Penn State Beaver Wins Big in Double Header.

By: Chris Best

As the Penn State Beaver Baseball team took the field Saturday, you could tell that they were energized and ready to play. All throughout their opening huddle you could hear the voice of their Head Coach Jack Hilfinger as he stressed the importance of winning conference games.

"Win every inning", Hilfinger preached. " We need to win every inning".

And thats exactly what Beaver did.

Blaise McCarty started the spark for the Lions, hitting a double in his first at bat. He was followed by Rob Trhlin with a single. With no outs and two runners on, Jake Debo hit a double towards mid field scoring both Trhlin and McCarty.

Before Hazelton could get three outs, Beaver already had gained a 3-0 lead.

Beaver then expanded their lead to 5-0 by the end of the third inning, and eventually continued their productive offensive play giving them a 9-0 lead by the end of 5th inning.

Debo pitched a great game for Beaver, facing 18 batters, striking out 5 and only giving up three hits.

Beaver finished the game at the end of the 5th inning with a final score of 10-0.

Like the first game, Beaver commanded and maintained momentum throughtout the entire game.

All but two batters had at least one hit for the game, and the batters who had no hits reached base by walks. Thus, placing all 9 hitters in the Beaver lineup on base which is extremely rare.

In game two of the double header, Hazelton kept Beaver at bay only giving up two runs in the first three innings. 

But the Beaver bats really came alive in the 4th and 5th innings, where they scored a combined 8 runs.

Albert Araiza contributed huge for the Lions as he went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI's. Jordan Price also contributed going 3-3 with 2 RBI's as well. Nick Cassasanta recorded his second walk off single of the season, giving beaver a 10-0 win.

The Penn State Beaver Lions will face off against Penn State Scranton on Sunday April 12, 2015.