Box Score Bronx, N.Y. – The Lehman College baseball team allowed multiple runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and fell short of a full comeback as they dropped to Purchase College, 14-12, Wednesday night at the South Field.

The Lightning (6-15) have now lost three straight games during a busy span of ten games in seven days.

The team got home runs from Jeffrey Ledesma, Brandon Castillo, and Juan Arias in a losing effort. Castillo plated three runs, while Arias (pinch-hit two-run homer) and Ledesma tallied two RBI each. Jaime Maldonado drove in three runs, going two-for-three with two runs scored.

Chris Encarnacion dropped his first decision of the season after allowing three runs (two earned) in one-third of the inning. Rich Villar struck out four in two relief innings for Lehman.

Ledesma lofted a sac fly in the first to get on the board, but Purchase responded in the second with three runs. Maldonado doubled home two runs in the second to even the score at 3-3, but the Panthers (5-11) responded with four runs in the fourth capped by a Nick Tuozzola bases-clearing double.

Purchase built a 10-4 lead in the fifth off a Michael Tecci three-run home run, but the Lightning began chipping away. Trailing 12-5 in the sixth, Arias delivered his pinch-hit homer then Ledesma followed with a homer in the seventh. Maldonado's RBI single and a Panthers error sliced the Lehman deficit to 12-10.

The team would allow a bases-loaded in the eighth and a stolen base in the ninth to push the Purchase lead to 14-10. Castillo belted a two-run smash in the bottom of the ninth with nobody out, but could not push any more runs across to cut short the comeback.

Lehman will be on the road for the remainder of the month of April, and returns to action tomorrow at Kings Point when they face the Merchant Marine Academy. First pitch is set for 4:00 p.m.