Tinker Registers 100th Career K; Lions Sweep Marywood

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The Behrend baseball team took two from Marywood (9-2, 9-1) in a non-conference doubleheader in Fort Pierce, Florida on Monday afternoon.

Noteworthy: Senior pitcher Ethan Tinker registered his 100^th career strikeout in the second inning of game two

Game One:
Score: Penn State Behrend 9, Marywood 2
Records: Penn State Behrend (3-2), Marywood (3-3)

Key Moments:

* The Lions held Marywood to five scoreless innings and only allowing one run in the first and fifth frame
* After the Pacers took a 1-0 lead, Behrend scored five unanswered runs over three innings for a 5-1 lead
* Hank Shaffer and Joey Fazzone singled to start the third inning
* Silvio Ionadi reached on a fielder's choice and eventually scored with Shaffer on a Thomas Nicely single to left field for a 2-1 lead
* The Lions added two more runs on three hits in the third behind Shaffer's triple, scoring Spencer Deitz and Tyler Burick
* Another run was added in the fifth, before three runs in the sixth put Behrend ahead 8-2
* Shaffer finished 3-for-3 with four RBIs and two runs scored
* Nicely posted three RBIs, while Deitz and Paul Connolly each got a pair of hits
* Colin Bolla allowed five hits in five innings and struck out eight
* Jake Manendo pitched the final two innings and fanned three

Game Two:
Score: Penn State Behrend 9, Marywood 1
Records: Penn State Behrend (4-2), Marywood (3-4)

Key Moments:

* Tinker threw a complete game and earned his 100^th career strikeout
* He finished with four strikeouts, walked four and allowed five hits with one earned run for the win
* Ionadi broke open a scoreless game with a solo home run in the bottom of the third
* Dylan Barnes singled and scored on Nicely's double to make it 2-0
* The Lions had a five-run fourth inning
* Behrend added two more runs in the sixth behind sacrifice flies from Jake Federouch and Danny Pedersen

Next Up:

* The Lions are back in action tomorrow against Merchant Marine at 1:30 p.m.