PHILADELPHIA – Thomas Jefferson University baseball (3-8, 2-2) had their first home contest at Alumni Field on Saturday as the Rams went up against Felician University (10-7, 3-1). Jefferson went to earn a 10-8 win in the first game but were unable to hold off the Golden Falcons offense as the Rams fell 14-1 in game two.
 
WHAT HAPPENED
GAME ONE: W, 10-8

• The first game began with Alekesi Goldhill bringing the first run on the day in with a single to right field at the bottom of the first inning
• Felician responded as they had a sacrifice flyout to right center to even the game out. They took the lead off a Matthew Scrivanic two-run single through the left side and made it a 3-1 contest
• The Rams offense began to click in the bottom of the third as Vincent Favata and Julio Frometa Gomez each scored on a wild pitch to tie the match up as Goldhill brought another run in off a sacrifice flyout to right field. Andrew Holub had a one-run single and made it to homeplate off another Golden Falcons wild pitch to go up 6-3
• Felician responded with five runs of their own in the top of the fifth as a run was scored on a double play. A double down the left line made 6-5 before Andrew DeAngelis hit a three-run homerun to right center and turned the contest in favor of the Golden Falcons 8-6
• Jefferson iced the scoring in the bottom of the sixth with Holub hitting a double to the left field, Kyle Kozlowski nailing a sacrifice flyout to right field, and Jay Salsbery earning a two-RBI double down the left line to have the Rams recapture the lead 10-8
• Jake Baumann gets the win on the mound for Jefferson as he did not allow a runner past first base in the three innings he pitched, giving up only a walk and striking out four batters. Saiben Rivera started the day, pitching 4.2 innings with a strikeout under his belt. Trey Eckman came in and pitched 1.1 innings, giving up a hit and run with two strikes

QUICK HITS
Justin Egner: 3-for-4, 3 R, 1 BB, 3 SB
Alekesi Goldhill: 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Tripp Capers: 0-for-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SB
Andrew Holub: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 Double
Kyle Kozlowski: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Jay Salsbery: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 Double
Saiben Rivera: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 1 SO
Trey Eckman: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 SO
Jake Baumann: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 4 SO
 
GAME TWO: L, 14-1

• The second game of the doubleheader did not go in Jefferson's favor as Felician scored five runs in the second, four in the third, and they added at least one run in the final four innings
• Jefferson got on the board in the bottom of the seventh as Justin Egner hit a single to the shortstop
• Will Hoffman started the game for the Rams. Cole Roschel, AJ Lefton, Cole Vida, and Chase Ceppo all made appearances on the mound for the Rams

QUICK HITS
Justin Egner: 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Tripp Capers: 1-for-2, 2 SB
Luis Beato Mora: 1-for-2
Vincent Favata: 1-for-2
Will Hoffman: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 SO
Cole Roschel: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 3 ER
AJ Lefton: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 SO
Cole Vida: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER
Chase Ceppo: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 SO
 
UP NEXT
Jefferson will conclude their series with Felician on Sunday, March 15 as the Rams travel on the road to Rutherford, N.J. First pitch to be thrown at 12 p.m. Read Full Article