BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The St. Bonaventure University baseball team dropped a doubleheader at Lehigh Saturday afternoon.
 
In game one, the Bonnies were propelled by the long ball, but were unable to slow down the Mountain Hawks' bats.
 
Game two consisted of St. Bonaventure jumping out to a 4-0 lead, but Lehigh broke out for four runs in the sixth and seventh innings to seal the victory.
 
GAME 1 – Lehigh 12, St. Bonaventure 5
Pierce Hendershot and Brendyn Stillman both hit home runs to drive in all five runs for the Bonnies in game one of the doubleheader at Lehigh.
 
After Lehigh scored five runs in the first inning, Hendershot put St. Bonaventure in the run column with his first homerun of the season in the top of the second.
 
The Mountain Hawks scored three more runs in the bottom of the second, highlighted by a two-run home run by Rafe Perich.
 
The Bonnies would get right back in to the game when Ben Berger and Branden Myers reached base on back-to back singles, which would set up the big bat of Stillman. Stillman would rip a 3-2 pitch over the fence in right field, pulling Bona's to within four
 
However, Lehigh would continue to tack on runs.
 
The Mountain Hawks scored four more runs off of an error by the Bonnies and an RBI double from Riley Davis.
 
Kyle Caringi was charged with the loss for St. Bonaventure going two innings, striking out two, and giving up seven runs.
 
Ryan O'Connell (3.0 IP/3 strikeouts/no earned runs) and Luke Roggenburk (1.0 IP/one earned run) both came in for relief for the Bonnies.
 
Carlos Torres picked up the win for Lehigh pitching three innings, striking out seven, and giving up four runs.
 
GAME 2 – Lehigh 9, St. Bonaventure 5
Tripp Breen gave the Bonnies 5.1 solid innings on the mound in game two of the doubleheader at Lehigh.
 
Breen struck out five, allowed five hits, and only gave up three runs.
 
The Bonnies opened up the scoring by capitalizing on a Lehigh error in which Jagger Nucci crossed home plate.
 
Pierce Hendershot (RBI double), Jackson DeJohn (RBI single), and Brendyn Stillman (sac fly RBI) each helped Bona's post a 4-0 lead at the end of four innings.
 
Lehigh woke the bats up in the sixth inning.
 
Justin Butler ended Breen's afternoon by hitting a home run over the fence in centerfield.
 
Gerard Sweeney (two RBI single) and Tyler Young (RBI single) tacked on three more runs off of St. Bonaventure reliever Rushil Bhat.
 
The Mountain Hawks (10-6) added on four more runs in the seventh inning.
 
Matthew Williams brought the Bonnies closer with an RBI single in the eighth inning, but unfortunately it was not enough.
 
Freshman Gabe Watts threw a scoreless inning of relief for the Bonnies in the bottom of the eighth.
 
The Bonnies and the Mountain Hawks conclude their four-game series Sunday afternoon in Bethlehem. First pitch is slated for noon.
 
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