LANCASTER, Pa. – The Franklin & Marshall baseball team (14-16, 6-4 CC) was defeated by Washington College (8-24, 3-8 CC), 12-2, in its Centennial Conference (CC) matchup Tuesday afternoon at Caplan Field. The Shoremen jumped ahead early as it held a one-run lead through five innings. From that point, the visitors pulled away on the scoreboard with six runs in the sixth and three runs in the seventh to run-rule the Diplomats.

After Washington College took a one-run lead on a solo home run in the top of the second, Franklin & Marshall looked to respond in the bottom half of the frame. Drew Butera and Conner Rush led off the inning with back-to-back singles to place runners at the corners. A groundout on the following at-bat allowed Butera to score – tying the game at 1-1.

Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth, AJ Desautels led off the frame with a double to left field and was immediately moved to third on a bunt-single from Michael von Zuben. The next batter, Bobby Falese flew out to left field to allow Desautels to score on the sacrifice fly and pull the Diplomats within one.

Desautels led F&M with two hits, while Falese recorded the team's lone RBI.  

Luca Marshall (1-2) was hit with the loss as he struck out two and allowed three earned runs in five innings pitched.

Franklin & Marshall looks to bounce back on Friday when it travels to face Washington College in the second half of the home-and-home series with the Shoremen. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.