NEW CASTLE, Del. – The Thomas Jefferson University baseball team (25-19, 14-8 CACC) dropped a CACC game at Wilmington (26-18, 17-5 CACC) on Tuesday, 11-5.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Wildcats took an early 3-0 lead in the first inning. With two outs, the home squad blasted a pair of homers, one being a two-run shot. The Rams came back with two runs in the second on Diego Santiago's two-out, two-run double to right.
 
Wilmington upped its advantage to five with a four-run third. The first three Wildcats reached base to load them up before a sacrifice fly and a three-run home run quickly made it 7-2. Wilmington broke the game open with a grand slam in the fourth.
 
Jefferson managed three runs in the sixth on RBI hits by Marquise Wood and Chris McLean as well as a Gabe Silva sacrifice fly but could not threaten the Wildcats down the stretch.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
Alex Gonzalez: 1-for-4, 3B, R
Marquise Wood: 1-for-1, SB, 2 BB, RBI, R
Chris McLean: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, R
Diego Santiago: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI
 
CACC PLAYOFF PICTURE
The Rams' loss, coupled with Goldey-Beacom's sweep of Bridgeport on Tuesday, locked them into the third seed in the CACC South Division for the conference tournament. Jefferson will travel to Goldey-Beacom for the first-round best-of-three series beginning on Friday.
 
UP NEXT
The Rams close the regular season with a doubleheader at Bloomfield on Wednesday, May 3^rd at 12 p.m.