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Alex Kelsey Baseball 2026
Nicolette Miranda '27
Alex Kelsey had five hits and three RBI on Wednesday
14
Winner West Chester WCU-B 9-2
10
Saint Joseph's SJU 5-9
Winner
West Chester WCU-B
9-2
14
Final
10
Saint Joseph's SJU
5-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
West Chester WCU-B 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 1 3 14 13 0
Saint Joseph's SJU 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 10 12 4

W: Ben Jones (1-0) L: Sweeney, Justin (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Drops Midweek Contest to West Chester

MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's baseball team rallied back from a pair of big deficits on Wednesday but ultimately ran out of time as the Hawks fell to West Chester, 14-10, at Smithson Field.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• West Chester (9-2) tallied a run in the first and three in the second to open up an early 4-0 lead.
 
• The Hawks would tie the game over the course of the next two innings.  In the bottom of the second walk and a pair of hit batters loaded the bases with two outs for Alex Kelsey, who ripped a double down the left field line to clear the bases and cut the deficit to 4-3.  A two-out walk to Alex Venezia was followed by an RBI double from Jack Saker to tie the game in the bottom of the third.
 
• The Golden Rams went back ahead in the fourth on a three-run home run by Caleb Strawhecker.  He would add a two-run shot in the sixth and the visitors would add one more in the frame to open up a 10-4 lead.
 
• Saint Joseph's (5-9) hung six on the board in the seventh to tie the game once again.  Blake Primrose led off the inning with a home run before a walk to Richard Beggy and a double by Venezia put two on for Saker, whose groundout brought a run home and cut it to 10-6.
 
• Tim Dickinson immediately followed with a two-run home run to cut the deficit in half.  A Ben Peterson walk and a Kelsey single brought Ryan Price to the plate, who beat out an infield single to score Peterson; Primrose followed with a single of his own to drive in Kelsey and tie the game.
 
• Strawhecker went deep for the third time with one out in the eighth; the Golden Rams would then add three more in the ninth inning to close out the scoring.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Ben Jones earned the win for West Chester while Justin Sweeney took the loss for SJU.
 
• Kelsey led the Hawks at the plate, going 5-for-6 with a run scored and three driven in for the Hawks.  Strawhecker was 4-for-5 with eight RBI for West Chester.
 
• A challenge by West Chester in the bottom of the sixth was the first-ever instance of video review at Smithson Field; the Golden Rams won the challenge.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks open conference play on Friday at Richmond.
 
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