Behrend Baseball Claims AMCC Regular- Season Championship; Lions Split With Pitt-Greensburg
The Penn State Behrend baseball team claimed the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Regular-Season Championship with a split against Pitt-Greensburg on Sunday. The Lions fell in the opener 5-1 and won the nightcap, 10-1.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 10 | 14 | 1 |
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team claimed the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Regular-Season Championship with a split against Pitt-Greensburg on Sunday. The Lions fell in the opener 5-1 and won the nightcap, 10-1.
Noteworthy: Head coach Paul Benim reached 800 career wins in game two; Junior pitcher Colin Bolla hit 200 career strikeouts in game one
Game One: Pitt-Greensburg 5, Penn State Behrend 1
Record: Penn State Behrend (24-8, 10-4 AMCC), Pitt-Greensburg (9-20, 7-7 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* The Lions were limited to just three hits in the contest and left three runners on base
* Behrend struck first in the fourth inning when Thomas Nicely delivered a sacrifice bunt that brought home Silvio Ionadi for a 1-0 lead
* Pitt-Greensburg responded with a decisive five-run fifth inning, collecting five hits and drawing two bases-loaded walks
* Cayden Turner and Jake Federouch each recorded one hit, while Dylan Barnes added the third for the Lions
* Starting pitcher Colin Bolla kept Pitt-Greensburg scoreless through four innings before running into trouble in the fifth
* Ethan Tinker entered in relief and tossed a scoreless seventh inning
* Behrend had a chance to answer in the fifth with runners on second and third, but could not push across a run
Game Two: Pitt-Greensburg 10, Penn State Behrend 1
Record: Penn State Behrend (25-8, 11-4 AMCC), Pitt-Greensburg (9-21, 7-8 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* Behrend responded in dominant fashion with a 10-1 victory over Pitt-Greensburg in game two
* The Lions piled up 14 hits and scored in five different innings
* Thomas Nicely led the offensive charge, going 3-for-4 with five RBI, including a bases-clearing double in the fourth inning
* Behrend broke the game open with a five-run fourth, turning a 2-1 lead into a commanding 7-1 advantage
* Tyler Burick had a strong day at the plate, finishing 3-for-4 with two RBI and a triple
* Silvio Ionadi scored three runs, drove in two, stole two bases, and reached base three times
* Spencer Deitz added three hits, an RBI, and a stolen base in a balanced offensive effort
* On the mound, Andrew Bredel kept Pitt-Greensburg off the scoreboard after the second inning and worked into the seventh
* Jack Baumgartel closed out the final 2.1 innings without allowing a run to secure the win
* The Lions stranded 11 Pitt-Greensburg runners and turned key defensive plays to preserve the lopsided result
Next Up:
* Behrend returns to action tomorrow against Allegheny at 4 p.m.