Box Score

MADISON, N.J. (April 10, 2013) – The Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team rallied late to earn a 8-2 victory over Drew University on Wednesday afternoon in Madison, N.J. and even its record at 12-12 this season. Stevens snapped its five-game losing streak with the triumph and posted its high run output in its last nine contests.

Junior Dan Allen (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.) and sophomore Ryan Mannello (Staten Island, N.Y.) both went 3-for-5 at the plate with two runs batted in to lead the Ducks. Allen also smacked two doubles with two runs scored and a stolen base, while Mannello picked up a double in the fourth inning.

Stevens struck first in the game with one run in the fourth off the Mannello double and then fell behind, 2-1, in the bottom of the fifth. The Ducks would answer with two runs in the sixth inning, two more in the seventh and three in the eighth to put the game out of reach.

Allen drove in sophomore Gregg Nickels (Simpsonville, S.C.) in the sixth inning after a lead-off double by Nickels and would come into score on a base hit by Mannello just two batters later.

In the seventh, Nickels stroked a double which plated senior Tyler Courter (Glenwood, N.J.) before Allen earned his second RBI of the afternoon to bring in Nickels for the second time. The Ducks capped off their scoring thanks to two errors in the eighth inning by Drew. Both errors by the Rangers led to two of the three runs scored in the frame.

Freshman Robert Robbins (Tallahassee, Fla.) earned the victory on the hill for Stevens in five innings of work. Robbins scattered six hits and struck out five batters with no walks. Drew managed both runs off Robbins in the fifth inning. The three-man bullpen of sophomore Peirce Marston (Silver Spring, Md.), freshman Ryan Patterson (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Allen gave up just three hits and punched out five hitters in the final four innings.

Nickels went 2-for-5 in the game with two doubles, while Courter also picked up two hits in four trips to the plate with two runs scored.

Stevens will travel to Houghton College for four games on Friday and Saturday this week. All four contests will be played at St. Bonaventure University with Game One of Friday beginning at 2 p.m.