Army Splits Sunday Doubleheader at Holy Cross

Sunday, April 6

Worcester, Mass.

12:30 PM

Army West Point

12-17, 7-7

Holy Cross

15-17, 7-4

Army

Holy Cross

Army Splits Sunday Doubleheader at Holy Cross

April 06, 2025 | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

WORCESTER, Mass. – For the second time in three days, Army played a doubleheader at Holy Cross. And for the second time, the teams split the two games. The result is an overall weekend split, after rain washed out Saturday's regularly scheduled action.

Army remains above .500 in the Patriot League, at 8-7.

Both teams have one game remaining in the season series, an April 16 affair at West Point.

Game 1

Army was unable to hold onto a multi-run lead in Sunday's opening game, and fell 4-3 in seven innings.

Starting pitcher Bryce Brownlee pitched 4.1 innings, striking out four and taking a no-decision.

William Parker opened the scoring in the first inning with an RBI single to score Addison Ainsworth. After Holy Cross tied the contest in the fourth, Army retook the lead in the fourth, on a Chris Barr sacrifice fly and Parker's second RBI of the matchup.

However, the Crusaders get within one in the bottom of the inning and took the lead with two-runs in the sixth.

Robbie Penswick took the decision with an inning pitched, before Kevin Reavey retired a pair of batters in the sixth.

Game 2

The nine-inning series finale was the Joe Valchar show.

The senior from Wake Forest, N.C. doubled his previous career-high in innings pitched, tossing eight frames on just 95 total pitches, and struck out a career-high seven batters. He also improved to 2-0.

Army scored six runs on just three RBIs. Barr drove in the first run of the contest in the second inning, drawing a two-out walk with the bases loaded.

In the fourth, the Black Knights doubled their cushion, when Ainsworth put the ball in play to score Coleson Titus on a fielding error.

A Titus strikeout in the fifth inning turned into another Army run, when he reached first base on a dropped third strike turned error on the catcher, advancing to second and allowing Zac Farrell to score from third. Titus himself crossed the plate later in the frame on a wild pitch to make it 4-0.

Ainsworth and Parker would give Army breathing room with RBIs in the eighth inning. Trey Ates then recorded the final three outs of the game out of the bullpen.

By the Numbers

4: Valchar four times sat Holy Cross down in order in an inning.

22: Valchar retired 22 batters over the course of 25 batters faced from the first through the end of the eighth. Only one hit was allowed over that span.

3: Thomas Schreck walked a total of three times across Sunday's games.

Black Knight Notes

In Game 2, Quinlan returned to the lineup for the first time since Game 1 of a doubleheader vs. Bucknell March 29. Titus returned to third base for the nightcap after starting at catcher four games in a row, and Andrzejewski moved to second base.

Sunday's games represented Army's sixth consecutive conference game date featuring a doubleheader. 12 of the team's past 13 total games have been part of a win bill.

Schreck reached base for his 16^th consecutive game.

Army recorded its second shutout of the season in Game 2, following its zero-run pitching performance in the series' first matchup Friday.

The Black Knights committed zero errors in a matchup for the ninth time in 2025 in Game 2.

Next Up

Army returns home Tuesday to kickstart an eight-game homestand vs. Marist. First pitch is slated for 4:30 p.m.

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