LANGHORNE, PA – Baseball took home a 9-4 conference win over Valley Forge on Wednesday, moving to 2-1 in their first week of conference play.
 
Senior centerfielder Will Wikner (Gaithersburg, MD / Shenandoah University) got the scoring started as he singled through the left side, advancing on a balk and scoring as classmate Tyler Warr (Langhorne, PA / Neshaminy) singled. Junior catcher Zach Bauers (Cooper City, FL / Cooper City) beat out an infield single to put two runners on for sophomore second baseman Andrew Holt (Sunrise, FL / New College of Florida) to drive both in with a single to right.
 
Cairn (13-8 / 2-1 UNITED EAST) kept on pace in the third, scoring two from the bat of senior designated hitter Tyler Harris (Oxford, PA / Oxford Area) and senior right fielder Dylan Jackson (Levittown, PA / Chestnut Hill College) scoring Harris to make it 6-0. Another run came in the fourth as Holt scored Warr on a sacrifice fly. The lead was extended to nine runs in the sixth as sophomore shortstop Nathan Schurga (Wilmington, DE / Conrad Schools of Science) came up with a sacrifice hit before Holt scored on a wild pitch.
 
Junior righty Evan Hughes (Levittown, PA / Neshaminy) held Valley Forge (7-16 / 0-5 UNITED EAST) scoreless through his seven innings of work, striking out four with only four hits for his first career conference win. After Hughes' departure, the Patriots threatened with a four-run ninth inning on three hits but senior lefty Joe Battaglia (Franklin, TN / Brentwood Academy) shut them down with a strikeout in two thirds of an inning in relief.
 
Junior third baseman Ben Gagnon (Bethlehem, PA / Northampton CC) continues to be on a tear at the plate, adding a 3-4 day to his conference resume with a career-high six stolen bases and an RBI. Jackson, Wikner, Holt, and Bauers all added two hits on the day as well as the Highlanders combining for 13 stolen bases as a team.
 
Cairn Baseball will take an off day on Thursday before getting back to work with a conference matchup hosting Penn St. Abington on Friday and then at St. Mary's for a series on Saturday.