Day 2 at Cal Ripken Ends with Losses to Penn State Schuylkill

Myrtle Beach, SC- Day 2 of Spring Training ends with 2 more losses for Beaver. The team took on Penn State Schuylkill during two games at the Cal Ripken Experience. Game one for Beaver ended with a score of 3-1 in favor of Schuylkill, while game two went a little more south ending with a score of 13-2 after 5 innings. Beaver had 5 hits in game one with 1 error, while in game two they had 6 hits with 3 errors. The team had 3 stolen bases on the day, 3 doubles, 3 rbi's, and the pitcher collectively had 7 strikeouts.

For game one, Beaver was led by Third-year, Phil Betz (Marrieta, CA) who went 1 for 2 with their only RBI. While Third-year, Chris Cann (Selden, NY), Second-year, Ryan Coulombe (Easton, PA), and both First-year players, Benjamin Ogle (East Berlin, PA) and Mason Hsu (Tainan City, Taiwan) each tallied a hit. Coulombe had the teams only walk this game and Ogle score the lone run. Starting on the mound for Beaver was Second-year, Justin Perera () who went 6 innings, and in relief, First-year, Emmet McCowin threw 1 complete inning. Perera gave up 5 hits, 1 run, and had 2 stike outs, while McCowin gave up 1 hit, 2 runs, and 2 strikeouts.

Game two started rough for Beaver giving up 6 runs in the first inning, with 5 more in the second, before scoring their 2 runs in the top of the 3rd. Beaver was led this game by Third-year, Nicholas Campbell (Lewes, DE) who had 2 hits, with one double, and got both RBI's for the team. Fourth-year, Aaron Stribling (Hainesport, NJ), Second-year, Ian Butler (Stafford, VA), Hsu, and Coulombe all tallied a hit for the team. Starting on the mound for Beaver was Third-year, Nathan Doutt (Edinboro, PA) who went one inning giving up 9 hits, 11 runs, and had 3 strikeouts. In relief was Fourth-year, Jacob Gresham (San Francisco, CA) who went 3 innings giving up 7 hits, 2 runs, and had 1 strikeout. 

Penn State Beaver Baseball is now 0-5 overall and will have 5 more games during Spring Training. The Baseball team take the field again on Monday, March 10th at 3:30pm when they take on Clark State at the Cal Ripken Experience. Come out and support Penn State Beaver Baseball all season long or catch it all on the Rise and Roar Network.