Behrend Baseball Falls Short Against Allegheny

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team came up short in a back-and-forth battle with Allegheny, falling 10-9 in non-conference action on Monday.

Score: Allegheny 10, Behrend 9
Records: Behrend (25-9), Allegheny (24-14)

* The Gators avenged a one-run loss to the Lions back on March 25 at home
* The Lions jumped ahead early, scoring twice in the first on Dylan Barnes' two-run double and adding two more in the second to build a 4-1 lead
* Allegheny answered with three runs in the third to tie the game
* Both teams continued to trade runs throughout the middle innings in a contest that featured six lead changes or ties
* Behrend regained the lead in the fifth with a three-run inning, highlighted by Jake Federouch's two-run single and Paul Connolly's RBI knock
* After Allegheny surged ahead 9-7 in the seventh, Tyler Burick responded with a solo home run to cut the deficit to one
* The Lions tied the game in the eighth when Federouch delivered a sacrifice fly that brought home Danny Pedersen, knotting the score at 9-all
* Allegheny plated the decisive run in the ninth on Zach Miner's RBI single, and Behrend was unable to answer in the bottom half
* Barnes paced the offense with three hits and three RBI, while Federouch drove in three runs and Burick added three hits, including his home run
* Connolly contributed three hits and two RBI as the Lions totaled 15 hits in the game
* Jake Manendo started on the mound, before Sawyer Prince pitched an inning and Will McMahon suffered the loss in four innings of work

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action on Thursday for a non-conference doubleheader with Chatham. Game one is at 2 p.m.