Boehme's Three-Run Blast Helps Behrend Score Upset Over No. 3 Baldwin Wallace in Game One of Regionals
A Daniel Boehme (Peters Township, PA/Seton LaSalle) three-run home run was the eventual game-winning hit in a 10-4 victory for the Penn State Behrend baseball team over the host No. 3 Baldwin Wallace in the first game of the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament Friday afternoon.
Penn State Behrend
29-11-1
10
Baldwin Wallace
36-9
4
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Penn State Behrend
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0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 |
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Baldwin Wallace
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
May 17, 2024
BEREA, Ohio. - A Daniel Boehme (Peters Township, PA/Seton LaSalle) three-run home run was the eventual game-winning hit in a 10-4 victory for the Penn State Behrend baseball team over the host No. 3 Baldwin Wallace in the first game of the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament Friday afternoon.
Score: Penn State Behrend 10, Baldwin Wallace 4
Records: Penn State Behrend (29-11-1), Baldwin Wallace (36-9)
Key Moments:
Score: Penn State Behrend 10, Baldwin Wallace 4
Records: Penn State Behrend (29-11-1), Baldwin Wallace (36-9)
Key Moments:
* The Yellow Jackets got on the scoreboard first with a four-run bottom of the first, only recording one hit in the inning
* Behrend answered in the top of the second with Chase Palmer (Brookville, PA/Brookville) knocking in Spencer Deitz (Erie, PA/McDowell) with a two-out RBI single
* Freshman Dylan Barnes (Pittsburgh, PA/North Hills) cut the Lions deficit to two (4-2) in the next inning, connecting on a leadoff home run for his fourth of the season
* Thomas Nicely (Delmont, PA/Franklin Regional) knotted the score at four apiece with a two-run single in the top of the fifth
* Behrend starter Colin Bolla (Fairview, PA/Fairview) settled in after the first inning, setting down 10 in a row but ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth
* Joe Lang (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) came on in relief and worked out of a first and second one-out jam
* Boehme came up in the sixth inning and delivered the big blow for the Lions with his fourth round-tripper of the year
* In the top of the seventh, the Lions extended their lead with two more runs
* Behrend's victory was capped off by another RBI single from Nicely to make it 10-4 in the eighth
* Bolla pitched 4.2 innings, giving up four runs on two hits with two strikeouts. Lang picked up his second win of the season with 4.2 shutout innings, allowing only one hit with three strikeouts out of the bullpen
* At the plate, Boehme and Nicely each finished with a game-high three hits and three RBIs. Boehme finished a triple short of the cycle.
* The Lions recorded a baserunner in every inning with all but one Lion tallying a hit on Friday
* The last NCAA Tournament win for Behrend was an 11-1 victory on May 28, 2021, against Rochester
* Coming into the regional tournament, the Yellow Jackets were 16-2 on home turf
Up Next:
Up Next:
* Behrend will take on the winner of Adrian vs. Catholic tomorrow at noon