PHILADELPHIA – The Saint Joseph's baseball team topped Penn, 8-3, on a rainy Wednesday afternoon at Tommy Lasorda Field at Meiklejohn Stadium.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Hawks jumped in front right from the get-go as Conlan Wall was hit by a pitch to lead off the game and came in to score on a double by Ryan Cesarini.  Owen Petrich would hit a sacrifice fly to score Cesarini and give the Hawks a 2-0 lead after an inning.
 
• Penn (14-18) got on the board in the fourth on a bases-loaded walk by Gavin Collins, but a three-run sixth gave the Hawks some breathing room.  With two on and one out, Ryan Picollo bea tout an infield single to bring home Cesarini; two batters later, Brandon Drapeau hit a sac fly to make it a 4-1 game.  Jakob Reed then followed with an RBI infield single of his own to push the advantage to four.
 
• Saint Joseph's (14-18) would extend the lead again in the seventh on a double steal as Ryan Weingartner took second and Cesarini swiped home.  Weingartner would add a pair of RBI with a home run in the ninth; the Quakers tallied two consolation runs in the bottom of the frame but would get no closer.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Luke Gabrysh was credited with the win after two shutout innings of relief, while Noah Millikan gave up two runs on two hits in two and two-thirds to take the loss.
 
• Cesarini finished the day 3-for-5 with three runs scored and one driven in, while Weingartner, Petrich, and Picollo notched two hits apiece and combined for three runs scored and four RBI.
 
• Cesarini stole four bases on the day as well, tying the single-game record set by Mike Sposato, also in a game at Penn, on March 24, 1998.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks host St. Bonaventure in an Atlantic 10 series beginning on Friday afternoon.