EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team managed just six hits and committed four errors while seeing its seven-game winning streak come to a halt in a 5-2 loss to Wilkes University at Artillery Park on Thursday afternoon.

The Royals (13-8) lost for the first time in 11 days despite getting a pair of hits and an RBI from freshmen outfielders Zach Dignam (Bridgewater, N.J./Immaculata) and Kyle Hamer (Germantown, Md./St. John's College H.S.).

Wilkes (10-7) jumped ahead with three runs in the third inning on an infield single, an RBI ground ball and an error. The Colonels added a run in the fourth on an RBI single to snag a quick 4-0 lead.

Scranton cut the deficit back to three on Dignam's RBI single in the top of the fourth, but Wilkes answered with a run in the fifth on a two-out error.

The Royals tried to rally late with Hamer's RBI sac fly in the eighth inning, but were unable to get any closer.

Sophomore righty Luke Sheehan (Bel Air, Md./Loyola-Blakefield) was the tough-luck loser, allowing just two earned runs on eight hits and four walks while fanning two in six innings. Senior righty Matt Marinelli (Westbury, N.Y./Holy Trinity) tossed a pair of scoreless innings to extend his scoreless innings streak to nine.

Wilkes received a single, double and two RBIs from senior shortstop Carmen LoPresto (Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area).

Scranton returns to action on Thursday when it hosts Misericordia at 4 p.m. at Connell Park. 

--ROYALS--