Beaver splits with Worthington Scranton
Beaver wins game one 7-1, but falls in game two 6-5.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Penn State Beaver
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
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Penn State Worthington Scranton
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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Penn State Beaver
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
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Penn State Worthington Scranton
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0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
Scranton, PA – On Saturday afternoon, the Penn State Beaver Baseball team traveled out East to Penn State Scranton for a PSUAC double header.
In game one, Beaver jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Derek Bozic (Beaver Falls, PA/Beaver Falls) and Nick Casasanta (Moon Twp., PA/Moon) both earned RBI's in the inning. They continued to add to their lead with an additional run in the second inning as Austin Logan (Beaver, PA/Beaver) singled to score Rob Trhlin (Chesterland, OH/West Geauga) and another run in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead after four innings. In the top of the fifth inning, Scranton couldn't stop Beaver as they put three more runs on the board on four hits from Casasanta, Blaise McCarty (Beaver Falls, PA/Riverside), Gavin High (Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley) who doubled and Tyler Thellman (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk). Scranton avoided the shut out from pitcher Brad Verlihay (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk) as they finally got a run on the board in the sixth inning, but it was Beaver who would go on to win by a final score of 7-1.
Nick Casasanta lead the offense in the game going 3 for 3 including a double and an RBI and it was Verlihay on the mound who earned the win only giving up 3 hits and 1 run in the game.
Game two of the afternoon looked like it would be a repeat of game one as Beaver went up four runs midway through the fourth inning, but in the bottom of the inning Scranton got in the game with two runs of their own (4-2). Beaver added an additional run in the top of the sixth inning on a trifecta of hits from Trhlin, Matt Sweikowski (Zelienople, PA/Seneca Valley) and Logan who earned the RBI, but the defensive effort was not enough as Scranton rallied with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to score 4 runs and end the game by a final score of 6-5.
The split with Scranton leaves Beaver at 11-7 in the PSUAC as they head into day two of their road trip. Beaver will square off with Penn State Hazleton tomorrow at 12:00 p.m.