PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team swept a doubleheader at La Salle on Saturday. The Quaker (6-8) won the opener, 7-6, before scoring a 16-3 victory over the Explorers (26-15) in game two.

Penn starter Brian Zeldin picked up the win in game one for the Quakers after tossing six innings and striking out six, while Bryce Mangene earned the victory in game two.

At the plate, Craig Larsen went 5-for-8 on the day with one walk, five runs scored and one RBI. Freshman Wyatt Henseler ended his season on a high note as he four hits and five RBI in the two games.

GAME 1
After La Salle opened the scoring in the home half of the second, Penn took the lead for good with a five-run outburst in the fourth inning. During the frame, Seth Werchan delivered an RBI single up the middle, Tommy Courtney reached on an error that plated a pair, Eduardo Malinowski brought Courtney home following another Explorer fielding miscue and Wyatt Henseler delivered a run-scoring double down the left-field line.

La Salle answered with a run in the bottom half of the fourth. Both teams would score in the fifth and sixth frames with Penn getting another RBI single from Werchan and an RBI double from Malinowski.

The Explorers scored twice in the sixth and once in the seventh to pull within one at 7-6.

Senior Brendan Bean came on in relief in the eighth inning for the Red and Blue and he would go on to retire all six batters he would face to earn his first save of the season and the second of his career. He fanned two hitters during his stint.

GAME 2
The Quakers picked up where they left off. Penn jumped on La Salle for four runs in the top of the first. In the opening half, Andrew Hernandez had an RBI single, Ben Miller had a two-run double and Craig Larsen hit a sacrifice fly.

After several scoreless frames, Penn padded its lead with a three-run outburst in the top of the fifth to stretch to the lead to 7-0. In the stanza, Kyle Cronk hit a two-run single and Tommy Courtney had an RBI single up the middle.

Penn starter Cole Zaffiro worked four scoreless innings before giving way to the bullpen. In the fifth, the Explorers got on board with three runs to cut the deficit to 7-3.

The Red and Blue added two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh before breaking the game wide open with six runs in the eighth.

In the eighth, Jackson Appel had an RBI groundout and an RBI double, Justin Carboni hit a solo homer and Wyatt Henseler had a three-run double.  

NOTES
*Penn and La Salle played nine games this season. The Quaker won five meeting and the Explorers won four. With the win in game two, Penn won the weekend series and the season series.  

*All nine Penn starters had at least two hits in game two. The 24 hits in game two were the most for the Red and Blue since the team had 30 against Dartmouth in April of 2019.  

*Eduardo Malinowski had three stolen bases on the day. He ends the season a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen-base attempts.

*Brendan Bean's two scoreless innings ran his scoreless appearances streak to seven. This season he pitched 11 and a third innings and did not allow an earned run. He struck out 10 batters and issued just two walks.

*Tommy Courtney had four hits on the day and scored three runs.

*Malinowski had four hits and scored four runs in the two games.

*Henseler ends his freshman year on a nine-game hitting streak. He ends the season with a team-high 17 RBI.

*Cole Zaffiro worked four scoreless innings in game two. In three appearances this year, he worked six innings without surrendering a run.