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FORT PIERCE, Fla.- On the final day of their spring break trip, the Immaculata baseball team took on Kenyon College (5-2) in a doubleheader looking to build off of three straight wins, but the Mighty Macs (5-5) were unable to generate much offense and fell by scores of 4-0 and 4-2.  After scoring 28 runs and pounding out 22 hits in yesterday's sweep of Martin Luther College, the IU offense struggled to get going as they finished the 10-game trip with a 5-5 record.
 
In the opener, the Macs handed the ball to their ace, junior Dan Whalen (0-1), who turned in six solid innings, scattering eight hits and gave up four runs while striking out six, but Immaculata was no-hit by Kenyon pitcher Jesse Bogacz.  The IU offense managed just three walks, and one hit batter in the shutout loss.  The loss for Whalen was the first in his 21 career apperances.
 
As he has for most of the trip, sophomore second baseman Jason McCormick (0-for-1, 2 BB, SB) started the game with a lead-off walk and stole second, but was stranded after two strikeouts and a groundout.
 
On the other side, Whalen went through the first two innings, allowing just one walk to keep the game scoreless through two.  McCormick reached by walk again in the third and moved to second on an error with two outs, but a groundout stranded him there again.
 
In both the third and fourth innings, Whalen surrendered lead-off triples that came around to score to give the Lords a 2-0 lead through four.
 
Meanwhile, Bogacz retired seven straight Mighty Macs to keep IU off the scoreboard.  Kenyon would add two more runs in the fifth with two, one-out RBI singles to put the Macs down 4-0 through five innings.
 
Immaculata had a pinch hit walk by freshman Coleman Richards in the sixth, and junior shortstop Ryan Ficca was hit by a pitch in the seventh, but those would be the only runners the rest of the way for the Mighty Macs in the 4-0 loss.
 
In game two, Immaculata managed just three hits, but held a 2-1 lead entering the top of the seventh when Kenyon scored three unearned runs to take the game, 4-2.  Junior John Ryan had his second strong start of the year with five innings of work, giving up just one run, but the IU bullpen was not able to hold on late for the win.
 
Offensively, Immaculata scored both of their runs in the second inning.  Junior Ryan Ficca (1-for-3, R) singled to lead off the inning and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt.  He moved to third on a groundout, and after senior designated hitter Matt Lawson (0-for-1, BB, R) walked, a balk brought home Ficca for the first run of the game.  Lawson would make it 2-0 after a Kenyon error.
 
Kenyon scored a run in the top of the third to cut the IU lead to 2-1 on a two-out RBI double, but Ryan held them in check the rest of the way.
 
Immaculata got lead-off singles by McCormick (1-for-3) in the third inning and junior centerfielder Rick DiDomenico (1-for-2) in the sixth, but those were the only hits IU would muster in game two.
 
Sophomore reliever Kenny Anderson pitched a flawless sixth inning and started the seventh inning with a pop-out.  The Kenyon offense then came alive as three straight hitters reached on a single, an error, and an RBI single to tie the game at 2-2 with the last single coming against sophomore Ryan Blough.  Blough then got a strikeout for the second out of the inning, but back-to-back RBI singles gave Kenyon some insurance and a 4-2 lead.
 
The Macs had Lawson reach after getting hit by a pitch with two outs, but a groundout ended the game and the spring break trip for the Mighty Macs.
 
IU will now come back north and gear up for conference play when they host Eastern at 3:30 on Wednesday before playing Gwynedd Mercy in their first CSAC series next weekend.