Behrend Falls To Northwestern (Minn.)

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team fell to Northwestern (Minn.), 14-2, on Thursday.

Score: Northwestern (Minn.) 14, Penn State Behrend 2
Records: Northwestern (Minn.) (1-6), Penn State Behrend (6-4)

Key Moments:

* Northwestern scored four runs on five hits in the second inning with the big knocks being a pair of RBI doubles by Gilbert Garcia Jr. and Beau Rabey
* The Lions plated two runs with RBI singles from David Gibson (North East, PA/North East) and Cayden Turner (Stoystown, PA/North Star) in the third inning
* This would be the only runs of the game for Behrend as Eagles' starter Nick Drinken hurled six innings to along with two runs and four strikeouts
* Northwestern tacked on three runs in the sixth, three runs in the seventh, and two runs in the ninth to secure its first win of the season
* Turner, Gibson, and Paul Connolly (Pittsburgh, PA/Mt. Lebanon) each tallied two hits for the Lions
* Northwestern relievers Dreyer Homan and Rabey combined for three innings of action and two hits with four strikeouts
* At the plate, Aaron Severson led the Eagles on Thursday with three hits and three runs-batted in

Up next:

* Behrend takes on Merchant Marine tomorrow at 10 a.m.