MADISON, N.J. – Wilkes University broke open a tie game with a four-run fifth inning and the Colonels earned a 7-3 victory over the Rangers in the finale of a Landmark Conference three-game series on Sunday at Doc Young Field at Lonnstrom Stadium.
 
With the win, Wilkes captured the series after the two sides split a doubleheader on Saturday.
 
Senior Raiden Yost went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs to lead the Rangers (8-10, 2-5 LC) at the plate.
 
A trio of pitchers combined on a six-hitter for the Colonels, including Hunter Lawall, who came on in the sixth and retired all 10 batters he faced to earn the win.
 
Four pitchers saw action for Drew, including sophomore starter Graham Ross, who tossed four innings. The trio of freshman Nicholas Garbooshian, senior Connor Ruscansky, and sophomore Tyler Bell combined to allow just one earned run over the last five innings.
 
Wilkes never trailed after Nate Loch off the game with a triple and scored on a groundout. But the Rangers answered in the bottom half after senior Anthony Diaz Jr. led off with a walk and came around to score on a single from Yost.
 
Ross and Wilkes starter Riley Jagger each fired three innings of shutout ball from the second through the fourth before the Colonels broke through with their big inning, pushing across four runs on four hits, one walk, and one hit batsman to make it 5-1. Devin Markert drove in the first two runs of the inning with a two-run homer.
 
The Rangers got one run back in the bottom half on a familiar script, as Diaz worked another leadoff walk before scoring on another Yost single.
 
Drew cut the gap to 5-3 when freshman Anthony Vallaro scored on a wild pitch, but the visitors pushed across a pair of insurance runs in the top of the to set the final score.
 
Garbooshian pitched 2 2/3 innings, yielding just one earned run on three hits before Ruscansky logged 1 1/3 innings of shutout ball. Bell recorded a three-up, three-down ninth.
 
The Rangers are back in action on Wednesday, when they visit the University of Scranton in a single Landmark Conference outing starting at 4:30 p.m.