SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Fifth-year senior
Anthony Dombrowski (Pompton Plains, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) tallied his 100th career hit in the third inning and the Susquehanna University baseball team used a three-run eighth inning to post a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over Drew University on Tuesday afternoon in the play-in game for the 2021 Landmark Conference Baseball Championship.
Sixth-seeded Susquehanna (10-15) continues action in the Landmark Championship with today's win and will now face No. 4 seed Moravian College on Thursday, May 13, at 3:00 p.m. in Bethlehem. For seventh-seeded Drew (0-18), this concludes the Rangers' season.
How It Happened
Dombrowski's milestone hit came at the right time as his two-out infield single brought home first-year
Kris Morrow (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic), who earned a lead-off walk, for a Susquehanna 1-0 lead through three innings.
Drew would then go on to score one run in each of the next three innings.
K.J. Hallgren crossed home plate in the fourth on a ground out to even up the game at 1-1. In the fifth,
Matthew Kroll singled home
Nate Race, who hit a lead-off single for the Rangers' first lead of the contest, 2-1.
The visitors went up 3-1 in the sixth when
Ryan Nagle scored on
Race's single. With two outs and runners on first and third, senior
William Carey (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) relieved junior
Kyle Sears (Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills) and worked a fly out to right field for the final out of the inning.
Fifth-year senior
Craig Roumes (Succasunna, N.J./Roxbury) made an impressive diving catch in centerfield and turned a double play with a great throw to first to end the seventh and keep SU within two runs.
Roumes' play sparked the River Hawks for their half of the seventh.
Back-to-back walks by fifth-year senior
Alec Ranck (Elverson, Pa./Twin Valley) and
Morrow to lead off the inning set up first-year
Tyler Hargus (Odenton, Md./Spalding) for his one-out double, bringing home
Ranck to cut the deficit to 3-2.
Teddy Hoxie relieved
Tim Jinks and worked a fly out and a ground out to end the seventh inning rally.
Morrow singled home both senior
Peter Yarem (Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains Fanwood), who hit a lead-off singles, and junior
Adam Schreck (Manasquan, N.J./Manasquan), who drew a walk, to help Susquehanna reclaim the lead, 4-3. The River Hawks went up two runs with a second consecutive single off of
Roumes' bat, driving in
Morrow.
The Rangers threatened in the ninth when
Cole Bosch drew a one-out walk and
Bosch was doubled home by
Kroll. But
Carey retired the final two batters he faced.
Inside the Box Score
Susquehanna notched five runs on six hits with three errors and stranded eight base runners. The Rangers scored four on eight hits with no errors and left nine on base.
Top Performers
Roumes paced the River Hawks at the plate by going 2-for-4 while
Morrow scored two runs and drove in a pair.
Carey (1-1) tallied his first win of the season with 3.1 innings of relief, scattering three hits and striking out two.
Sears fanned a career-best six batters in his fourth start of the season in a no decision.
Kroll and
Race each posted two hits to lead Drew offensively while
Hoxie (0-6) took the loss once again against Susquehanna as he gave up three runs on four hits in 2.0 innings of relief.
Jinks struck out eight River Hawks in a no decision.
Up Next for the River Hawks
May 13 at No. 4 seed Moravian (12-15) – Bethlehem, Pa. – 3:00 p.m.
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