Behrend Baseball Wins Game Two; Fall in Opener With Mt. Aloysius

CRESSON, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team split an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) doubleheader on Saturday, falling in the opener 12-9 and then taking game two 7-6 in 10 innings.

Game Two:
Score:  Penn State Behrend 7, Mt. Aloysius 6 (10)
Records: Penn State Behrend (19-9, 10-4 AMCC), Mt. Aloysius (17-11, 11-5 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* Hunter Jamison (Allison Park, PA/Shaler) scored the game-winning run in the top of the 10^th inning
* Jamison, pinch running for Colin Harger (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) after his single up the middle, scored on a sacrifice fly by Jacob Deitz (Erie, PA/McDowell)
* Playing down the entire game, the Lions scored three runs in the ninth and another in the 10^th to close out the conference regular-season schedule with a win
* Josh Wagner (South Park, PA/South Park) tallied a double and a home run for four RBIs
* Wagner tallied his third homer of the season in the comeback ninth inning
* Tanner Cicchini (Pittsburgh, PA/Upper St. Clair) singled and Braden Paulinellie (DuBois, PA/DuBois) reached on a catcher's interference before Wagner's long ball to knot it at 6-all
* Juston Jones (Moon Township, PA/Moon) got his first win in relief on the mound for Behrend, pitching the final 1.2 innings and striking out four
* Derrick Shields (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) starting the first five innings, striking out six

Game One:
Score:  Mt. Aloysius 12, Penn State Behrend 9
Records: Penn State Behrend (18-9, 9-4 AMCC), Mt. Aloysius (17-10, 11-5 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Mounties used a walk-off grand slam to win game one
* Mt. Aloysius never trailed in the game until the seventh inning
* Behrend rallied back from three runs down with four runs on four hits in the top of the seventh
* Mt. Aloysius answered with four hits, including a grand slam with one out showing to score four runs
* Joshua Brown hit one over the fence with bases loaded for the heroics
* Down 8-5 heading into the final inning, the Lions got a runner on every corner
* Harger got the first RBI single, followed by Isaac Stouffer (Punxsutawney, PA / Punxsutawney) and his two RBI single through the left side to even it at 8-all
* Stouffer scored the go-ahead run on Zac Bogats (Corapolis, PA/Moon) smacked his first collegiate double for a 9-8 edge
* The Mounties did not buckle under the pressure and responded with the same line, four runs on four hits for the win
* Harger finished 3-for-4 with a triple, while CJ Weller (Sewickley, PA/North Allegheny) led with his first collegiate triple and a home run
* Relief pitcher Ryan Weaver (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) recorded the loss in the final inning to fall to 4-2 on the season
* Starter Thomas Zbezinski (Gibsonia, PA/Pine Richland) hurled the first four innings, giving up seven runs on nine hits

Up Next: 

* Behrend returns to action on Saturday at home for the AMCC playoffs. Game time and opponent to be announced.