Behrend Baseball Sweeps Altoona; Ionadi Reaches 100 Career RBIs
The Penn State Behrend baseball team swept Penn State Altoona 8-3 and 16-6 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 3 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
ALTOONA, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team swept Penn State Altoona 8-3 and 16-6 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon.
Game One:
Score: Penn State Behrend 8, Penn State Altoona 3
Records: Penn State Behrend (9-4, 1-0 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (7-8, 0-1 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* The Behrend Lions scored first and broke open the game in the fifth inning
* Altoona grabbed an early 2-1 lead after the second inning
* Behrend responded with three runs in the third for a 4-2 advantage
* Thomas Nicely had an RBI single to left field to score Silvio Ionadi, before Connolly drove Dylan Barnes in for the 3-2 lead
* Nicely made it 4-2 off an Adam Cooper RBI single to the shortstop
* The Lions had a pair of solo home runs in the fifth, scoring four runs on four hits in the inning
* Nicley and Connolly both hit to the left to get over the fence, while David Gibson drove in Spence Deitz and Cooper with two outs showing
* Andrew Bredel collected his second win, going 4.2 innings and fanning eight
* Chase Caricato had two solid innings in relief
* Nicely finished 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBI
* Connolly had two hits and three RBIs
Game Two:
Score: Penn State Behrend 16, Penn State Altoona 6
Records: Penn State Behrend (10-4, 2-0 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (7-9, 0-2 AMCC)
Noteworthy: Ionadi reached 100 career RBIs
* The Lions scored 16 runs on 19 hits and registered three home runs
* Silvio Ionadi was 4-for-6 with four RBIs and a home run
* Tyler Burick had three hits on four plate appearances to go with three runs and five RBIs
* Colin Bolla halted Altoona early, starting and pitching the first 5.1 innings
* Bolla registered the win and gave up one earned run and striking out five
* Behrend grabbed a 6-0 lead after the first three innings
* Nicely and Ionadi hit two RBI homers to get the ball rolling in the first and second innings
* Altoona cut the lead to 8-4 in the sixth
* The Lions exploded for four runs in the seventh and eighth innings
* Jack Baumgartel finished the game on the mound, throwing two innings and fanning four
Next Up:
* The Lions are back in action on Thursday for their home opener against Allegheny. The single nine-inning game begins at 4 p.m.