GREENVILLE, Pa. - The Westminster College baseball team lost, 6-2, to Thiel College in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) contest on the road Monday afternoon.
 
Thiel (16-17, 12-9 PAC) took a 3-0 lead with three runs in the bottom of the first inning.  The Tomcats tacked on another run in the second inning to extend their lead to 4-0. Westminster (11-18, 6-11 PAC) got on the board in the top of the fifth inning when freshman Mike Grazier (Austintiown, OH / Austintown-Fitch) led off the inning with a double.  Two batters later, freshman Matt Costello (New Castle, PA / Union Area) grounded out to first, bringing in Grazier to give the Titans their first run of the game. The next inning, freshman Dawson Porter (Kittaning, PA / Armstrong) launched his first career home run over the fence in left field to cut the Tomcats' lead down to 4-2. Thiel went on to score two more runs in the contest, while holding Westminster scoreless the remaining three innings.
 
The Titans were led offensively by Porter and Grazier, who each went 1-for-3 on the day, and both collected an extra-base hit. Titan senior Dante Parente (Beaver Falls, PA / Blackhawk) started on the mound for Westminster. He tossed six innings, scattered four hits, and gave up four earned runs, to go along with a pair of strikeouts.
 
Westminster is scheduled to play at Saint Vincent College for a single, nine-inning game on Wednesday, April 24 at 3 p.m.

*Written by Mike Boucher