CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – After fighting back to take a 4-3
lead in the fourth, Ursinus saw DeSales score three times in the
fifth inning and then add two more in the seventh as the Bulldogs
(20-12) defeated Ursinus (14-17-1) 8-4 Wednesday afternoon in
non-conference baseball action.
Ursinus took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as senior left
fielder Tommy Clarke (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon) singled
home senior right fielder Bret Umstead (Green Lane, Pa./Upper
Perkiomen).
After DeSales took a 3-1 lead in the second, Ursinus fought back
with one in the third as junior right fielder Danny Ludwig
(Boonton, N.J./Mountain Lakes) scored on a RBI single sophomore
center fielder Ben Gresh (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove).
Ursinus scored two in the fourth as senior catcher Chris Fusco
(Reading, Pa./Exeter Township) and sophomore second baseman Lou Argentine (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) scored on a two-run
single by sophomore shortstop Brandon Sullivan (Gilbertsville,
Pa./Boyertown).
Fusco and Argentine finished with two hits each, while Sullivan
had two RBI.
Sophomore pitcher Sean Grimes (Villanova, Pa./Radnor) took the
loss falling to 3-2. He struck out two and walked one in three
innings of relief work.
Ursinus travels to PSU-Berks Thursday.
