SELINSGROVE, PA -- The University of Scranton baseball team earned a comeback win against Susquehanna University in the final game of a Landmark Conference series on Sunday afternoon.
The Basics
- Final Score: Scranton - 9, Susquehanna - 7
- Records: Scranton (10-8, 7-3 Landmark), Susquehanna (12-10, 5-5 Landmark)
- Head coach Mike Bartoletti reached 400 career wins at Scranton.
- Graduate student Matthew Querey recorded his 100th career hit as a Royal.
How it Happened
- Scranton put up three runs in the top of the second, including a pair of RBI singles from sophomore Jimmy Lundari and junior Aidan Casey.
- The River Hawks responded in the bottom of the second with a two runs to cut Scranton's lead to 3-2.
- Susquehanna tacked on one run in the fourth and another in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead.
- Sophomore Jared Cassella hit a solo home run in the top of the sixth to tie the game up at 4-4.
- An RBI single from junior Conor Campbell in the top of seventh scored Casey and put the Royals ahead 5-4.
- Susquehanna put up three runs on four hits in the bottom of the seventh to regain the lead, 7-5.
- Sophomore Jake Lopez hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth to tie the game at 7-7.
- Cassella scored the go ahead run later in the eighth on an error from Susquehanna's catcher.
- Campbell gave the Royals a two-run cushion as he hit a sacrifice fly to right field to put the Royals ahead 9-7.
Top Performers
- Junior Logan Mason earned the win as he pitched 2.2 scoreless innings to close out the game.
- Cassella and Lopez each hit the first home run of their career at Scranton.
- Casey, Campbell, and Lopez each recorded 2 RBI.
- Querey went 3-4 at the plate.
Up Next
- The Royals will host Wilkes University on Tuesday, April 1 at 4:30 p.m. at Volpe Field in Scranton, Pa.
