CHESTER, Pa. – The Widener University baseball team scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Pride completed its second walkoff win this month, downing the Elizabethtown Blue Jays 11-10 on Wednesday afternoon.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• The Blue and Gold banged out 17 hits, its second-highest total of the season. Greg Elfreth and Mike Garofolo had three each while Nick D'Alessandro, Stephen DeBellis, and Ryan Bennett had two apiece.
• DeBellis reached base all five times he came to the plate, going 2-for-2 with three walks and two runs scored.
• Chandler Liero had three RBI. Matthew Guarino and Brennan Taylor each driving in two with Taylor delivering the game-winning hit.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Pride trailed 10-7 heading into the bottom of the ninth as Glenn Seymour led off with a single and DeBellis doubled to put runners on second and third. A sac fly from Liero scored Seymour and a single by Dylan Peiffer brought in DeBellis cutting the lead to 10-9.
• Bennett stood in next and hit a high chopper than bounced over the head of the third baseman for a double while moving pinch-runner Ricky Collings to third. Taylor came to the plate and bounced a ball through the right side to score both runners for the 11-10 win.
• Widener jumped on top early, scoring four runs in the bottom of the first as WU loaded the bases for Liero who doubled, plating Elfreth and D'Alessandro. Guarino followed with a two-bagger of his own, bringing home two more runs for a 4-0 lead.
• The Blue Jays came back with four of their own in the second with The Pride taking the lead back in the bottom of the inning on a D'Alessandro single, bringing home Elfreth who was hit by a pitch to open the frame.
• Two more run came across for the Pride in the fourth to push the lead to 7-4 before Elizabethtown scored two each in the fifth and sixth and single runs in the seventh and ninth to take a 10-7 edge.

 
UP NEXT
Widener takes to the field next on Friday when it hosts Hood in a MAC Commonwealth matchup. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m.