BETHLETHEM, Pa. – The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team dropped a non-conference tilt at Lehigh 8-3 on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Knights (4-24-1), who led 1-0, were limited to five hits in the game by Lehigh (14-18) pitchers Mason Black and Matt Stamford. Black earned the win tossing six innings with one unearned run allowed to go along with five strikeouts and three walks, while Stamford pitched the final three frames to earn his first save of the season.
 
In the loss, freshman catcher George Rosales knocked in a run and finished 1-for-3 with two runs scored and a walk. Sophomore Peter Theodorellis (0-1) started for the Burgundy and Blue and lasted 3.2 innings allowing three hits and four earned runs, while walking two and striking out four.
 
Six Knights pitched in the game, including senior Dillon Forsythe and sophomore Austin Crebs, who combined to provide three scoreless innings of relief.
 
Rosales served as the Knights' first tally of the day after drawing a walk and coming around to score on an error by the Mountain Hawks' catcher.
 
Leading 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth, the Knights saw the home team mount a five-run outburst on three hits. A leadoff bunt single was followed by a pair of walks, a strikeout and a sacrifice fly. The next batter, Casey Rother singled home the Mountain Hawks' second run of the afternoon.
 
With two on and two out, the Knights turned to freshman Bobby Pigozzi, who immediately surrendered a three-run home run to Lehigh's Thomas Schumacher, which resulted in the four-run lead.
 
An RBI triple and single in the fifth and a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch extended Lehigh's cushion to 8-1 heading into the final frame.
 
The Knights would register a pair of runs in the ninth. Rosales knocked home in Brett Mercier with a double to left-center field for the first run after Mercier had reached with a double of his own.
 
Freshman Nate Brodsky, who entered the game as a pinch hitter, knocked in the Knights' final run of the afternoon with a groundout before Stamford shut the door for the Mountain Hawks.
 
The Knights return to action this Friday, April 12 when they host Mount St. Mary's for the first of three games this weekend. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m. at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex.