Behrend Baseball Falls at La Roche
The La Roche baseball team remains undefeated after posting 2-1 and 6-4 decisions over Penn State Behrend in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday afternoon.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 0 |
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The La Roche baseball team remains undefeated after posting 2-1 and 6-4 decisions over Penn State Behrend in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday afternoon.
Game One:
Score: La Roche 2, Penn State Behrend 1
Records: Penn State Behrend (12-5, 5-2 AMCC), La Roche (7-0, 7-0 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* Game one proved to be pitchers dual with only nine hits combined over seven innings
* Hurler Thomas Zbezinski (Gibsonia, PA/Pine-Richland) suffered his first loss on the mound (3-1), striking out five and allowing four hits for two runs
* La Roche Zack Oddi improves to 2-0 this season, pitching seven innings and giving up five hits
* The Lions had three doubles in the five hits registered
* Tristan Tinney scored the eventual game-winning run in the bottom of the fourth inning
* Tinney walked, stole second and came home on an RBI single by B. Dottle
* Behrend scored its lone run in the sixth inning thanks to a pair of doubles
* As the lead-off hitter in the sixth, CJ Weller (Sewickley, PA/North Allegheny) doubled to right field
* Juston Jones (Moon Township, PA/Moon) followed with a double to center field to knock in Weller to cut the lead to 2-1
* Weller finished 2-for-2 with a run, while Colin Harger (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) added a double and Josh Wagner (South Park, PA/South Park) managed a hit
Game Two:
Score: La Roche 6, Penn State Behrend 4
Records: Penn State Behrend (12-6, 5-3 AMCC), La Roche (8-0, 8-0 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* Behrend doubled its hits from game one
* The Lions held a 4-3 lead until the sixth inning
* La Roche scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead for good
* With two outs and bases loaded, the Redhawks scored two on an error
* La Roche added another run in the sixth with a bases-loaded walk to score Tinney
* Evam Bromley came in to relieve starter Ryan Weaver (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) in the seventh
* Weaver fanned five batters and gave up two earned runs in the first six innings
* Wagner, Jake Deitz (Erie, PA/McDowell), Isaac Stouffer (Punxsutawney, PA/Punxsutawney), Tanner Cicchini (Pittsburgh, PA/Upper St. Clair) each tallied two hits
* Similar to game one, Behrend relied on doubles to get around the bases
* Deitz doubled to score Cicchini in the second inning
* Cicchini and Stouffer doubled in the fifth to help the Lions add three more runs on four hits to jump ahead 4-3
Up Next:
* Behrend returns to action on Monday for a non-conference doubleheader against Pitt-Bradford. Game one begins at 1 p.m.