PHILADELPHIA - The Holy Family University Baseball Team used a five-run seventh to defeat Lincoln, 7-5, in its regular season finale on Tuesday afternoon at FDR Park.
Trailing 2-5 entering the frame, the Tigers sent 11 to the plate beginning with a
Frank Provenzano (Philadelphia, Pa./La Salle College) single and
Nick Lombardo (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Dublin (Bucks County CC)) hit-by-pitch.
After a
Jalen David (Bronx, N.Y./St. Raymond) sacrifice,
Andres Rivera (Silver Spring, Md./Woodrow Wilson (Montgomery College)) cut the deficit to one on a two-RBI single and
Torin McKenzie (Hamilton, N.J./Nottingham (Mercer County CC)) quickly evened the score with an RBI double.
McKenzie would score the eventual game-winning run on a wild pitch, before a
Jephson Hadson-Taylor (Cheltenham, Pa./La Salle College (University of Maine)) walk and
Griffin Richardson (Warminster, Pa./Greenville (Bucks County CC)) double added insurance.
Daniel Guntherberg (Williamsburg, Va./Walsingham Academy) then worked a scoreless eighth, prior to
Jelle Bing (Heerhugowaard, Netherlands/CSG Jan Arentsz (McCook CC)) earning his first save at HFU with a scoreless ninth.
Trevor Morris (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) picked up the win after pitching the top of the seventh.
Paul Miazza (Aston, Pa./Sun Valley) notably allowed just one run on three hits over five frames, with five strikeouts and no base on balls.
McKenzie led the offense with a 3-for-5 performance that included two doubles, two runs and two RBI.
Richardson also reached three times with two hits and a walk, while Provenzano had two base knocks as well.
Rivera notably had two runs and two RBI.
Up Next
As the six or seven seed in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament, HFU will travel to second-seeded Goldey-Beacom or third-seeded Jefferson for the first round, depending on the result of tonight's Chestnut Hill game. The first round features a best-of-three series, with a doubleheader on Friday and an if necessary game on Saturday.
