CHESTER, Pa. – Brennan Taylor had four hits and the Widener University baseball team used a five-run eighth inning to down the Cabrini Cavaliers 11-5 on Monday afternoon.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Taylor paced the offense going 4-for-4 with two runs scored.
• Dylan Peiffer and Stephen DeBellis each homered in the contest. Peiffer ended with two hits and three RBI while DeBellis had a sac fly and four driven in.
• Nick D'Alessandro had two hits and Greg Elfreth had two RBI for the Pride.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Widener scored the first run of the game in the third inning as Taylor led off with a double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a sac fly from DeBellis.
• After Cabrini came back with three in the fourth, the Pride took the lead back in the bottom of the inning. Glenn Seymour led off the inning with a double. A ground ball advanced him to third where he stood for Ryan Bennett who lifted a sacrifice fly to plate Seymour.
• Not done, the Blue and Gold got the offense restarted as Brandon Reis looped a double down the right field line. Peiffer stood in next and launched a two-run homer over the leftfield wall, putting Widener on top 4-3.
• The Pride extended the lead two innings later as Tommy Scharnikow walked and was sacrificed to second before scoring on a Peiffer double. A bunt single by Taylor moved Peiffer to third before Widener executed a double steal pushed the lead to 6-3.
• Cabrini did not go quietly as in the seventh, a two-run homer from Vince Gares cut the edge to 6-5.
• The Blue and Gold broke the game open in the eighth, scoring five times, the key shots a two-run single from Elfreth and a three-run big fly from DeBellis as the Pride sent 10 batters to the plate.

 
UP NEXT
Widener is scheduled to return to action on Wednesday, April 25 when it hosts Elizabethtown. First pitch is slated for 4:00 p.m.