednar was on his game as well, only giving up four hits in the contest, but the deciding two runs were given up in the bottom half of the second. Bill Schlich led off the frame with a single, and Alex Voitik reached on a fielder's choice attempting to sacrifice him over to second. After another sacrifice put the runners on second and third, Josh Hassell drove in the pair with a double out to right field.

Bednar allowed just two singles in his other five innings of work, but Lafayette could not provide any run support as the junior dropped to 3-5 on the season. He fanned 10 batters, reaching double figures in that category for a third time this spring, and did not issue any free passes.

Bednar is up to 188 strikeouts for his career, placing him alone in third place in Leopard program history. He moved past Zach Fritz '11 with his 10-K effort this afternoon.

With the limited number of baserunners, the seven-inning game was completed in an hour and 19 minutes.

GAME 2

Holy Cross appeared to be cruising to a victory in the early going, with the home side scoring in each of the first two innings to open up a 5-0 lead on Lafayette starter Trevor Houck. After the Leopards tallied their first run of the day on an RBI single by Steven Cohen in the fourth, the Crusaders added three more in the bottom of the fifth to increase its lead to 8-1.

Lafayette's leadoff hitter was retired in the sixth, but the next nine batters reached to help the Maroon and White explode for eight runs in their most productive inning of the season thus far. Leckie began the outburst with a double to right center, supplying the first of five extra-base hits in the rally.

Alex Woinski plated the inning's first run with an RBI single, while an RBI double from Luke Robinson and a two-run two-bagger from Campbell Lipe made it 8-5. John Selsor drove in Lipe with a single to right-center, and Selsor crossed the plate on a double to left field by Jackson Kramer.

Kramer's hit brought up Andrew Landolfi with the Leopards trailing 8-7. Landolfi did not wait around, blasting the first pitch he saw over the fence in left for a go-ahead two-run homer, his first of the 2016 season.

David Giusti, who came on in relief of Houck in the fifth inning, kept Holy Cross off the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth, but he surrendered a two-out long ball to Hassell in the seventh. Bobby Indeglia then put the Crusaders back in front in the eighth, hitting Ryan Callanan's first pitch of the inning over the wall in center. Indeglia, who also homered in the second, finished the contest with four RBIs from the No. 9 spot.

Lafayette put two runners on in the ninth inning in a last-gasp comeback attempt, but a lineout to right field secured Holy Cross' sixth-straight conference victory.

Cohen ended the game 3-for-4 at the plate, collecting his first three-hit game of the season. He is batting .315 on the year overall.