MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's baseball team dropped a midweek contest against crosstown rival Penn, 18-6, at Smithson Field on Wednesday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Penn (14-10) got on the board first with a five-run second inning.
 
• The Quakers would add one in the fifth before Saint Joseph's (10-14) clawed back with a pair in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Ryan Cesarini and a sacrifice fly by Nate Thomas.
 
• Penn tacked on a pair of its own in the top of the sixth, but the Hawks scored three in the bottom half to get back into the game.  Brett Callahan singled home a run with the bases loaded before a sac fly from Colin Myers cut the deficit to 8-4; a throwing error on the play by the Quakers allowed a second run to score and cut it to a three-run game.
 
• Unfortunately for the Crimson and Gray, the Quakers hung a seven-spot on the board in the seventh, and while a wild pitch in the bottom of the inning would bring home another run for SJU, the visitors would score three more in the ninth to set the final margin.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• John Cerwinski was the winning pitcher for Penn, allowing one hit in three shutout innings.  Mike Picollo took the loss after being charged with five runs in two innings.
 
• Max Hitman went 3-for-4 on the day and scored a pair of runs.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will host VCU for their first home conference series of the season.  First pitch in Friday's opener is set for 3:00 p.m.