Baseball Drops Two Against La Roche
The La Roche baseball team grabbed a pair of wins over Penn State Behrend in an AMCC doubleheader on Thursday. The Redhawks earned a 5-2 victory in the opener and then posted a 13-4 decision in game two.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
ERIE, Pa. – The La Roche baseball team grabbed a pair of wins over Penn State Behrend in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) doubleheader on Thursday. The Redhawks earned a 5-2 victory in the opener and then posted a 13-4 decision in game two.
Game One (Seven Innings)
Scores: La Roche 5, Penn State Behrend 2
Records: Penn State Behrend (21-11, 10-5 AMCC), La Roche (20-10, 13-2 AMCC)
Key Moments
* The Lions were limited to six hit while the Redhawks got five runs on eight
* Behrend got on the scoreboard first, taking a 1-0 lead in the third
* Jacob Deitz (Erie, PA/McDowell) singled up the middle and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ian Taylor (Wexford, PA/Vincentian Academy)
* The Lions added their final run in the fourth on a single by Josh Wagner (South Park, PA/South Park) to score Scott Sada (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown)
* La Roche took the lead in the fifth with three runs on four hits, including back-to-back singles with two outs
* The Redhawks added insurance runs in the sixth and seventh for the final margin
* Sada had his 26-game hitting streak snapped, while Brady Kress (Harmony, PA/Seneca Valley) suffered the loss in the complete game
Game Two (Nine Innings)
Scores: La Roche 13, Penn State Behrend 4
Records: Penn State Behrend (21-12, 10-6 AMCC), La Roche (21-10, 14-2 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* The Redhawks never trailed in game two, taking an early 5-0 lead
* Behrend got within one run thanks to a four-run fifth inning
* Ryan Weaver (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) singled and scored on ground out by Deitz, before Taylor was hit by a pitch and came home on John Brittner's (Zelienople, PA/Seneca Valley) double
* Sada knocked in Brittner with a hit to center field and then scored on Wagner's single to close the gap at 5-4
* La Roche scored eight unanswered runs to break open the game, starting in the sixth inning
* Joe Professori tallied a double and home run to collect four RBIs
* The Redhawks held a 17-8 advantage in hits
Next Up
* The Behrend Lions conclude the AMCC regular season on Saturday at Mt. Aloysius. First pitch is at 1 p.m.