Syracuse, N.Y. — The Le Moyne College baseball team split a doubleheader with Mercyhurst on Saturday afternoon at Dick Rockwell Field. The Dolphins claimed an 11-4 victory in game one before the Lakers responded with a 7-5 win in game two.
 
Game One:
Five different players drove in runs for the Dolphins, led by sophomore catcher Robert Wegrzyn (North Tonawanda, N.Y./Niagara-Wheatfield), who recorded two hits, including a grand slam in the fifth inning, and walked twice. Senior shortstop Adam Sullivan (Syracuse, N.Y./Marcellus) drove in two runs on one hit and stole one base. Freshman left fielder Isaac Brozon (Aurora, N.Y. Southern Cayuga) recorded two hits, drove in one run and stole one base and senior center fielder Paulie Goodness (Palmyra, N.Y./Palmyra-Macedon Finger Lakes Community College) and junior designated hitter Cooper Romich (North Chili, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) each drove in one run on one hit.
 
Redshirt junior right-handed pitcher AJ Petraitis (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) made the start for Le Moyne, pitching 5.0 innings of work, allowing four runs, three of which were earned, striking out seven batters and recording the win. Senior right-hander Luke Connors (Brampton, Ontario/Heart Lake/Monroe Community College) finished the final 4.0 innings on the mound, allowing no runs and striking out three batters to earn his second save of the season.
 
Second baseman Zachary Kourous got the scoring started in the top of the first inning with a two-run homer over the right field wall. 
 
Goodness led off the bottom of the first with a single and later stole second base. Junior right fielder Jack Cannon (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) singled up the middle and stole second base to put runners on second and third with one out. Sullivan then lifted a sacrifice fly to left field that allowed Goodness to score and Cannon also scored on a throwing error to tie the game at 2-2.
 
Two walks and a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases with one out for the Dolphins in the bottom of the second inning, and a sacrifice fly to center field by Goodness put Le Moyne in front 3-2.
 
Third baseman Logan Koslin led off the top of the fifth with a double and advanced to third base on a groundout. Kourous followed with an RBI single to tie the game at 3-3. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases for the Lakers and a wild pitch allowed Kourous to score and make it a 4-3 game.
 
The Dolphins began the bottom of the fifth with three straight walks and Wegrzyn followed with a grand slam to left field, his fourth home run of the season, to put the Dolphins ahead 7-3. Sophomore first baseman Derek Diaz (White Plains, N.Y./Iona Prep) then doubled down the right field line. Goodness reached on a fielding error later in the inning, allowing Diaz to advance to third base. A wild pitch then allowed Diaz to score and make it 8-4.
 
Brozon led off the bottom of the sixth with a single through the left side and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. The next two batters were retired before Romich lined an RBI single to right field to make it a 9-4 game.
 
Junior second baseman Mike Whelehan (Hilton, N.Y./Hilton) walked to lead off the bottom of the seventh and reached second on a stolen base. The next two batters were retired before Brozon lined an RBI single to right center to make it 10-4. A single by Cannon put runners on the corners and a single by Sullivan down the left field line scored Brozon to make it 11-4.
 
Connors worked a scoreless top of the ninth inning to secure the 11-4 victory for the Dolphins.
 
Game Two:
Kourous led the Lakers with two hits, including a two-run homer, and stole one base. Koslin added three hits, walked once, reached on a hit-by-pitch and stole three bases and first baseman Jayden Walker drove in one run on one hit and walked once.
 
Right-hander Nate Vargo made the start for Mercyhurst, pitching 5.0 innings of work, allowing four runs, striking out five batters and recording the win. Right-hander Noah Ehlers pitched the final 4.0 innings in relief, allowing one run and striking out three batters.
 
Goodness led the Dolphins with three hits, one run batted in, two walks and three stolen bases. Whelehan also drove in one run on three hits, including a double, and junior third baseman Ethan Farina (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa/Saint Rose) added an RBI on two hits, including a double.
 
Freshman right-hander Luke VanMarter (Jamesville, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) made the start for Le Moyne, pitching 4.2 innings of work, allowing six runs, four of which were earned, striking out four batters and recording the loss. Redshirt sophomore left-hander Max Danaher (Fayetteville, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) pitched the final 4.1 innings in relief, allowing an unearned run and striking out three batters.
 
Back-to-back singles by Goodness and Brozon put runners on the corners to begin the bottom of the first inning. Brozon was caught stealing second base, but it allowed Goodness to score from third and give the Dolphins an early 1-0 lead.
 
Whelehan reached on a fielder's choice in the bottom of the second and Farina followed with a single to put runners on first and second with two outs. Goodness then looped an RBI single into center field to make it a 2-0 game.

Koslin singled and Walker walked to put runners on first and second with one out in the top of the third. Both runners advanced to second and third on a groundout and a fielding error on a groundball to first base and a subsequent throwing error allowed the runners to score and tie the game at 2-2.
 
Diaz led off the bottom of the fourth with a single and Whelehan followed with an RBI double down the left field line, putting Le Moyne ahead 3-2. Farina then doubled down the left field line to score Whelehan and make it a 4-2 game.
 
Koslin led off the top of the fifth with a walk, stole second base and scored on an RBI double to right field by Walker to make it 4-3. Kourous followed with a two-run homer to right field, his second of the series, to put the Lakers ahead 5-4. Three walks loaded the bases with two outs later in the inning and a wild pitch allowed a run to score and make it 6-4.
 
Koslin was hit by a pitch to lead off the top of the sixth inning and he advanced to second on a stolen base. Kourous then singled up the middle and Koslin came around to score following a throwing error in the infield, making it a 7-4 game.
 
Diaz walked and Whelehan singled to begin the bottom of the seventh inning for the Dolphins. Goodness worked a one-out walk later in the inning to load the bases and a sacrifice fly down the right field line by Brozon brought Diaz home, making it a 7-5 game.
 
Two walks and a double loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the ninth inning for Mercyhurst, but Danaher was able to strike out the final batter of the frame and escape the jam scoreless.
 
Diaz led off the bottom of the ninth with a single, but Ehlers retired the next three batters to secure the 7-5 victory for Mercyhurst.

Le Moyne and Mercyhurst will finish the series on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.