BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The University of Pennsylvania baseball program scored 10 runs in back to back innings to earn its seventh win in a row as the Quakers defeated Lehigh, 13-2.
 
Penn stayed hot on offense as the Quakers reached double digits in scoring for the sixth time in their last nine games.
 
GAME 14: PENN 13, LEHIGH 2
WP: Joe Miller (2-1)
LP: Luke Rettig (0-2)
 
NOTES
*Penn has ten or more hits in nine of its games this season and has reached double digits in the past seven games.
 
*The Quakers have scored 10 or more runs six times this season and have reached double figures in scoring in six of their last nine.
 
*Penn is continuing its best start to the season since 2001.
 
*Freshman Joe Miller made his third start of the season today. The freshman threw six scoreless innings, allowed four hits, and struck out five batters.

*Penn is 4-0 in midweek games so far this season. 

*Eduardo Malinowski went yard for the first time this season, hitting a solo shot high over the left field wall.
 
*Matt O'Neill hit his second home run of the season to open the scoring for Penn. The senior captain's two-run shot makes it 16-career bombs for O'Neill, who is Penn's active leader.
 
*Penn has hit multiple home runs in a game four times this season.
 
*Craig Larsen hit a two-RBI single in the sixth. The Ivy League leader in RBI now has 21 on the season.
 
*Seven Penn players registered an RBI today, while five of those batters (Larsen, Malinowski, Peter Matt, O'Neill, and Sean Phelan) tallied two RBI.
 
*Tommy Courtney had a career high three hits on the day. The freshman also tallied an RBI and scored two runs.
 
*Eight players registered a hit on the day. Six players accounted for 13 of Penn's 15 hits: Courtney (3), Larsen (2), Malinowski (2), Matt (2), McGeagh (2), and Jackson Petersen (2).
 
*Eight of Penn's starters now have a batting average above .300 on the season. Phelan leads the group (.379), followed by O'Neill (.353), Josh Hood (.351), Malinowski (.339), Larsen (.333), Matt (.324), Courtney (.321), and McGeagh (.311).
 
*Twelve of Penn's 13 runs today were scored via an RBI.
 
*The Quakers have scored six or more runs in a single inning six times this season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Quakers got on the board early. In the top of the second, O'Neill hit a two-run opposite field bomb over the right field wall. Penn's active home run leader now has 17 in his career.
 
Penn kept it going in the fifth inning. Malinowski started the scoring with a solo homer over the left field wall. The dinger was his first of the season and third of his career. McGeagh kept it going for the Quakers with a single past the short stop. He stole second and reached third on a balk, then was brought home after a picture-perfect bunt by Courtney to make it 4-0.
 
Matt brought Petersen to the plate with a single into right field, and Courtney scored on a Phelan sac fly to center to make it 6-0 through five.
 
The Quakers upped the anti with six runs in the sixth inning. Malinowski started the inning with a double deep to left center. He stole third and scored after an errant throw to third by the catcher putting Penn up 7-0.
 
McGeagh followed Malinowski with a double of his own. An RBI single by Petersen to right field allowed McGeagh to round third and score. Matt and Courtney each singled to load the bags, and Phelan walked to bring in the Quakers' ninth run of the game.
 
Larsen continued the high-scoring inning with a two-RBI single to right center, scoring Matt and Courtney to put Penn up 11-0. Malinowski capped off the inning after taking a pitch into the shoulder with the bases loaded to plate Phelan.
 
Miller pitched his final frame in the bottom of the sixth, continuing to shut out Lehigh. He fanned two batters in the frame to bring his strikeout count to five on the day. The freshman hurler leads Penn with 19 Ks in four appearances and 15.0 innings of work.
 
Lehigh pulled two back in the eighth on a fielder's choice with runners on the corners and a single up the middle. Penn responded in the ninth with another run, as Petersen tagged up after Matt flied out to the right fielder in foul territory.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Penn looks ahead to the start of Ivy League play this weekend. The Quakers will welcome Harvard to Meiklejohn Stadium for a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 11:30 a.m.