SAVANNAH, Ga. – A seven-run third inning allowed the Philadelphia University baseball team to pick up a 7-3 game one victory and get a split in its doubleheader against Armstrong Atlantic Thursday afternoon. Armstrong came back for a 6-3 game two win.

In the opener, the Rams (3-10-1) trailed 2-0 after the Pirates (12-7) pushed a run across in each of the first two innings. Junior left fielder Shane Yoshiyama (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School) started the rally with a one-out base hit. Sophomore shortstop Hunter Greenwood (Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett), who went 4-for-5 in the game, drove Yoshiyama in with a triple. Greenwood came home on an error on a ball hit by junior center fielder Rick Reigner (Havertown, Pa./Monsignor Bonner).

After back-to-back hit batters loaded the bases, the Rams recorded three straight hits to add five more runs. Junior catcher TJ Burgmann (Philadelphia, Pa./La Salle College HS) brought in two runs on a base hit to right field. Junior second baseman John Sczepanski (Lafayette Hill, Pa./La Salle College HS) came through with a RBI double. Junior third baseman Chris Pelaez (Miami, Fla./Sunset) finished the scoring by bringing home the final two runs with a base hit to center field.

Armstrong got two runs back thanks to a Will Thomas walk in the third and a R.J. Dennard RBI groundout in the fourth.

The game remained 7-4 until the bottom of the ninth when Dalton Johnson hit a sacrifice fly.

Sophomore starting pitcher David Lerro (Secane, Pa./Upper Darby) earned the victory for Philadelphia after allowing four runs—three earned—on eight hits and fanning four. Freshman closer Luke Floer (Brewster, N.Y./North Salem) pitched the ninth to post his second save.

Chris Base took the loss as he surrendered all seven Ram runs—two earned—on 10 hits in 7.2 innings.

Sophomore designated hitter Ken McCormick (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) gave the Rams a 1-0 lead in game two with a two-out RBI double in the top of the first inning.

Armstrong scored a single run in the second and fourth before breaking the game open with a three-run fifth inning. Chase Butler, Dennard, and Clay Miller had back-to-back-to-back RBI singles in the fifth.

Philadelphia got a run back one inning later when senior first baseman Jeff Bohus (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill E.) connected for a triple to right that plated McCormick to make the score 5-2.

After the Pirates added a run in the seventh, Bohus came through again with a base hit to once again bring home McCormick.

Caleb Woods was the winning pitcher as he tossed five innings and gave up one run on five hits. Bulter threw a scoreless ninth to pick up the save.

Freshman Casey O'Donnell (Hatboro, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) threw a complete game for the Rams. He gave up six runs—five earned—on 10 hits, while striking out seven.

McCormick and Bohus finished the nightcap with three hits each.

Philadelphia and Armstrong will square off one more time on Friday, March 15 at 1 p.m.