CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Visiting Franklin & Marshall scored in every inning but one in a 24-9 win over host Washington College in seven innings due to the 10-run rule on Friday afternoon in a Centennial Conference baseball game at Athey Baseball Park.  The Diplomats improve to 15-16 overall and 7-4 in the Centennial, while the Shoremen are 8-25 and 3-9 respectively.

Franklin & Marshall 24 Washington College 9 (Seven Innings)

How It Happened
- F&M's Spencer Berson scored on a fielder's choice with one out in the top of the first inning for the game's opening run.
- Washington would respond with four in the last of the first to take a 4-1 lead.  Ty Everitt scored on a single to center by Logan Yi with nobody out to tie it at 1-1.  The next hitter, Drew Kinsey plated both Will Turner and Yi on a double to center to give the Shoremen a 3-1 advantage.  Kinsey would come around to score on a one out double to right-center by Chase Ruppel for the final run of the frame.
- In the bottom of the second, Kinsey tallied his second two-run hit in as many innings, this time a single to left to drive home Nick Miller and Everitt to give the home side a 6-1 lead.
- The Diplomats would take control of the game with a 10-run top of the third to grab an 11-6 lead.  With one out, Andrew Filippelli tied the game at 6-6 on a single to center to score Drew Butera.  The next hitter, Evan Varga gave F&M the lead for the rest of the game on a base hit to center to score AJ Desaultels.  Up 8-6 with the bases loaded and two down, Michael von Zuben cleared the bases with a double down the left field line to score Patrick Cettina, Berson and Bobby Falese to cap the 10-run outburst. 
- WC got one back in the last of the third when Reese Hirsh singled to right to drive in Ruppel to trim the lead to 11-7.
- Desaultels would lead off the top of the fourth with a home run down the left field line to make it 12-7 and start a four-run frame to give the road side a 15-7 lead.
- F&M would score twice in the fifth and sixth innings and five times in the top of the seventh, while Washington scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to provide the final margin.

For The Shoremen (8-25, 3-9 CC)
- Hitting: Kinsey (2-for-3, four RBI), Everitt (2-for-3, two runs), Hirsh (2-for-4, RBI), Zach Stolze (two RBI, home run)
- Pitching: Matt Herbert (loss 1-5, 2 1/3 innings, seven hits, eight runs, seven earned, two walks, zero strikeouts)
- Washington had 10 hits, drew two walks and had three reach on hit by pitch while leaving six on base. 
- The Shoremen made one error in the game, leading to one unearned run for the Diplomats.

For Franklin & Marshall (15-16, 6-4 CC)
- Hitting: von Zuben (5-for-6, five RBI, two runs), Jacob Hoffman (2-for-3, three runs, three RBI, three walks, home run), Desaultis (4-for-6, three runs, home run), Butera (3-for-6, three RBI, three runs), Berson, Cettina, Falese and Filippelli (three runs each)
- Pitching: Dan Galef (win 4-3, six-plus innings, 10 hits, nine runs, nine earned, two walks, three strikeouts)
- The Diplomats notched 22 hits, drew 10 walks and had one get on via hit by pitch as they left nine on base.
- Franklin & Marshall had no errors in the contest.

Notes
- Kinsey was named the Goose Nation TV Shoremen Player of the Game.

Up Next
4/20 @ Gettysburg (DH) – 12 p.m. (Centennial Conference Games)
- Gettysburg head coach Cory Beddick served as the head coach for the Shoremen from 2018-22.
- Teams split a twinbill last April in Chestertown.