WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross baseball team fell in both ends of a Patriot League doubleheader against Navy on Sunday, April 10 at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field.

GAME ONE:
Navy 13, Holy Cross 4

STATS LEADERS:
Holy Cross:
Casserly (2-for-2, triple, RBI, run scored)
Scanlon (2-for-4, RBI)
D'Acunto (1-for-3, double)
Petrushka (1-for-2, double, run scored)
Benton (1.0 IP, two strikeouts)

Navy:
Policelli (2-for-5, double, three RBI, run scored)
A. Smith (2-for-3, double, three RBI, run scored)
C. Smith (1-for-3, double, two RBI, three runs scored)

W: Golden (2-5)
L: Chudy (2-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Navy put up seven runs in the top of the first inning, and added another pair in the third, to jump out to an early 9-0 lead.
• Junior Jordan Petrushka hit a pinch-hit double in the bottom of the fifth, and sophomore Patrick Casserly followed with a pinch-hit RBI triple to drive home Petrushka. Casserly then scored on a sac fly from freshman second baseman Connor Peek to bring the Crusaders within 9-2.
• Navy had a four-run seventh inning to extend its lead to 13-2. In the bottom of the seventh, freshman third baseman Brendan Jones and freshman designated hitter Sean Scanlon each hit a two-out RBI single, but the Crusaders could not cut any closer than 13-4.

GAME TWO:
Navy 20, Holy Cross 5

STATS LEADERS:
Holy Cross:
Cooney (4-for-5, RBI, run scored)
Wang (2-for-3, two walks, run scored)
Wolf (2-for-5, three RBI)

Navy:
C. Smith (4-for-6, double, grand slam, seven RBI, three runs scored)
Raba (2-for-4, three RBI, three runs scored)
Diaz (4-for-6, two doubles, two RBI, three runs scored)

W: C. Smith (1-0)
L: Remley (0-4)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Crusaders fell behind by a 7-1 margin through two and a half innings, with Holy Cross scoring on an error in the bottom of the second.
• Holy Cross began to chip away at the deficit in the bottom of the third, with Wolf hitting a two-run single. After Navy scored off an RBI double in the top of the fourth, the Crusaders cut within three runs, 8-5, after freshman catcher Andrew Whinney scored on a fielder's choice and freshman center fielder Connor Cooney singled through the right side to score Jones.
• Navy scored 12 unanswered runs to pull away with the 20-5 victory.

DUE UP:

• The Crusaders head to Bryant for a nonconference contest on Tuesday, April 12.
• First pitch in Smithfield, R.I., is set for 3 p.m.

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