WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson baseball team came out on the wrong side of a pitching duel tonight against Marietta, as the Presidents fell 6-3 on Wednesday, April 17, at Ross Memorial Park.  

After tonight, the Presidents drop to 19-9 overall, while Marietta improves to 14-15. 

After a first-inning unearned run for the Pioneers, neither team got back on the board until the seventh frame. Marietta added two runs in the seventh to extend its lead to 3-0.  

W&J got on the board in the bottom of the inning with a home run from Josh Crummer (Great Falls, Va./Flint Hill School). The senior first baseman slammed a ball over the 390-foot sign in left center, his career-best second homer of the season. 

Leading 3-1 heading into the eighth, Marietta scored three runs in the inning to take a commanding 6-1 advantage. 

The Presidents made things interesting in the bottom of the ninth, having the tying run on deck. After Crummer walked to start the inning, Adam Moore (Olean, N.Y./Archbishop Walsh) rocketed a homer over the left field fence to cut W&J's deficit to 6-3.

With one out, Joey Bolick (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) recorded a double down the left field line. Unfortunately for the Red & Black, their next two batters got out, sealing the 6-3 loss. 

Crummer, Moore and Bolick accounted for all six of W&J's hits tonight with two each. Dante Dalesandro (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon) saw his career-best hit streak come to a close tonight, as it peaked at 19 consecutive games. 

Nick Drake (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) got the start at pitcher for the Presidents, going 4.0 innings and allowing the one unearned run. Both Tanner Gaerke (Plain City, Ohio/Jonathan Alder) and Henry Litman (Marietta, Ga./Walton) made scoreless relief appearances. 

The Presidents return to action tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. with a road nine-inning tilt against Geneva.