EWING, N.J. – The Ursinus College baseball team fell victim to an 11-run sixth inning by host TCNJ, which used the late outburst to turn a tightly contested pitchers' duel into a 12-3 runaway victory in non-conference action on Thursday.

Junior Travis Kozak had a hand in all three runs for Ursinus (8-3), driving in two of them and scoring the other. Freshman Brian Varani registered his first collegiate hit with a double as the Bears lost for the first time in six games.

Patrick Anderson (3-for-5, three RBI), Jacob Simon (3-for-4, two runs), Mike Follet (3-for-5, two runs), and Thomas Perischetti (2-for-3, two runs, RBI) all had huge days for #19/17 TCNJ (8-3).

The first five innings were largely a battle between Ursinus senior Seth Regensburg and the Lions' Brandon Zachary. Each allowed just a run during that span, with Kozak's third-inning sacrifice fly serving as the only run by either side before a wild pitch brought the tying run home in the bottom of the fifth.

Everything went wrong in the sixth for the Bears, who watched TCNJ send 16 men to the plate in the game-deciding frame. Regensburg left after allowing a leadoff single and a hit batsman, and three consecutive singles and a walk brought in three runs.

Another bases-loaded walk made it 5-1 before two errors on the same play allowed all three Lions to cross the plate, and a wild pitch brought home the next one. Anderson's two-run single and a run-scoring hit by Zachary Schindler capped the outburst.

The Bears plated two runs in the seventh, the first on back-to-back two-baggers by freshman Dom Fiorentino and Kozak. Ursinus had the bases loaded with nobody out, but a run-scoring double play doused the comeback attempt.

Zachary (1-2) allowed just four hits over six innings, striking out five and walking four. Regensburg (2-1) worked five-plus frames and was charged with three runs on six hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

Sophomore Mark LeDuc worked the final two innings, posting a pair of zeroes despite four walks. The Bears walked 10 Lions and committed three errors that led to five unearned runs.

The baseball team opens its Thomas Field slate with a doubleheader against SUNY Canton on Saturday. First pitch is set for 12 p.m.