ST. DAVIDS, Pa.– With the team in finals week, Eastern University Baseball dropped the final two games of the season to the visiting Stevenson University Mustangs. After dropping the opener 11-2, the Eagles got a strong seven innings out of John Beck in the nightcap, but the junior right-hander saw his complete game effort matched by Mustang senior Seth Hartman. The Eagles managed only two hits in a 2-0 loss in the nightcap.

Beck scattered five hits over his seven inning outing. It was a pair of infield hits that hurt him in the fourth inning.  Stevenson shortstop Amani Jones beat out an infield hit and the next hitter took an inside pitch off his shoulder. The Mustangs moved the runners over with a sacrifice bunt and then plated the first of the two runs on a perfectly placed bunt single. The second run scored on a sacrifice fly to center field. 

The Eastern offense, meanwhile, scuffled. Evan Barks doubled in the sixth for the first Eastern hit of the game, but he was called out when he popped off the base on the slide. Brock Langlotz reached on an infield hit in the seventh. 

The only offensive highlight of the day came with the team trailing 4-0 in the third inning of game one. Leyton Bamesberger had reached on an error and Garret Friend ripped a triple to right-center to drive in a run. He later scored ona. sacrifice fly from Joe Paradise. The Eagles had only three hits in the opener.

After game two, the program recognized the commitment of seniors David Hunsberger, Jason Hall, Henry Hutchinson, Riley Kiebach, and Lorenzo Rivera, and the contributions of graduate students Matt McHale and Camden Angell. 

Eastern (10-30) will look to build on the experience of the year as the program returns several young players.