Beaver Splits with Greater Allegheny

By: Athletic Staff Writer

Monaca, PA-   The Penn State Beaver Baseball team split a doubleheader with conference foe Penn State Greater Allegheny.  

In game one, junior pitcher Greg Frederick (Quaker Valley/Fair Oaks, PA) was the story.  Frederick pitched seven scoreless innings, a complete game, giving up one hit and striking out sixteen.  Freshman Dan Sonsini (Aliquippa/ Aliquippa, PA) scored the only run Beaver would need in the second inning.  After reaching base with a hit, Sonsini stole second and third, before scoring on a pass ball.  Junior Ryan Raraigh (Riverside/Fombell, PA) added an insurance run in the third.  After reaching on a hit, he scored later in the inning on an error off a bunt.

In game two, Beaver pounded out ten hits, but could not string any together.  Greater Alleghney scored three in the second, one in the fourth and two in the fifth to build a 6-0 lead.  Beaver got on the board in the sixth and the seventh, but the comeback came up short, as the Lions fell 6-2.  Sophomore Huston Lorenzo led with three hits and drove in a run.  Sonsini added two hits and scored a run.

With the split, Beaver now sits at 16-8 in the PSUAC and 22-16 overall. Beaver travels east this weekend. Beaver will take on Penn State Abington on Saturday, April 25 and will travel to Brandywine on Sunday, April 26 for the final game of the season.