Behrend Baseball Powers Past No. 8 Mt. Union

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team held No. 8 Mt. Union to its fewest runs all season to earn a 7-1 victory in non-conference action on Thursday afternoon.

Score: Penn State Behrend 7, No. 8 Mt. Union 1
Record: Penn State Behrend (24-7), No. 8 Mt. Union (28-7)

Key Moments:

* Behrend allowed six hits and just one run behind the pitching of Sawyer Prince, Chase Caricato and Jake Manendo
* Sawyer pitched the first three innings and struck out two, while Caricato got the win with 4.2 innings allowing five hits and one run
* Manendo got his first save of the season in the final 1.1 innings
* Cayden Turner led the Lions with 3-for-4 performance with three RBIs and two runs scored
* Turner opened the scoring in the third with an RBI single to left field to score Dylan Barnes, who got on base with a walk in the third inning
* The Purple Raiders had a similar fourth inning to knot the game at 1-all
* In the fifth inning, Jake Federouch took his first pitch off new relief pitcher Anthony Warner and registered a three-run double to right center to push the lead to 4-1
* Behrend had bases loaded with one out in the third and eighth innings, getting insurance runs in the eighth
* Hank Shaffer led with a hit to right field and scored on a Silvio Ionadi RBI single to make it 5-1
* Turner completed his day with a two-RBI single to right field to send in Tyler Banks and Ionadi for the final margin

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action on Sunday for an AMCC doubleheader against Pitt-Greensburg. Game one is at 1 p.m.