BEREA, Ohio -- The Allegheny College baseball team earned one of its biggest victories in over a decade, as the Gators traveled to Berea, Ohio, and knocked off No. 3 nationally-ranked Baldwin Wallace University on Wednesday evening by a 7-4 final score.

The Gators (4-8) put together a complete all-around performance to down the Yellow Jackets (13-3), who reached their highest ranking in program history in this week's edition D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Top 25 poll.

Allegheny never trailed, thanks to a two-run double off the bat of Alejandro Samayoa (Katonah, N.Y./John Jay Cross River) in the top of the second. In the following inning, Sullivan Schueltz (Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley) extended the lead to 3-0 with a solo blast. Although Baldwin Wallace narrowed the gap to 4-3 in the sixth, the Gators took advantage of several errant plays in a three-run eighth. The Yellow Jackets committed two errors in the innings and allowed runs to score on a pair of bases-loaded wild pitches. 

On the mound, Brent Herrmann (Canfield, Ohio/Canfield) and Brenden Gray (Pittsburgh, Pa./South Park) combined to limit Baldwin Wallace to just four runs, tied for the fewest the Yellow Jackets have scored in a game this spring. Both pitchers danced in and out of trouble at times, as Herrmann and Gray stranded 14 runners on base, which included leaving the bases loaded with the game-winning run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth.

Inside the Box Score

• The Gators scored seven runs on 10 hits and committed only one error.
• The Yellow Jackets outhit Allegheny, 14-to-10, but had four errors in the field.
• Schueltz led the way at the plate by going 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs, and three runs scored.
• Matt Jennings (Birmingham, Mich./Brother Rice) and Hunter Lohr (Bowdoinham, Maine/Mt. Ararat) also had two hits in five at-bats.
• Samayoa's only hit was a double, and he tied Schueltz with a team-high two RBIs.
• Ryan Dougherty (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) finished 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.
• Herrmann scattered two runs on 10 hits and struck out four in 5.0 innings.
• Out of the bullpen, Gray earned a save with 4.0 innings of two-run ball and a team-high five strikeouts.

News and Notes

• Allegheny improved to 4-8 overall this season, while Baldwin Wallace suffered only its third defeat of the year.
• The victory marks the first for the Gators against a top-three nationally-ranked opponent since Allegheny defeated No. 3 Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 10-6, on March 21, 2011.
• It's the second year in a row that the unranked Gators have upset Baldwin Wallace, as the Blue and Gold beat then-No. 11 BWU, 11-5, at the Robertson Athletic Complex on this date in 2022.
• Schueltz slugged his first collegiate home run in his 40th game as a Gator.
• Herrmann earned his fourth career win in his second-longest outing of 2023.
• Gray secured his first save and set season-highs for innings (4.0) and strikeouts (5).
• Jennings extended his team-best on-base streak to 10 consecutive games.

Up Next
Allegheny is scheduled to open Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action on Saturday, March 25, with a doubleheader at Franciscan University. The opening bout will begin with a 1:00 p.m. first pitch.