Penn State Behrend Lions Baseball Team Mauls Fredonia State 14-6

The Penn State Behrend baseball team earned a 14-6 non-conference win over the Fredonia State Blue Devils on Friday, April 17 at the Behrend baseball field.

In the bottom of the first Behrend (22-5) went up 3-0 before loading the bases with no outs.  Rich Doyle (Pittsburgh/North Allegheny) stepped to the plate and blasted a double to right field to make it a quick 5-0 advantage for the blue and white.  Behrend would continue slugging the ball and batted around in the inning with no outs.  Behrend would get eight runs on nine hits to take a commanding lead after one inning of play.

Behrend added another run in the second inning when Harry Latta (Waterford/Fort LeBouef) doubled bringing in Doyle for a 9-0 lead.  Fredonia got that run back in the top of the third when a long double drove in a runner from first. 

The score reached 10-2 before the sixth inning when Behrend loaded the bases with no outs.  Ed Kessler (Bethel Park/Bethel Park) crushed a triple to right center field clearing the bases and making it 13-2.  The blue and white added another run in the inning and headed to the seventh leading 14-2.

Fredonia loaded the bases in the eighth and Matt LaPorte's single brought in two runs to get it to 14-4.  The Blue Devils would add two more runs in the inning to cut the Behrend lead to 14-6 heading to the bottom of the eighth.  Fredonia could not get any more runs across the plate in the ninth and Behrend sealed the 8-run victory.

Jon Gray (State College/State College) went 3-for-5 with two runs, Kessler went 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs, and Latta went 4-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs.

The blue and white hit the road this weekend to play a doubleheader at conference opponent La Roche on Saturday, April 18 and at Wooster on Sunday, April 19 in a non-conference doubleheader.