SCRANTON, Pa. – The Drew University baseball team lost by a score of 16-5 in its Landmark Conference series finale at the University of Scranton on Wednesday in seven innings.
 
The Royals (16-14, 12-8 LC) led just 3-0 after three innings of play before breaking it open with a big three-inning stretch, scoring 13 runs from the fourth through the sixth.

Senior Anthony Hernandez reached a milestone for the Rangers, recording his 200th collegiate hit with an RBI-single in the sixth inning. He has now compiled 128 hits in less than three seasons at Drew after posting 72 hits at Saint Joseph's Brooklyn during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
 
Senior Anthony Diaz Jr. went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs for Drew (17-15, 9-9 LC), which still captured the series victory due to its wins over the Royals on March 26 and April 9.
 
Senior Raiden Yost (2-2) started on the mound for the Rangers and pitched the first 3 2/3 innings. He was relieved by senior Kenny Yonker (1 1/3 IP), senior Connor Ruscansky (1/3 IP) and junior Kyle Johnson (2/3 IP).
 
John Heitzman led Scranton at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a homer and six RBIs. Mason Fischer (4-1) tossed 5 1/3 innings to earn the win.
 
The Rangers scored all of their runs in a six-hit sixth inning, which included RBI-singles from Hernandez, senior Mike Gallaro, and senior Matt Myers and a two-run single from Diaz that made it 12-5.
 
Scranton answered with four runs in the bottom of the sixth, and the game ended due to the 10-run rule after the Royals worked a scoreless seventh.
 
Drew returns to action this weekend, when it travels to Elizabethtown College for a Landmark Conference series, starting with a doubleheader on Saturday at noon.