COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus College baseball team nearly completed the comeback on each side of the doubleheader, but were swept by Dickinson College on Saturday afternoon. The Red Devils took the opener behind a 5-4 score before holding onto a 5-3 decision in game two to earn the season series sweep.

 
The Bears honored six seniors prior to the doubleheader as T.J. Snyder, Dylan Crammer, Matt Tuley, Will Kelley, Ian Conroy, and Ayden Hughes were recognized for their dedication and commitment to the Baseball team over the last four seasons.

 
Game One: Dickinson College 5, Ursinus 4 

First-years Brandon Sullivan (3-for-5, 2 RBIs) and Barritt Ross (2-for-4, 1 RBI) paced the Bears lineup combing for five of their 12 hits. Junior Jude Gilhool added a 2-for-4 performance for his fifth multi-hit performance of the year and extending his hitting streak to seven games.

 
The Bears struck first in the opening frame as a two-out hit from Ross scored Sullivan to give Ursinus an early 1-0 advantage. With two runners in scoring position, the Red Devils escaped the jam by recording an infield ground out. Dickinson bounced back in the ensuing frame as a pair of extra base hits including a two-run homerun gave the visitors a 3-1 advantage. Sophomore starting pitcher Dan Bass started to settle in on the mound tallying three consecutive outs via a ground out, fly out, and line out to end the inning. 

 
During the bottom of the second inning, Ursinus responded with a run to cut their deficit to 3-2. Gilhool led off the frame with an infield single before advancing to third on a single by sophomore George Nestor. After a sacrifice bunt moved Nestor into scoring position, Sullivan recorded an RBI on a ground out to second. The Bears put runners on base during the next two innings, but were unable to scratch a run across as a two-run fifth inning stretched the Red Devils lead to 5-2. With two outs, a single and a walk set up a two-out double by the Devils to increase their lead to three before a strikeout ended the frame. Ursinus added a run in the bottom of the sixth inning as a wild pitch allowed Gilhool to cross the plate. During the frame, Gilhool opened with a single while a hit-by-pitch from Richter, and a single from Sullivan loaded the bases. After the wild pitch, a flyout stranded two runners on base and kept the Bears deficit at 5-3.

 
Bass closed out his final inning of work on the mound in the seventh inning as a great defensive play cut a runner down at the plate, before a pop up, and line out ended the frame. Junior Connor Bogansky relieved Bass in the eighth and struck out two batters while retiring the side in order.

 
Ursinus added their final run in the bottom of the eighth as four singles in the frame brought the Bears deficit to one. Nestor, Rosenfeld, and Richter each singled, while a line drive from Sullivan scored a run. With two runners on, the Red Devils induced a ground out to end the inning and held onto a 5-4 lead. Unfortunately, the Bears were unable to deliver the tying run in the ninth inning dropping game one via a 5-4 score.
 

Bass suffered the loss on the mound after pitching seven innings, allowing five earned runs, and striking out three batters. Bogansky closed out the final two frames scattering one hit and fanning two batters.
 
Dickinson College 5, Ursinus 3

Sophomore Kyle Rosenfeld led Ursinus in the nightcap earning his second three-hit performance of the season behind a 3-for-4 day, extending his hitting streak to five games. Richter reached base three times out of the leadoff spot behind two hits and a walk.

 
The Red Devils opened the scoring in the second inning as a throwing error during a pickoff attempt gave Dickinson a 1-0 lead. Junior starter Kieran Hollander stranded a runner in scoring position as a strikeout and ground out closed out the inning. After the Bears chance at the plate, Dickinson increased their lead to 4-0 as three hits and an error scored three runs. With two outs and two runners on, a two RBI single and a triple brought home three runs for the Red Devils.

 
Ursinus bounced back in the bottom of the third as Rosenfeld led off the inning with a triple down the right field line. After a line out, Rosenfeld scored on an infield ground out from Sullivan to score the Bears' opening run. Tuley came into the game in the fourth inning and allowed a runner to reach third with just one out. Tuley escaped the jam as back-to-back ground outs stranded the runner
in scoring position and kept the Bears deficit at three.

 
Tuley faced a similar situation in the top of the fifth as the Red Devils first two batters reached on singles and a sacrifice bunt moved each runner into scoring position. Tuley struck out the ensuing batter, but a walk loaded the bases for the visitors. He would strand the bases loaded as a flyout to center field ended the top of the fifth. Junior lefty David Morgan replaced Tuley with two outs in the sixth inning as a walk ended his outing on the mound. After pitching four shutout innings yesterday, Morgan entered the contest and collected a fly out to close out the frame.

 
The Bears offense responded in the bottom half of the inning as they cut their deficit to two after scoring a run from a base hit and a pair of walks. Sophomore Shane Beaver led off with a walk before a single to right field by Ross advanced Beaver to third base. After a walk loaded the bases, Crammer reached on a fielders' choice collecting an RBI during the process. Unfortunately, a ground out stranded the tying runs on base to keep the Bears deficit at 4-2.

 
Morgan cruised through the Red Devils half of the seventh frame as he recorded three consecutive fly outs to bring the Bears back up too the plate. In the bottom half of the inning, Rosenfeld and Richter led off with singles to bring the go-ahead run to the plate. After a sacrifice bunt from Sullivan, junior Jakob Cantor tallied an RBI ground out to bring the Bears deficit to 4-3. Dickinson added an insurance run in the eighth, while Ursinus brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth but fell 5-3.
 

On the mound for Ursinus, Hollander suffered the loss after pitching three innings and allowing one earned run. Meanwhile, Tuley pitched 2.2 innings scattering just three hits with Morgan and Ross recording the 10 outs combining to just allow one run.
 
 
The Bears return to action on Monday as they travel to Scranton, Pennsylvania for a non-conference match up against the University of Scranton at 5 p.m.