CHESTER, Pa. – Ryan Bennett hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Widener University baseball team rallied to forge a 6-6 tie with the Gwynedd Mercy Griffins in a game that was called after eight innings due to darkness.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• The game was the first tie for the Pride since April 13, 2016, an 18-18 deadlock against Eastern.
• It was the third straight game in which Bennett homered.
• Stephen DeBellis also had two hits in the game.
• Tommy McParland reached base three times.
• A trio of relievers combined to allow just one run in five innings for the Blue and Gold. Joey Norton and Joey Zettlemoyer each tossed two scoreless frames.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Trailing 6-3 heading to the bottom of the eighth, McParland walked and Greg Elfreth reached on an infield single. Two batter later, Bennett took a 2-2 pitch over the leftfield wall for his third homer of the year, knotting the contest at 6-6.
• After the Griffins put up a pair in the top of the first, Widener got a run back in the bottom of the inning as Matt Samson singled and stole second. He moved to third on a groundout and came in to score on a sac fly by Stephen DeBellis.
• The Blue and Gold jumped on top in the second as Tommy McParland walked and moved to second when Greg Elfreth reached on a fielder's choice. A sacrifice bunt by Tommy Scharnikow advanced the runners before Ryan Bennett knocked both home with a single through the middle.
• Gwynedd Mercy countered with two in the third and one each in the fourth and sixth to go up 6-3.

 
UP NEXT
The Pride returns to action tomorrow when it hosts York (Pa.). First pitch from the Widener University Baseball Field is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.