SELINSGROVE, PA - Susquehanna baseball acknowledged their 13 seniors in a ceremony prior to their final home doubleheader of the 2025 season against Elizabethtown, who were able to escape with two wins on the day.
Game 1: Elizabethtown 9, Susquehanna 3
Susquehanna fell behind in the second inning of the early game, with an RBI walk and a two-run single scoring three runs for the Blue Jays. The visitors added two more on another two-run single in the fourth.
Jack Greco started on the mound for the River Hawks, going four innings and punching out four, but was saddled with a loss.
The River Hawks closed the gap in the bottom of the fifth, with a two-out rally started by walks from
Christian Biuso and
Dylan Heyduk.
Tony Rossi singled to score Biuso, followed by
Michael Gagliardi's single that scored Heyduk.
Jack Cahill capped off the rally with a single to score Rossi.
Aidan Proctor nearly worked an immaculate inning in the top of the fifth, retiring the first two batters on three-pitch strikeouts and getting strike one on the third batter, but a foul pop fly caught by Biuso ended the inning after eight consecutive strikes. Proctor also threw a scoreless sixth.
While Elizabethtown scored two runs in each of the seventh and eighth innings, Susquehanna hung a zero in the ninth courtesy of first-year
Nate Greene.
Game 2: Elizabethtown 16, Susquehanna 3 (7 innings)
The River Hawks fell in a run-rule-affected nightcap, seeing Elizabethtown score five runs in both the first and fourth innings, while adding two in the fifth and four more in the sixth.
The hosts scored one to make it 10-1 in the fourth frame, with a
Jaden Buechler fielder's choice scoring Rossi, who had doubled and advanced to third on a Gagliardi single.
AJ Sferlazza came up with a one-out RBI in the bottom of the sixth, roping a base hit down the right field line to score Rossi, while
Cam Eberly came around to score on a knock by Biuso.
Harrison Keeler worked the final frame, not allowing a run in the seventh.
Susquehanna honored their thirteen seniors prior to the first game of the afternoon, celebrating the accomplishments of
Tyler Hmielewski,
Sam Martucci, Eberly,
Joe Healy, Biuso, Greco,
Tony Rossi,
Brian Shane,
Kieran Dougherty,
Christian Rossi, Sferlazza,
Thomas Andersen, and Keeler, who helped the team win 80 games and counting as well as the 2023 Landmark Conference title.
The River Hawks drop to 14-17 on the year, 7-10 in Landmark play. They travel to La Plume to take on Keystone College on Monday, April 21st, before returning home to take on Juniata on the following Wednesday.
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