Behrend Baseball Travels to Fredonia Wednesday

Behrend Baseball Travels to Fredonia Wednesday

FREDONIA, NY – The Penn State Behrend baseball team will travel to Fredonia, NY to take on the Blue Devils in a single nine-inning game beginning at 3 p.m.

Schedule/Coverage
Wednesday, April 14 
           
Penn State Behrend at Fredonia, 3 p.m. – Live Stats | Video

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions improved to 5-1 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) with a pair of wins over Penn State Altoona on Saturday
* Senior Josh Wagner (South Park, PA/South Park) registered his 100th career hit in game one vs. the Altoona Lions
* Senior outfielder Tanner Cicchini (Pittsburgh, PA/Upper St. Clair) went 4-for-5 with a double, triple and three runs scored on Saturday
* Sophomore Derrick Shields (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) was named AMCC Pitcher of the Week
* Shields threw a three-hit complete game shutout with eight strikeouts last week against Pitt-Bradford. He is ranked second in the AMCC in total strikeouts with 26
* Wagner continues to lead the AMCC in RBIs (19) followed by Zack Bowen (Pittsburgh, PA/Serra Catholic) tied for second (15) and Juston Jones (Moon Township, PA/Moon) tied for third (14)

Fredonia News & Notes:

* The Blue Devils have lost the first six games of the season
* Fredonia recently fell to Oswego 17-3 and 15-6 on Saturday
* Tylor Murphy leads the team with a .400 batting average. He has five extra-base hits out of eight total hits this season, including two doubles, two triples and a home run
* The Blue Devils have been outscored 94-29 so far this year

Series History


* The Behrend Lions and Fredonia compete annually for the I-90 Cup
* The Lions have possession of the I-90 Cup after a 7-5 victory against the Blue Devils on April 3, 2019
* Behrend holds a 39-28 overall record against Fredonia dating back to 1987