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Mont Alto Earns Season Sweep versus Penn State Beaver

Mont Alto Earns Season Sweep versus Penn State Beaver

 By: Matthew Gelhard, Student Assistant of Mont Alto Athletics Communications

NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. - Mont Alto Baseball's scorching offense produced a series sweep of Penn State Beaver, two more wins brings their record to 19-2. Offense led by Jarrett Goodyear (Newville, Pa. / Big Spring) and his two homers were two of the team's twenty-nine hits on the day scoring twenty-one runs. 

Penn State Mont Alto (13), Penn State Beaver (2) (F-6 innings) 

  • Mont Alto wasted no time in the top of the first inning by stringing three consecutive RBI doubles from Chance McClure (Chambersburg, Pa. / Chambersburg Area)Tyler Moreland (Spring Mills, W.Va. / Spring Mills)and Goodyear to bring the score to 4-0 

  • Penn State Beaver showed signs of life in the fourth inning as Justin Francona homered to centerfield. This would be the only hiccup for pitcher Darian Mort (Fairfield, Pa. / Fairfield Area) as he stayed calm and collected to retire the side. Mort gave up only one earned run in four innings of work to earn the win. Ethan Slusser (Hanover, Pa. / Delone Catholic) came in relief in the fifth inning to end the game as he struck out two. 

  • Sophomore Tyler Moreland (Spring Mills, W.Va. / Spring Mills) and freshman Collin Beech (Lititz, Pa. / Warwick) had three RBI days with big hits in the six run fifth inning. 

Penn State Mont Alto (9), Penn State Beaver (6) (F) 

  • After a big win in the early half of the doubleheader, Mont Alto had more damage to do. Jarrett Goodyear (Newville, Pa. / Big Spring) set the tone as he crushed a two-run home run to right field to extend the lead to 3-0 in the top of the first. His next at-bat in the top of the third ended in similar fashion; a solo home run to centerfield.  

  • Mont Alto's pitching staff held up Beaver's efforts as Brady Bigler (Saint Thomas, Pa. / James Buchanan) threw four innings scattering six hits before he was relieved by eventual winning pitcher Kaden Robinson (New Bloomfield, Pa. / West Perry). Heading into the sixth inning with a 9-6 lead, Chance McClure (Chambersburg, Pa. / Chambersburg Area) pitched two shutout innings earning his third save of the year. 

  • Reigning USCAA Player of the Week Hayden Kissel (Chambersburg, Pa. / Chambersburg Area) went 3-for-5 with four RBIs to boast a .361 batting average. 

PSUMA plays a crucial PSUAC West conference game against Penn State DuBois on Tuesday, April 20 at home starting at 3 p.m.