Saint Peter`s at Lafayette

EASTON, Pa. (Interstat) — Lafayette scored 10 runs in the first inning and never looked back, rolling to a 14-4 victory over Saint Peter’s on Wednesday afternoon at Kamine Stadium.

The Leopards improved to 10-32 while the Peacocks dropped to 4-38.

Lafayette sent 14 batters to the plate in the bottom of the first, erasing an early 1-0 deficit with a barrage of extra-base hits and aggressive baserunning. Will Dobil singled and stole second, then Matt Colella walked before Brandon Doubek launched a three-run homer to left-center, tying the game. Jack Mislan followed with a solo home run to right-center, giving Lafayette its first lead. Luke Caucci doubled to drive in another run, and after a hit-by-pitch and a single, Dobil came up again and singled to right, clearing the bases on an error by the right fielder. Colella later singled in another run, and Doubek doubled to plate Colella, capping the inning at 10-1.

Saint Peter’s had taken a brief lead in the top of the first when Joey Dwyer doubled to right-center and later scored on a groundout. But Lafayette’s offense answered immediately.

Doubek finished 2 for 4 with a home run and five RBIs, leading the Leopards. Jack Mislan went 2 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs. Luke Caucci was 3 for 5 with three RBIs, and Will Dobil went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and a stolen base. Wesley Maksimow earned the win, pitching 4 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs while striking out three. Antonio Correa tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief, and Rob Dorn struck out two in a scoreless seventh.

For Saint Peter’s, Steve Polizzi homered in the fourth inning, part of a three-run rally that cut the Lafayette lead to 11-4. Luke Schwartz singled in a run and Max Doninger singled in another. But the Peacocks managed only six hits total. Starting pitcher Jackson Thorne allowed two earned runs in 2 2/3 innings of relief after entering in the fifth, striking out two. Harrison Lombardi gave up two earned runs in 2 2/3 innings, striking out four. Anthony Mancini pitched a scoreless inning.

Lafayette added single runs in the third, fourth and seventh innings. In the third, Ryan Stoddard singled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Doubek. In the fourth, Jack Mislan reached on an error, stole second and scored on Caucci’s single. In the seventh, Colella singled, stole second and scored on Mislan’s single, and Caucci later singled in Mislan.

Saint Peter’s last best chance came in the seventh when Max Doninger reached on an error, stole second and scored on Ian Huang’s single, but the inning ended with two strikeouts.

The Peacocks have lost 10 of their last 11 games. Lafayette snapped a four-game losing streak with the win.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Lafayette 2, Saint Peter’s 1, and its ELO system gave Lafayette a 77.60 percent probability to win.