Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MADISON, N.J. (May 3, 2014) – The Drew University baseball team concluded the 2014 season by dropping both ends of a Saturday doubleheader against St. Joseph's College-Brooklyn at Doc Young Field.
 
The Bears (26-9) edged the Rangers (17-21) in Game 1 by a score of 5-1 before getting out to a quick lead in Game 2 and never looking back en route to a 17-5 victory.
 
In Game 2, junior shortstop Steve Kowalski stole four bases, which ties his own school record for thefts in a single game. The four steals gives him 27 for the season, which is now tied for second all-time on the single-season stolen bases list in the Drew baseball record books.
 
Kowalski was ranked 21^st in NCAA Division III with 23 stolen bases through games played on April 27. He will climb that national list with four more swipes on Saturday.
 
"Steve's speed is a game-changer," said head coach Brian Hirschberg. "Stealing bases at the college level is not easy, but he sometimes makes it look that way with his decision-making and acceleration on the base paths. It's an added bonus that the opposing pitchers are constantly worrying about when Steve is going to go, not to mention the holes it opens up for the hitters that follow him in the lineup."
 
Also in Game 2, sophomore first baseman Bobby Miskura hit his first career home run and the first four-bagger hit by a Ranger at Doc Young Field this season. His solo shot over the left field fence in the third inning cut the Bears' lead to 10-2.
 
In the first game, junior designated hitter Robert Auletti was 2-for-3 with the Rangers' lone RBI in defeat. His run-scoring single through the left side plated senior second baseman Pat Lydon to cut a St. Joseph's lead to 4-1.
 
The Bears had taken a 4-0 lead thanks to two home runs in the fourth and sixth innings.
 
Senior starting pitcher Ken Myers allowed just three hits and a walk in his 3.1 innings of work, but allowed three runs to cross and took the loss in his final start wearing the Blue & Green. Freshman pitcher Michael Manfra pitched 1.2 innings of scoreless relief to lower his ERA during his rookie season to 2.49.
 
In the second game, the Bears scored in each of the first three innings to jump out to a 10-0 advantage.
 
The Rangers cut into the lead in the bottom of the third inning when Kowalski stole third base, and Lydon popped out to shortstop. The Bears' shortstop collided with the left fielder on the play and while the out was recorded, Kowalski was able to score during the ensuing confusion.
 
Kowalski would manufacture another run for Drew in the fifth. He stole his second and third bases of the game after leading off the frame with a walk. With the speedster on third base and no outs, Lydon's groundout went down as an RBI as Kowalski crossed the plate to cut the Bears' lead to 13-3.
 
Drew would add two more during their last licks in the seventh inning. Kowalski reached on a fielding error, and tied his own record with his fourth stolen base of the game. He had an eye on stealing third, but ended up there anyway after a St. Joseph's wild pitch. He scored his third run of the contest when Lydon (1-for-3, two RBIs) doubled down the left field line. Lydon scored the final Rangers run of 2014 in his last game for Drew when Miskura recorded an RBI groundout later in the inning.
 
Kowalski finishes his junior season third place on the all-time career stolen bases rankings at Drew with 57. His 27 in 2014 is ranked second for a single season behind Steve MacKinnon's 48 in 1999. MacKinnon is the career stolen base record holder with 100. Michael Bodden (2010-13) is second on that list with 87.