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11
Lehigh LEHIGH 15-14
15
Winner Saint Joseph's SJU 14-12
Lehigh LEHIGH
15-14
11
Final
15
Saint Joseph's SJU
14-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lehigh LEHIGH 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 3 0 11 15 2
Saint Joseph's SJU 2 7 0 1 0 0 5 0 X 15 14 0

W: Picollo, Mike (1-0) L: Glenn, Najir (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Blasts Lead Baseball Past Lehigh, 15-11

MERION STATION, Pa. – Five home runs helped lead the Saint Joseph's baseball team past Lehigh, 15-11, at Smithson Field on Tuesday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Saint Joseph's (14-12) went in front in the first inning after Brett Callahan led off with a triple and Nate Thomas sent a rocket through the bullpen in right field to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead.
 
• The visitors got one back in the top of the second, but the Hawks responded with a seven-run inning.  Callahan singled home Liam Bendo and Brandon Drapeau to make it a 4-1 game before Jake Artz hit the first home run of his career, a no-doubter to left, to make it 7-1.
 
• Thomas would then draw a walk and eventually come around to score on a wild pitch before an RBI groundout by Brendan Hueth plated Andrew Cossetti and pushed the margin to 9-1.
 
• Lehigh (15-14) scored three in the third on back-to-back home runs and one in the fourth, but Cossetti launched his Atlantic 10-leading 13th home run of the season to left to make it 10-5 after four.
 
• The Mountain Hawks staged a rally in the fifth, cutting the lead to a pair at 10-8, but the Crimson and Gray got some breathing room in the seventh after a two-run home run by Drapeau and a three-run shot from Callahan.
 
• Lehigh scored three times in the eighth, but would draw no closer.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Callahan was 4-for-5 on the day with three runs scored and five driven in to lead all hitters; Cossetti, Drapeau, Thomas, and Ryan Cesarini each scored a pair while Artz tallied three runs batted in.  Drapeau added three hits on the afternoon as well.
 
• Every hitter in the Hawks' starting lineup reached base in the contest.
 
• The five home runs are one shy of the program record for a single game, set in the season opener last season at Towson.
 
• Mike Picollo earned the win for the Hawks, while Najir Glenn took the loss.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks host George Mason in their first home Atlantic 10 series of the season.  Game time in the opener is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Friday; the game is set to be streamed on ESPN+.
 
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