LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – The Thomas Jefferson University baseball team (5-5) topped Lincoln (1-8-1) by an 11-8 score to sweep a home-and-home series against the Lions on Wednesday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Rams got going early with three runs in the first inning. Josh Lopez doubled in a pair and later scored on an error. Alex Gonzalez made it 4-0 in the second when he drove in Marquise Wood with a base hit.
 
The Lions cut the deficit to one (4-3) with a three-run third via a sacrifice fly and a pair of errors. Jefferson tacked on two more runs in the fourth. Wood singled in Gabe Silva and Jay Kalieta had a sac fly. The Rams upped the margin to six (9-3) in the fifth with Chris McLean scoring on a fielder's choice and Wood smacking a two-run triple. Ryan Coyle came home on an error in the sixth to make it 10-3.
 
Lincoln got back in the game with two runs in the sixth, one in the seventh, and one in the eighth to get within three (10-7). Jefferson added an insurance run in the ninth on an error to go up by four (11-7). The Lions tallied one run in their last at-bat but the Rams finished off the victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
Alex Gonzalez: 1-for-3, RBI, 2 SB
Jay Kalieta: 3 BB, RBI, R, SB
Josh Lopez: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R
Chris McLean: 2-for-4, SB, BB, R
Gabe Silva: 2-for-4, BB, RBI, 3 R, 3 SB
Marquise Wood: 3-for-3, 3B, SB, 3 RBI, 2 R
 
NOTES
- The victory was the 200^th career win for head coach Pat Horvath.
- Jefferson's 11 runs and 11 stolen bases are season highs.
- The Rams won back-to-back games for the second time this year.
 
UP NEXT
Jefferson is scheduled to host Franklin Pierce for a doubleheader on Saturday, March 11^th at 12 p.m.