PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Brown scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning to break a tie and defeat Penn 7-4 on Friday evening, evening the season series between the Ivy League rivals.

The Bears improved to 22-18 overall, while the Quakers dropped to 19-20.

Brown starter Peter Dubie worked five innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out four. He did not surrender a hit, though Penn manufactured a run in the first on a double by Gavin Degnan that scored Ryan Taylor, who had walked and stolen second. Dubie’s performance set the tone for a bullpen that allowed only two runs over the final four frames.

Christian Keel followed with three hitless innings, striking out three, and Camren Piwnicki finished with a clean ninth, fanning one.

Penn starter Nick Newburn was lifted in the third inning after issuing two walks. Marty Coyne took over and pitched 5.2 innings, allowing five earned runs on five hits while striking out seven. Coyne kept the game close until the eighth, when the Quakers pushed ahead.

Brown tied the game in the fourth. Logan Meusy was hit by a pitch, advanced on a fly out and scored on Christian Butera’s double to right center. Penn responded in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly by Gavin Collins that scored Nick Spaventa, who had doubled.

The Bears seized a 3-2 lead in the sixth. Mark Henshon doubled and scored on Jack Edmunds’ single. Andrew Hanlon then singled home Henshon. Penn again answered, using an error in the seventh to tie the game on an unearned run, and took a 4-3 lead in the eighth when Ernie Echevarria singled home Jarrett Pokrovsky, who had reached on a walk and advanced on an error.

Brown’s decisive ninth began with Miles Newsome striking out, but Matt Luigs singled and Mika Peter walked. With two on, Alex Benevento flied out to left, scoring Luigs to tie the game. DJ Dillehay walked to load the bases, and Logan Meusy singled to shortstop, loading them again. Henshon then delivered the biggest hit of the game, a double down the right field line that cleared the bases and scored Meusy, Dillehay and Peter, giving Brown a 7-4 lead.

Henshon finished 2 for 4 with three RBIs, the key figure in a Brown offense that totaled eight hits. Penn managed six hits, with Nick Spaventa going 2 for 4 and Degnan driving in a run.

The win was the second of the season for Brown against Penn, which had taken two of three games in a series earlier in May. The teams split the season series, with Penn winning the first two games of the previous set before Brown took the finale.

Brown’s bullpen was critical in preserving the lead. After Dubie exited, Keel retired nine of the 10 batters he faced, and Piwnicki closed the door in the ninth, striking out Degnan to end the game.

Penn’s Ryan Taylor had two stolen bases and scored twice, but the Quakers could not capitalize on several opportunities. They left two runners on in the sixth and stranded the tying run in the ninth after Piwnicki entered.

The game featured no home runs and was decided by timely hitting and defensive miscues. Brown took advantage of two Penn errors, scoring three unearned runs. Brown’s defense turned a double play in the fourth inning to end a potential rally.

The Bears’ victory kept them above .500 in Ivy League play, while Penn fell one game below the break-even mark with four games remaining in the regular season. Brown’s pitching depth, led by Dubie and Keel, provided a blueprint for the postseason push.