Lions Plate Two in Ninth To Defeat Earlham

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team carried its momentum from last night's thrilling victory into Tuesday's contest with a 5-3 win over Earlham.

Score: Penn State Behrend 5, Earlham 3
Records: Penn State Behrend (5-3), Earlham (4-8)

Key Moments:

* Three straight hits to start the game, plated two runs in the first inning for Earlham
* Silvio Ionadi (Pittsburgh, PA/Plum) responded with an RBI double in the top of the second to cut the Lions deficit to one
* Starting pitchers Alec Greenblatt (Oliveburg, PA/Punxsutawney) and Cayman Huntsman were able to stall both offenses after the early scores, neither allowing another run for the next four innings
* A two-run single off the bat of Hank Shaffer (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown) gave Behrend its first lead of the day in the seventh inning (3-2)
* The Quakers tied the score at three in the eighth with an RBI single from Jonathan Jimenez
* Behrend grabbed the lead back in the ninth with two runs on an error by Earlham and a sacrifice bunt RBI from Shaffer
* Reliever Joe Lang (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) shut down the Quakers in the bottom of the ninth to earn the win in three innings of one-run action
* Greenblatt tossed five innings to go along with two earned runs in the start for the Lions, while Lang and Jack Baumgartel (Sewickley, PA/North Allegheny) threw a combined four innings with one run and six strikeouts out of the bullpen
* Mac Ciocco (Venetia, PA/Peters Township) tallied three hits and Shaffer drove in a game-high three runs for Behrend
* The Quakers were led by Noah Wagster's three hits and Huntsman's 6.1 innings pitched with two strikeouts on the hill

Up next:

* Behrend is back in action tomorrow morning, this time against Monmouth (Ill.). First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m.