Baseball Defeats Holy Cross in Midweek Contest

Tuesday, April 22

Worcester, Mass. / Fitton Field

5:00 PM

Dartmouth College

8-21

Holy Cross

21-21

Dartmouth

Holy Cross

Baseball Defeats Holy Cross in Midweek Contest

4/22/2025 8:48:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Rebecca Osowski

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Big Green wrapped a stretch of eight straight road games Tuesday, traveling to Worcester to face the Holy Cross Crusaders.

Despite being down twice, the Big Green put up three multi-run innings, defeating the Crusaders 9-4 for their first win against Holy Cross since 2016.

The Big Green got the leadoff man on base in each of the first two innings as Taer Rodriguez extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a double in the first inning and Chris Miller singled to left field in the second.

Dartmouth was not able to jump out to an early lead though, giving Holy Cross an opportunity to score first. The Crusaders did just that, taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on a single, walk, and successful double steal.

It did not take long for the Big Green to respond as they took a 2-1 lead in the third inning. Alejandro Puig struck out but reached on a wild pitch and later advanced to second when Rodriguez drew a walk. Both runners would advance on another wild pitch, putting two runners in scoring position for Camden Rush.

Entering the game with 14 RBI, Rush knocked in his first two runners of the day, giving the Big Green a 2-1 lead.

The Crusaders immediately responded putting runners on with a single and a walk before hitting a two-run single of their own to retake the lead over Dartmouth.

The Big Green had their first of two straight multi-run innings in the fifth, plating three runs to go up 5-3.

Axel Riess led off the inning with a single, stole second, and came around to score on a Puig single up the middle. Rodriguez and Stefan Di Corrado then drew back-to-back walks to load the bases.

Rush recorded the first out of the inning but was able to score one run on a groundout to the Holy Cross shortstop. Ethan Brown followed with a sacrifice fly as the Big Green took a 5-3 lead over Holy Cross.

Offense continued to impress for Dartmouth in the sixth inning as they plated four more runs. Tyler Sirchia singled through the right side of the infield and Luke Carroll drew a walk to put two runners on with nobody out. A fly out put two runners in scoring position for Puig who earned his second RBI of the day on an infield single.

Rodriguez's bat stayed hot as a single through the left side scored Dartmouth's seventh run. Rush then knocked another single, this one up the middle, to score two more runs and put the Big Green up by six.

Rush's five RBI on Tuesday is not only a career high for RBI in one game with the Big Green, but it brings his total to 19, tied for the team lead. Rush has nine RBI in 29 games as a first year.

Holy Cross led off the sixth inning with a solo home run and despite threatening in the eighth, were unable to score any more runs on Big Green pitchers as Dartmouth earned the 9-4 win.

Andrew Lombana started his fourth straight midweek game, allowing three runs on three hits in 3.2 innings of work. He also fanned two and dealt two walks.

Trey Sejnoha earned the win, his first of the season. Sejnoha allowed only one run on three hits in 2.1 innings of relief. He both walked and fanned one.

Jeff Lee, after making only one appearance as a junior, made his fifth appearance out of the bullpen this season. The senior earned the three inning save allowing no runs on two walks and two hits. Lee also struck out two.

The Big Green return home this weekend, welcoming the Cornell Big Red for a three game Ivy league series. Dartmouth will also honor its nine seniors and their contributions to the program this weekend.

Cornell and Dartmouth are set to play a doubleheader Saturday and single game Sunday. Senior day festivities will take place between the doubleheader games on Saturday. First pitch on Saturday is set for 11:30 a.m. while the single game will begin Sunday at noon.

All three games can be streamed on ESPN+ or you can follow the live stats on DartmouthSports.com.