No.25 Baseball Concludes Series with Sweep Against Lincoln

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA – No.25 nationally-ranked Thomas Jefferson University baseball (12-5) concluded their Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) series with Lincoln University (2-9) on Saturday. The Rams won both contests, winning 15-4 in game one and 6-1 in game two over the Lions. 

WHAT HAPPENED 
GAME ONE: W, 15-4 (7 INNINGS) 

• Jefferson got out to an early lead in the first off a Javon Hernandez one-run double. The Rams tacked on four runs in the second as a walk, hit by pitch, fielder's choice, and grounded out all had one run go to homeplate as the game turned into a 5-0 lead for Jefferson 

• The Lions got on the scoreboard from a homerun in the bottom of the second. Jefferson put up three more runs in the third as Thomas Matuszewski hit a sacrifice fly, an error on a Gabe Silva at-bat, and a Just Espinal two-run single turned the lead to 9-1 

• Joshua Lopez sacrifice fly in the fifth had it at 10-1. Jefferson then put up five runs in the sixth to go up 15-4. Lou Spadafora hit a one run RBI single, Justin Egner sacrifice flyout with an error added another while a wild pitch, Hernandez triple, and an error by the catcher got the Rams ahead in the game 

• Lincoln got a score in the sixth from a single and a two-run homerun in the seventh to finish their day as Jefferson won 15-4 in seven innings 

• Tyler Behm took the win as he pitched six innings, allowing five hits and two runs while he struckout a career-high 11 batters 

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE 
Jay Kalieta: 1-for-4, 3 R, 1 RBI 
Javon Hernandez: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 Double, 1 Triple 
Gabe Silva: 2-for-4, 3 R, 1 Double 
Justin Espinal: 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI 
Lou Spadafora: 1-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI 
Luis Beato Mora: 1-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI 
Tyler Behm: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 11 SO 
Aiden Barbour: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 SO 
Steve Graziano: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER 

GAME TWO: 6-1 (8 INNINGS) 

• Game two was a tighter game in the first seven innings, with one run scored by both teams during that timeframe 

• Jefferson left runners on base in the first two innings. The third saw them capitalize as a Lopez one run single to right field made it a 1-0 game for the Rams 

• Lincoln kept getting a good hit each game in this series as a solo homerun tied it up in the bottom of the fourth inning 

• Jefferson had a runner on third in the sixth that didn't make it home while a Silva steal attempt in the seventh failed, setting up the Lions to win the game in the bottom of that inning 

• A fielder's choice out at third and two strikeouts secured extra innings for the Rams, where they went to put up five runs 

• A Lincoln error allowed Julio Frometa Gomez to homeplate for the first score. A pass ball gave Mora the second run in the inning. Hernandez three-run homerun sealed the scoring for the Rams and gave them a five-run lead heading to the bottom of the inning 

• A strikeout swinging and two fielder's choices ended the day in victory for Jefferson 

• Kevin Baez got the victory, pitching all eight innings as he allowed two hits and one run while also having a career-high in strikeouts with 12 on the day 

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE 
Jay Kalieta: 1-for-3, 2 R 
Javon Hernandez: 2-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR 
Joshua Lopez: 1-for-5, 1 RBI 
Julio Frometa Gomez: 2-for-3, 1 RBI 
Luis Beato Mora: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 Double 
Kevin Baez: 8.0 IP, 2 H 1 ER, 12 SO 

UP NEXT 
Rams return to conference action on Tuesday, March 18 as they travel on the road to face Caldwell University. First game starts at 6 p.m.