EASTON, Pa.  – The Lafayette baseball team took a 12-1 defeat on Wednesday afternoon at Kamine Stadium, falling to Lehigh in a Patriot League contest.
 
Lehigh (16-20, 5-9 PL) tallied a run in the first and did not look back. However, the Leopards (12-22, 7-7 PL) still hold fourth place in the conference, as well as the tiebreaker between the two teams, as the top four teams make the postseason.
 
The Mountain Hawks handed sophomore Michael Dunn his first loss of the season to move to 2-1, battling through 5.0 innings and allowing four earned runs on eight hits while punching out one.
 
Sophomore Ethan Stern put together a solid afternoon to lead the Leopard offense, going 2-for-5 with a stolen base. Senior Dan Leckie drove in the lone Lafayette run in the eighth inning and classmate Spencer Rouse extended his on-base streak to 18 games.
 
Lehigh saw production from top to bottom with five players recording multi-hit games and starting pitcher Mason Black not allowing a run over 5.0 innings of work.
 
The Leopards turn their attention to Holy Cross as they will travel to Worcester, Massachusetts for a crucial three-game set with the Crusaders. Saturday is slated to be a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. and the series finale on Sunday is set for 1 p.m., as well.  
 
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