Baseball Drops Series Finale at Lafayette

Sunday, April 14

Easton, Pa.

12 PM

Army West Point

19-16, 9-5

Lafayette

10-26, 5-9

Army

Lafayette

Baseball Drops Series Finale at Lafayette

April 14, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score

EASTON, Pa. – Army West Point Baseball dropped Sunday's series finale at Lafayette, but still came back home as series winners after taking both games in Saturday's doubleheader.

Army moves to 19-16 overall and 9-5 in the Patriot League.

A weather delay was called with two outs in the top of the third, as a lighting cell moved through the Greater Lehigh Valley region.

Derek Berg homered in the game's second at-bat, giving the Black Knights a 1-0 lead in the opening frame.

However, the Leopards would tie the contest in the second and take a permanent lead in the third.

Coleson Titus cut into the deficit with a fifth inning bases-loaded walk. However, the visiting club left the bases stranded for the score to remain 7-2, and left a pair of runners in scoring position an inning later.

Starting pitcher Steven Graver took the loss, tossing three innings. Bryce Brownlee, Joe Valchar and Joel Rubin each made appearances out of the bullpen.

By the Numbers

2-for-4: Berg and Chris Barr each went 2-for-4.

2: Sam Ruta drew two walks.

10: Army's pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts.

46: Sunday's weather delay lasted 46 minutes, from 12:41 p.m. until 1:27 p.m.

Black Knight Notes

14 games into Patriot League play, the Black Knights have completed a series against each conference foe, and are unbeaten in those series (Three series wins, two series splits).

Parker has reached base in 32 consecutive matchups, while Berg logged a hit in his ninth consecutive game.

Next Up

Army will return to Patriot League action this week for its sole conference midweek game this year, at Holy Cross 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. The Black Knights are next at home April 20 to begin a three-game series against Bucknell.

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