MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's baseball team closed out its four-game homestand on Wednesday, falling to Navy by a 17-7 score.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Navy (11-10) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning, pushing it to a five-run advantage in the third.
 
• Saint Joseph's (8-10) got on the board in the bottom of the frame.  After a single by Joey Gale and a walk to Conlan Wall, Ryan Weingartner singled to right to score Gale.
 
• Two batters later, Ryan Picollo ripped a single up the middle to plate Wall and Weingartner and get the Hawks back within a pair.
 
• Unfortunately for the Crimson and Gray, the Midshipmen added three in the fourth and six in the fifth.
 
• Picollo added a third RBI on a single with one out in the fifth to make it a 14-4 game.
 
• Navy would add three in the top of the seventh before Owen Petrich closed out the scoring with a three-run home run in the bottom of the inning.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Brock Murtha allowed three runs in two and a third innings to earn the win for Navy, while David Owsik allowed five runs in two innings to take the loss.
 
• Petrich and Picollo both went 2-for-4 on the day with three runs batted in for SJU.  Eduardo Diaz tied Navy's single-game program record with six hits on the day.
 
• Drew DeSanto and Luke Parise made their collegiate debuts on the mound for the Hawks on Wednesday.
 
• Dean Bergmann recorded his first collegiate hit on a single in the bottom of the seventh inning.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks visit Kent State this weekend.  First pitch in the series opener is set for 3:00 p.m. on Friday.