ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team split an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) doubleheader with Penn State Altoona on Sunday. The Lions earned an 11-6 game-one victory, before falling 16-10 in the nightcap.
Game One (Seven Innings)
Scores: Penn State Behrend 11, Penn State Altoona 6
Records: Penn State Behrend (19-9, 8-3 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (19-13, 8-5 AMCC)
Key Moments
* The Lions never trailed, scoring four runs in the third and four in the sixth
* Behrend held a 15-7 advantage in hits
* The Lions tallied four of their five doubles in the sixth inning to generate the insurance runs
* Catcher Jake Deitz (Erie, PA/McDowell) went 3-for-4 with three runs and a stolen base
* Starter Brady Kress (Harmony, PA/Seneca Valley) tallied his third win, striking out five in 4.2 innings
* Sophomore Ryan Weaver (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) pitched the final two innings to record his third save
* Behrend took a 6-1 lead after the third behind nine hits, six runs and three Altoona errors
* Altoona pulled within one after the fifth inning, but the Behrend Lions score four runs on five hits in the bottom of the sixth to stay ahead
Game Two (Nine Innings)
Scores: Penn State Altoona 16, Penn State Behrend 10
Records: Penn State Behrend (19-10, 8-4 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (20-13, 9-5 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* Game two generated a combined 33 hits, 26 runs, 22 runners left on base and seven errors
* Altoona had the lead in every inning except the bottom of the sixth when Behrend took its first lead at 10-9
* Behrend had three players with three hits apiece. Zack Bowen (Plum Borough, PA/Serra Catholic) went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs along with a triple and a double
* The Behrend Lions rallied back from a five run deficit with five runs in the bottom of the fourth to tie it at 5-all
* Behrend scored all 10 runs in the middle three innings (4,5,6)
* Scott Sada (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown) joined Bowen with a triple on the day
* Jacob Lindow (Bridgeville, PA/Chartiers Valley) started on the mound and Z. Bowen came in for 3.2 innings of relief, suffering his first loss
Next Up
* The Behrend Lions return to action on Tuesday against La Roche for an AMCC doubleheader at home , beginning at 1 p.m.