Alec Welshans stayed red hot. Jace Terry made a debut worth remembering. But La Salle left Delaware with its first loss of the season.
The Explorers fell 6-4 Tuesday after the Blue Hens rallied with four unanswered runs across the sixth and seventh innings.
La Salle (3-1) carried a 4-2 lead into the bottom of the sixth before defensive miscues and small ball turned the game.
Freshman right-hander Jace Terry was outstanding in his collegiate debut. The Scottsdale, Arizona, native struck out five over five innings, allowing two runs on three hits without issuing a walk. Terry retired the final 11 batters he faced and posted 1-2-3 innings in the third, fourth and fifth, exiting with the game tied at 2.
Delaware opened the scoring in the fifth on Evan Bouldin’s two-run home run — the 200th hit of his career. La Salle answered in the second when Kosei Suzuki scored on a throwing error off the bat of Daniel Perez, and AJ Guiliana later drove in Welshans to tie the game at 2.
The breakthrough appeared to come in the sixth.
With two outs and one on, Welshans crushed a 2-0 fastball over the left-field wall, his fourth home run in as many games, giving La Salle a 4-2 lead. Earlier Tuesday, Welshans was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week, and by game’s end his fourth homer placed him in a tie for the national lead.
Each of Welshans’ home runs this season has been timely — from giving La Salle a late lead on Opening Day to igniting rallies over the weekend.
Delaware responded immediately.
A throwing error sparked the Blue Hens’ rally in the sixth, and in the seventh they manufactured three runs without the ball leaving the infield. A safety squeeze tied the game at 4-4, a fielding error gave Delaware the lead, and a bases-loaded balk added insurance.
La Salle managed just three hits — two from Welshans and one from Suzuki — while striking out 14 times.
Hudson Narke (0-1) took the loss, allowing four runs — only one earned — in 1 1/3 innings. Josh Beck provided strong relief again, striking out three over 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
Despite the loss, Terry’s debut and Welshans’ continued surge remain early bright spots for an Explorers club that returns to action this weekend at Delaware State.
They just have to decide how much of tomorrow is already here.
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