BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Senior left-hander Corey Gorman (Laflin, Pa./Coughlin) struck out a season-high 12 batters in eight innings of work, but his effort wasn't enough to lift The University of Scranton baseball team in a 2-1 defeat to Moravian College on Sunday at Gillespie Field.

Gorman allowed 12 hits, all singles, and walked one in the complete game effort. His 12 strikeouts were one better than his previous season high of 11, which he accomplished in six innings against Houghton on March 28 in Winter Haven, Fla. The Royals won that game, 3-2, in 12 innings. Gorman also registered the 200th strikeout of his career, and now has 207 strikeouts in 172 2/3 career innings.

Moravian (17-13, 8-7 Landmark) got both of its runs in the first inning by hitting just one ball out of the infield. A leadoff single, an infield single and a wild pitch put runners on second and third with one out when freshman first baseman Charles Savite (Hackettstown, N.J./West Morris Central) drove in the first run with a fielder's choice when the runner beat the throw to third. Sophomore third baseman Ryan Luke (Stewartsville, N.J./Phillipsburg) followed with an RBI bunt single before Gorman got the final two outs to stop the rally.

Scranton (18-12, 7-5 Landmark) got a run back in the fourth when junior center fielder Michael Gaeta (Cranford, N.J./Cranford) walked with two outs and moved to second on a wild pitch. Senior shortstop Tim LeCompte (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) then bounced a single up the middle and Gaeta beat the throw to the plate to cut the deficit in half.

But the Royals could get no closer despite having two runners on in both the fifth and seventh innings. Senior catcher Michael Amaturo (Rye, N.Y./Rye) finished 2-for-2, raising his season average to .460.

Scranton returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to LaPlume, Pa. to take on Keystone College at 3:30 p.m. 

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