GLENSIDE, Pa. - The Arcadia University baseball team opened its 2020 home schedule at Sklp Wilson Field in Sunday afternoon's doubleheader with Oswego State, as the Knights dropped both ends of the non-conference doubleheader, 4-3 and 6-4.
Jeremy Sabathne turned in a strong performance on the mound in game one, tossing six and two-thirds innings while allowing four runs on three hits.
Trey Obarowski finished the twin bill 4-for-7 at the plate with a triple and a run driven in.
OSWEGO 4, ARCADIA 3
HOW IT HAPPENED
-After a scoreless first two frames from both sides, Oswego State broke through with the game's first run in the top of the third on a sacrifice fly following a leadoff double. The Knights answered right back in the home half of the inning as
Alex Madera drew a leadoff walk before moving up to third on a
Ryan Bealer base hit.
Zachary Sekelick followed with a sacrifice fly of his own to right to plate Madera and even the score at one.
-Sabathne stranded a pair in scoring position in the top of the fourth, allowing the Knights to take the lead in the bottom half on a
Tyler Wisnewski two-out, run-scoring single and a first-and-third play that plated
Zak Thomas to put the Knights up 3-1 in the middle innings.
-The Knights held the same two-run lead into the seventh, but four-straight two-out hits resulted in a three-run seventh for Oswego to take a 4-3 lead as the visitors then turned the game over to their bullpen. Arcadia threatened to draw even with Oswego by getting the tying run to third with less than two outs in both the seventh and eighth innings before getting the winning run to second in the last of the ninth with one out, but the Knights were unable to get the big hit to drop game one, 4-3.
ARCADIA OFFENSIVE LEADERS
-Thomas: 2-4, 2B, R
-Sekelick: 2-4, RBI
ARCADIA PITCHING LEADERS
-Sabathne: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, K
OSWEGO 6, ARCADIA 4
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Oswego struck first again in the nightcap with one run in the top of the second, but the Knights responded in the home half when
Matt Ernst drew a two-out walk and came all the way around to score on an errant pickoff attempt that ended up in the right field corner. However, Oswego went on to plate single runs in the third and fourth before stretching its lead out to four with a two-run fifth.
-The Knight offense stalled in the middle innings, but came back to rally for three runs in the bottom of the fifth to cut the deficit to two. Bealer and Sekelick base hits got Arcadia in business before
Trey Obarowski lined a single to left to plate Bealer. Sekelick and Obarowski then pulled off a double steal to put two in scoring position with two outs before
Trevor Mattson drove in Sekelick with an infield single and Thomas plated the third run of the frame after reaching on an error.
-Arcadia got the tying run to the plate after Madera's two-out single in the ninth, but Oswego was able to escape trouble by inducing a game-ending ground out to seal the 6-4 victory.
ARCADIA OFFENSIVE LEADERS
-Obarowski: 2-3, 3B, RBI, R
-Mattson: 2-3, RBI
UP NEXT
Arcadia (5-6) hosts Misericordia Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. from Skip Wilson Field.
