Baseball Swept in Doubleheader at Penn to Close Regular Season

Baseball Swept in Doubleheader at Penn to Close Regular Season

5/2/2026 6:22:00 PM | Baseball

The Bears will enter the Ivy League Tournament as the No. 2 or No. 3 seed. The tournament will take place May 15-18 and be hosted by either Penn or Yale, which will be determined by the results of Yale's final three games next weekend.

Brown finishes the regular season with a 21-18 record, its most wins since the 2009 season, and a 13-8 Ivy League mark.

GAME 1

Logan Meusy and Mark Henshon had two hits apiece in game one for the Bears. Penn outhit Brown 13-9.

Penn took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on three hits and two walks. They then sent nine men to the plate as part of a four-run fourth, pounding out three hits and using three walks to take a 6-0 lead.

Brown put the first two runners on base to start the fifth before an approximate 15-minute injury delay/pitching change halted play. After the break, Brown pushed one across on a wild pitch to get on the board. Meusy led off the sixth with a double and came in to score on a sac fly by Christian Butera to cut the deficit to 6-2.

Penn put the game away in the seventh and eighth, starting the seventh frame with a hit batter, double and three-run homer to push the lead to 9-2. A leadoff homer and RBI double highlighted eighth.

Henshon tagged an RBI double with two outs in the ninth to bring it to 11-3.

GAME 2

Alex Benevento led the Bears with two hits and two RBIs in game two, as Penn outhit Brown 9-7. Matt Luigs also added two hits and an RBI.

Penn jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning with a double and two-run homer to start the frame. A solo home run in the fifth pushed the lead to 3-0.

Brown got on the board with two runs in the sixth inning when Luigs led off with a single, and Benevento followed two batters later with a long home run down the left field line to pull within one.

We've got a ballgame!!! Benevento crushes the first pitch out to LF and the Bears are back within one in the 6th

— Brown Baseball (@BrownU_Baseball) May 2, 2026

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Brown tied the game with one out in the seventh on a single by Luigs that plated Christian Butera, who had led off with a walk.

Penn quickly seized momentum in the seventh with a big four-run inning to take the lead for good. Two walks and two hits, including a key two-run double, helped spot Penn spot a 7-3 lead.

ON DECK

The Bears will now await their seeding for the Ivy League Tournament after next weekend's results. Check BrownBears.com and @BrownU_Baseball on social media for updates.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Moss, Jake (4-2)

L: Nelson, Drew (5-3)

Batting:

2B: Benevento, Alex 1 ; Meusy, Logan 1 ; Henshon, Mark 1

RBI: Henshon, Mark 1 ; Butera, Christian 1

SH: Petersen, Mika 1

SF: Butera, Christian 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Benevento, Alex 1 ; Meusy, Logan 1 ; Butera, Christian 1

SB: Newsome, Miles 1

HBP: Butera, Christian 1

Batting:

2B: Spaventa, Nick 1 ; Echevarria, Ernie 2

HR: Degnan, Gavin 1 ; Guachione, Nick 1

RBI: Secretarski, Jay 2 ; Degnan, Gavin 2 ; Spaventa, Nick 2 ; Pokrovsky, Jarrett 1 ; Echevarria, Ernie 2 ; Guachione, Nick 2

SH: O'Brien, Nick 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Taylor, Ryan 2 ; Secretarski, Jay 1 ; Degnan, Gavin 1 ; Spaventa, Nick 1 ; Collins, Gavin 1 ; Echevarria, Ernie 2 ; Guachione, Nick 2 ; O'Brien, Nick 1

SB: Taylor, Ryan 1 ; Secretarski, Jay 1 ; Degnan, Gavin 1

HBP: Degnan, Gavin 1 ; Collins, Gavin 1