SWARTHMORE, Pa. (March 21, 2017) – Junior Glenn Seymour (Eagleville, Pa.) went 4-for-5 and drove in the run which would prove to be the difference in leading the Widener University baseball team to a 6-5 comeback victory over Swarthmore on Tuesday afternoon at Clothier Field.
 
Swarthmore (6-9) went ahead in the first inning on an RBI single by Conor Elliott and doubled its lead when Jared Gillen hit a solo shot over the wall in left center in the fourth frame. Starting pitcher Sawyer Lake, meanwhile, stood tall on the mound by only allowing Widener to record one hit through the first four innings of play.
 
The Pride, however, shook off the slow start and responded by scoring three times in the fifth. Seymour got the hit brigade going with a double to center, and freshman Dylan Peiffer (Allentown, Pa.) came through by doubling three plays later to plate a pair of runs and tie the score at 2-2. Sophomore Stephen DeBellis (Marlton, N.J.) then singled to drive in classmate Dylan Morrissette (Telford, Pa.) for the go-ahead run.
 
Even though Swarthmore found a way to tie the game up in the sixth, Widener answered back in the seventh thanks to heads-up baserunning. Seniors Mike Elfreth (Washington Township, N.J.) and Nick Enos (Williamstown, N.J.) each reached first base after striking out swinging on passed balls charged to the Garnet catcher, which allowed two runners to cross the plate to make it 5-3.
 
Widener (9-5) then went ahead 6-4 in the ninth on a Seymour RBI single before having to hold off a resilient Garnet team in the bottom of the final frame. Swarthmore struck back and was able to cut the deficit in half and make things interesting when AJ Liu hit a deep sacrifice to center, which also allowed the potential tying run to advance to third and the winning tally to reach second. The Pride's Elliot Snyder (Mountain Top, Pa.), however, got out of the major jam by inducing a routine ball hit to Enos at second base for the game's final out.
 
Junior Matthew Guarino (Jackson, N.J.) picked up the victory for Widener and improved his record to 2-1 this season. He allowed four hits and three runs while also fanning three in three and one-third innings of relief. Snyder, who earned the win in yesterday's comeback victory over Stevenson, picked up his second save of the spring by recording the last two outs. Swarthmore's James Rutledge was tagged with the tough loss and fell to 0-2 for surrendering two unearned runs and two hits over one and two-thirds frames. He also struck out four and issued one walk.
 
Widener returns to conference play when it hosts Albright on Friday, March 24 at 3:30 p.m.