(Game 1) / (Game 2)
Junior Dan Gross (Coatesville, PA) pitched a complete game in the opener and Widener rallied from a five-run deficit in the nightcap for a doubleheader sweep, 8-2 and 13-9, of Marywood.
Widener (8-6-1) in game one plated five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to close the scoring. Tom Mahoney (Norristown, PA) lined an RBI single, fellow sophomore Josiah Fischer (Nazareth, PA) had a run-scoring double, and freshman Sean Saverio (Horsham, PA) and junior Tom Connelly (Media, PA) each lifted sacrifice flies.
Connelly's two-run homer in the third, his third of the season, gave the Pride a 3-2 lead.
Gross (1-2) had more than enough to work with in finally notching his first win of the year. He permitted two runs and seven hits over seven innings with four strikeouts and no walks.
Korey Evans (1-1) was charged with eight runs – six earned – and eight hits over five innings for the Pacers (3-9).
Marywood in the first inning of game two plated five runs. Matt Newcomb , TJ Czerw and Jason Lane each had RBI singles with Jeff Cleary adding a run-scoring double.
But the Pride chipped away by plating two apiece in the second, third and fourth innings for an 8-6 deficit, worked around the Pacers scoring three in the fourth.
That lead would not hold as Widener greeted reliever Tim Freda by scoring three runs in the fifth for a 9-8 lead. Fischer drew a bases-loaded walk and Saverio cracked a two-run single.
The margin ballooned to 13-8 in the sixth thanks to an RBI double from sophomore Tom DeAngelis (Pottstown, PA) and Fischer's run-scoring triple.
Fischer had three hits and three RBI in the nightcap after posting two hits in game one. He is batting .556 (15-for-27) during a career-high and team-season-best seven-game hitting streak for Widener, which is 4-1-1 in its last six outings.
Brookhaven, PA sophomore Kevin Culbert (2-1) got the win in relief, allowing one run and five hits over three innings.
Freda (1-1) yielded three runs, two hits and four walks, recording just one out. Newcomb and David Lewis had three hits apiece.
Widener on Wednesday visits Kutztown for a 3:00 pm start.
