WORCESTER, Mass. — The Holy Cross baseball team clinched the 2025 Patriot League Regular Season Championship with a 20-2, seven-inning drubbing of Lafayette on Sunday, April 27 at Fitton Field.
The Crusaders (24-21, 15-7 PL) have won 11 of their last 15 games and eight of their last nine Patriot League contests. The regular season title, which clinches home field advantage for the 2025 Patriot League Championship, is the second in program history and first since 2013.
Holy Cross needs one more conference win to establish the new team record for Patriot League wins in a single season.
The Crusaders batted around the order in the fourth and fifth innings, scoring 18 runs over those two frames. The leadoff and two-hole duo of junior right fielder
CJ Egrie and senior designated hitter
Sean Scanlon reached base in every plate appearance, going a combined 6-for-6 with seven runs scored, three RBI two doubles, five stolen bases, two walks and two hit-by-pitches. Egrie needs one more run scored to pass Matt Perry (54, 2010) for first place on the program's single season list.
Senior first baseman
Chris Baillargeon matched a career-high with five RBI. Junior right-handed pitcher
Jaden Wywoda retired 17 straight Lafayette (13-32, 8-14 PL) batters before losing the perfect game bid with a walk in the bottom of the sixth with two outs and the no-hitter on the next batter.
The 20 runs scored were a season-high for the Crusaders, as well as their 18 RBI. They matched their season-best with eight stolen bases.
Holy Cross retired the jerseys of five Crusader Legends — the first retired jerseys in program history — before the game: Jack Barry (Class of 1910), Owen Carroll (Class of 1925), Jim O'Neill (Class of 1952), Ron Perry (Class of 1954) and Louis Sockalexis (Class of 1897).
STARTING ON THE MOUND:
- Junior Jaden Wywoda: (W, 8-1), 6.0 innings pitched, two hits allowed, two earned runs, one walk, five strikeouts.
- Trace Florio (L, 1-6), 3.1 innings pitched eight hits allowed, 10 runs – nine earned, one, walk, six strikeouts.
OUT OF THE BULLPEN:
- Freshman Marco Citro: 1.0 innings pitched, one hit allowed, zero earned runs, zero walks, zero strikeouts.
- Kellen Moore: 0.0 innings pitched, zero hits allowed, three earned runs, two walks, zero strikeouts.
STEPPING TO THE PLATE:
- CJ Egrie: 3-for-3, double, RBI, four runs scored, walk, three stolen bases.
- Sean Scanlon: 3-for-3, double, two RBI, three runs scored, walk, two stolen bases.
- Chris Baillargeon: 2-for-5, two doubles, five RBI, run scored, stolen base.
- Senior Connor Peek: 2-for-4, double, two RBI, two runs scored.
- Senior Jimmy King: 2-for-4, RBI, two runs scored, walk, stolen base.
- Sophomore Colin Brown: 2-for-4, three RBI, three runs scored.
- Sophomore Gianni Royer: 1-for-4, double, two RBI, two runs scored.
- Senior Connor Cooney: 1-for-4, two RBI, run scored, walk.
- Easton Brenner: 1-for-3, two RBI.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Holy Cross put two runners on base in the first, but could not cash them in.
- A fielder's choice RBI from Baillargeon and a Royer sacrifice fly put the Crusaders ahead 2-0.
- The Crusaders batted around in the fourth inning exploding for eight runs. Peek recorded a pair of hits a double and a two RBI single while Egrie picked up his third hit and second steal of the game in the frame. Holy Cross led 10-0 after four.
- 10 runs in the fifth put the game out of reach for the Leopards. The Crusaders batted around as Scanlon singled and doubled in the frame, knocking in a run as Holy Cross doubled up the margin at 20-0.
POSTGAME THOUGHTS:
DUE UP:
- Holy Cross wraps up its nonconference slate on Tuesday, April 29 against Brown (9-25).
- First pitch is set for 6 p.m. at Fitton Field.
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