Behrend Tallies 10th Straight Victory
For the second straight game, the Penn State Behrend baseball team scored 15 runs, this time doing it with 20 hits at Thiel to defeat the Tomcats 15-4 and extend their winning streak to 10 straight on Thursday.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Penn State Behrend
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 |
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Thiel
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0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
GREENVILLE, Pa. – For the second straight game, the Penn State Behrend baseball team scored 15 runs, this time doing it with 20 hits at Thiel to defeat the Tomcats 15-4 and extend their winning streak to 10 straight on Thursday.
Score: Penn State Behrend 15, Thiel 4
Records: Penn State Behrend (18-6), Fredonia (10-19)
Key Moments:
* Senior Daniel Boehme (Peters Township, PA/Seton LaSalle) tripled home two runners in the top of the first
* In the bottom of the second, Thiel knotted the score at two
* The Lions retook the lead with a sacrifice fly and RBI double from Paul Connolly (Pittsburgh, PA/Mt. Lebanon) and Tyler Burick (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) in the top of the third
* An RBI groundout and passed ball in the bottom half of the inning tied the score at four a side
* Back-to-back runs batted in by Dylan Barnes (Pittsburgh, PA/North Hills) and Chase Palmer (Brookville, PA/Brookville) in the seventh gave Behrend a 6-4 advantage
* The Lions broke the game open with four runs on four hits in the eighth inning
* The big hit in the inning was a two-run triple off the bat of Palmer
* Behrend tacked on five more runs in the top of the ninth on a two-run double from Burick, an RBI single from Hank Shaffer (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown), and the capped off by a two-run single from Barnes to help secure the team's 18th win of the season
* Starter Alec Greenblatt (Oliveburg, PA/Punxsutawney) earned his second win of the season, hurling 6.1 innings to go along with three earned runs and two strikeouts
* Out of the bullpen, Jack Baumgartel (Sewickley, PA/North Allegheny), Ethan Tinker (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth), and Sawyer Prince (Shinglehouse, PA/Port Allegany) delivered scoreless relief appearances on Thursday
* Palmer and Mac Ciocco (Venetia, PA/Peters Township) recorded a game-high four hits, while Burick and Barnes each drove in a game-high three RBIs
* For the Tomcats, Calvin Cackowski and Ethan Bintrim registered two hits apiece
Up next:
* Behrend comes back home for conference doubleheader against Penn State Altoona on Sunday, April 20. Game one is set to begin at 2 p.m.