Behrend Baseball Hosts Pitt-Greensburg in AMCC Opener

Behrend Baseball Hosts Pitt-Greensburg in AMCC Opener

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team hosts the Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) opener for both teams on Saturday. The doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.

Schedule/Coverage
Saturday, March 27  
           
Penn State Behrend vs. Pitt-Greensburg, 1 p.m. – Live Stats | Video
Penn State Behrend vs. Pitt-Greensburg, 4 p.m. – Live Stats | Video

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions are coming off a non-conference doubleheader split with Hiram on Thursday
* The Terriers won 4-2 in the opener and the Lions picked up a 3-2 (10) nightcap victory
Isaac Stouffer (Punxsutawney, PA/Punxsutawney) drew a walk-off RBI walk to score Braden Paulinellie (DuBois, PA/DuBois) for the game-winning run in the 10th inning
* Paulinellie and Juston Jones (Moon Township, PA/Moon) each singled before Hiram intentionally walked Josh Wagner (South Park, PA/South Park) to load the bases
* Stouffer's walk-off walk was his team-leading tenth base on balls this season
* Ryan Weaver (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) hurled the final two innings and only allowed two hits to collect his second win on the mound
* Starter Jacob Lindow (Bridgeville, PA/Chartiers Valley) pitched the first eight innings for the Lions
* Behrend finishes with a 3-1 record against the Terriers for the season
* Paulinellie, who missed the season opener, is on an eight-game hitting streak and leads the team with a .448 batting average

Pitt-Greensburg News & Notes:

* The Bobcats are also coming off a non-conference split with Hiram
* Pitt-Greensburg lost 9-4 in game one and bounced back for a 5-3 victory on Monday
* The win over the Terriers snapped a nine-game losing streak for the Bobcats
* Ryan Hubbard went 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI to help Pitt-Greensburg collect its first win
* Mikey Sullivan recorded his first win on the mound, while Andy Prentice earned his first save of the season
* The Bobcats have four players with double-digit hits, lead by Jace Cappellini with 16

Series History

* The Lions and Bobcats have been competing since the 1998 season
* Behrend holds a commanding 45-14 in the all-time series
* The Lions swept Pitt-Greensburg 21-5 and 18-3 in the season opener