(Lancaster, Pa.) – The Dickinson baseball team suffered a 7-3 setback in a Centennial Conference make-up at Franklin & Marshall on Monday afternoon. The Diplomats scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to split the series with each team claiming the home date.

The Red Devils put a run on the board in the first inning as Alex Jacobson (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) singled, stole second and came around to score on an RBI double from Alex Cohen (Newtown Square, Pa./Penn Charter).

The Diplomats scored twice with the help of a single, double and a pair of wild pitches in the third to take a 2-1 lead.

The Red Devils flipped the score in the top of the fourth after Max Matilsky (Bernardsville, N.J./Morrisville-Beard) and Joey Volpe (Wall, N.J./St. Rose) tallied back-to-back singles and moved to second and third on a balk. They both scored on a single from Brian Reilly (Morganville, N.J./Marlboro) to put Dickinson back on top, 3-2.

The Diplomats put the first two runners on in the bottom of the fourth and pushed across four runs with a pair of two-RBI singles to pull in front, 6-2. They tacked on another in the seventh with a pair of singles and a sacrifice fly.

Reilly went 2-for-2 with two RBI and a pair of walks while Volpe went 2-for-4. Ethan Collins (Elmer, N.J./Arthur P. Schalick) went five innings, scattering seven hits and recording six strikeouts. Connor Langan (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) came on for three innings of relief.

The Red Devils move to 17-6 overall and 4-2 in the conference. They are on the road again tomorrow, heading to Gettysburg College for a 3:30 pm start.