Penn (12-7) took on Lafayette (3-17) in two doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, winning the first three games before dropping the last one on Sunday afternoon.

This season, Penn baseball’s freshmen have been impressive contributors and have filled some holes left by last year’s graduating class. But much of their success has been due to the upperclassmen leadership, particularly from senior captains and offensive powerhouses Ryan Deitrich and Spencer Branigan.

Thanks to designated hitter Joey Greco’s sixth inning bash, the Quakers (9-6) powered their way to a 12-5 win over their crosstown rival, the Villanova Wildcats (5-13), on Wednesday afternoon. In a game that featured some messy pitching, it was the offense that decided this one.

Wednesday, the Penn baseball team hopes to have a little bit of recent history repeat itself against Villanova.

With the Quakers returning just three seniors, a lot of attention has been placed on the team’s youth. And leading the new wave for the Red and Blue is a group of eight freshmen who are already making an impact for Penn.

In Penn’s first back-to-back doubleheader of the season, the Quakers took three of four games over the weekend to improve their record to 8-6.

What stats signal a good Ivy baseball season? After comparing American League and Ancient Eight statistics, the numbers really don’t lie after all.

For the Red and Blue, the daily grind of the baseball season starts now as the Quakers will play George Washington in two doubleheaders this weekend.

Though the Quakers (5-5) were never outplayed while visiting Towson (8-7), some late drama made Wednesday afternoon’s 5-4 win a little bit close for comfort.

The Penn baseball team is hitting the road again, as the Quakers travel to Maryland to take on Towson.

The Quakers are working with a largely young and inexperienced rotation this season and are looking to a group of four that showed promise during Penn’s southern spring break.

The Quakers spent the time off from academics on a three-team, nine-game tour of the South, making stops at Williamsburg, Va. to take on William & Mary, Durham, N.C. to play Duke and Rock Hill, S.C. to square off with Winthrop.

While the rest of the student body will be off on spring break, the Quakers will travel south, opening their season with a nine-game road trip in ten days, making stops in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Junior Alex Ott joins the DP Sports staff after two seasons of varsity baseball at Penn. Despite notching 17 appearances as a freshman (the fifth highest single-season total in school history), Ott chose to walk away from the sport with great reluctance and a greater story.

Former Daily Pennsylvanian sports editor and current Fox Sports broadcaster Ken Rosenthal was gracious enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to talk to the DP.

The star pitcher, who went 5-3 in his senior season with a 2.45 earned run average, was drafted in the 15th round by the Oakland Athletics.

Voiro was selected by the Oakland Athletics with the 469th pick overall. He became the highest-selected Quaker since Ben Krantz was picked in the 15th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2003.