WORCESTER, Mass. — The Holy Cross baseball team fell in both ends of a doubleheader against Lafayette on Saturday, April 22 at Fitton Field.

GAME ONE
Lafayette 6, Holy Cross 1

STATS LEADERS: 
Holy Cross (12-30, 4-14 PL):
Toomey (2-for-4, double)
Cooney (2-for-4, run scored)

Lafayette (13-28, 9-9 PL):
Ingram (3-for-4, double, two RBI, run scored)
Mallas (1-for-3, three RBI)

THE DECISION: 
W: Walsh (4-1)
L: Chudy (1-4)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• After three scoreless innings, Lafayette broke through with three runs in the top of the fourth. 
• The Leopards tacked on another run in the top of the fifth.
• Holy Cross loaded up the bases in the bottom of the fifth, but couldn't get any runs across. 
• A sac fly and RBI double gave Lafayette a 6-0 advantage in the top of the sixth. 
• The Crusaders plated a run in the bottom of the sixth after an error by the Lafayette shortstop.
• Sophomore designated hitter Sean Scanlon and freshman Jack Toomey hit back-to-back singles to begin the bottom of the seventh, but the Leopards got the next three outs to end the game. 

GAME TWO
Lafayette 6, Holy Cross 3

STATS LEADERS: 
Holy Cross: 
Scanlon (2-for-3, double, home run, two runs scored)
King (triple, run scored)
McOsker (1.0 IP, no earned runs)

Lafayette: 
Ciuffreda (2-for-4, three runs scored)
Grech (2-for-4, home run)
Barley (3.0 IP, one hit, no runs, two strikeouts)

THE DECISION:
W: Skapinetz (2-2)
L: Scanlon (0-2)
S: Siesky (2)

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• Lafayette took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. 
• Scanlon hit a one-out double in the bottom half of the inning, and advanced to third and scored after a pair of wild pitches to cut the score in half, 2-1. 
• The Leopards scored a run in each of the third, fourth and fifth innings respectively to go up 5-1.
• Sophomore shortstop Jimmy King tripled to lead off the bottom of the fifth, and came home on a sacrifice fly. Scanlon then launched a solo homer to left-center fielder to make it a 5-3 contest.
• With a pair of runners on, a base hit made it a 6-3 advantage for the Leopards.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE: 

• Prior to Game 1, Holy Cross recognized its seven-member senior class: first baseman Jordan Petrushka, right-handed pitcher Jack DiLauro, right-handed pitcher Ben Talbot, left-handed pitcher Jake McOsker, first baseman Chris Benton, right-handed pitcher Nate Chudy and right-handed pitcher Luke Fox. 
• Scanlon now ranks tied for fifth in single-season program history with 17 doubles on the year. 

DUE UP: 

• Holy Cross is set to host Dartmouth in a non-conference contest on Tuesday, April 25. 
• First pitch is set for 5 p.m. at Fitton Field. 

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