Baseball Drops Doubleheader at Presbyterian

Saturday, March 2

Clinton, S.C.

11:00 AM

Brown University

0-4

Presbyterian

3-5

Brown

Presbyterian

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3/2/2019 10:48:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

CLINTON, S.C. – The Brown baseball team dropped a pair of one-run games at Presbyterian on Saturday, both by a 5-4 decision, to open a three-series at the PC Baseball Complex.

Brown (0-5) totaled 19 hits in the doubleheader, led by Joe Lomuscio (West Roxbury, Mass.), who went 5-for-10 at the plate over the two games.

"We just didn't play clean baseball today, or extend the lead when we were ahead early," said head coach Grant Achilles. "It's important for us to bring our best effort to the field tomorrow and salvage the final game of the series."

Game 1 – Presbyterian 5, Brown 4
Brown outhit Presbyterian in the opener, 10-9, but the home side scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth for the walk-off win.

Lomuscio racked up three hits and scored two runs to pace the Brown offense, while Parke Phillips (Venice, Fla.) and Calvin Farris (San Diego, Calif.) had two hits apiece.

Collin Garner (St. Augustine, Fla.) allowed three earned runs over 5.1 innings as the starter and JJ Sliepka (Houston, Texas) was handed the loss out of the bullpen. Pat Petteruti (East Greenwich, R.I.) provided 2.2 innings of scoreless work in relief.

Facing a one-run deficit after three innings, Brown scored twice on three hits in the fourth to take a one-run lead, as Phillips scored on a hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded and Lomuscio hit a one-run single to third.

After Presbyterian evened the score in the fifth, the two bullpens combined for three straight scoreless frames, before Lomuscio scored with two outs on a wild pitch to give the Bears the one-run advantage. Nevertheless, Presbyterian scored twice in the bottom half, as Graham Mitchell ended the game with a single to center field.

Game 2 – Presbyterian 5, Brown 4
In addition to Lomuscio, Garett Delano (Callahan, Fla.) and Mark Sluys (Gig Harbor, Wash.) also posted two hits apiece in the second game, while Sluys scored two runs.

Will Tomlinson (Irvine, Calif.) was handed the loss for the Bears as he allowed four earned over 5.0 innings of work. Rookie Ryan Kuntz (Minneapolis, Minn.) added 2.1 innings of scoreless ball out of the bullpen. Jackson Dean earned the win for the Blue Hose in relief.

Delano gave the Bears an early lead with a one-run double down the left field line in the first frame, but the home side scored three times over two innings for the two-run advantage.

The Bears evened the score with two runs in the sixth on a pair of groundouts, but Presbyterian came back with two more in the bottom half to regain the lead. Sluys added a solo homer in the top of the eighth, and the managed to get a runner in scoring position in the ninth, but Johnny Cook completed the save with a foul out to secure the win.

Brown will play Presbyterian in the series finale Sunday at 11 AM.