SCRANTON, Pa. – The Cairn University baseball team saw their program-record 13-game winning streak come to an end at non-conference opponent Marywood University on Wednesday, falling to the Pacers 7-6 in walk-off fashion.
 

Cairn (25-12) struck first with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning. Marywood (19-13) had the answer to the tune of five consecutive runs to take a 5-2 lead which lasted through six innings. The Highlanders cut the deficit to 5-3 when senior Joshua Melchior (Boyertown, PA / Valley Forge Baptist Academy) scored on a double steal attempt when a throw down went awry. The Pacers commanded a 6-3 mark heading into the top of the ninth, when an RBI-double by graduate student Brian Amantia Jr. (Columbus, NJ / King's Christian) cut the deficit to just two (6-4). Junior Samuel Spadea (Yardley, PA / Pennsbury) stepped up in the next at bat and delivered a crushing blow in the form of a two-RBI double to tie the game at six a-piece to send the game to the bottom half. However, the Pacers walked-off in the bottom half of the ninth, when a ball in the hole between second and first base allowed a run to score from scoring position to win the game.
 

Spadea led the Highlanders with a pair of hits and a game-high three RBIs, while freshman Tyler Warr (Langhorne, PA / Neshaminy) matched him with two hits. Melchior scored a game-high three runs and swiped a game-high three stolen bases. Freshman Ronaldhino Alcin (Miami, FL / North Miami Beach) got the start on the mound, going four innings, scattering seven hits, five runs and striking out five, while sophomore Ethan Fineman (Langhorne, PA / Neshaminy) went four innings out of the pen, giving up just one run to go along with five k's.
 

Cairn will be back on the diamond on Thursday, April 28 when it makes the trip to Bethlehem to take on NCAA Division I and Patriot League opponent Lehigh University in a non-conference tilt which will be broadcasted on ESPN+ at 3 p.m.