Seven Different Hitters Drive in Runs as Behrend Tops Drew

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team scored 11 runs in a win over Drew on Thursday to improve to 5-2 overall.

Final Score: Penn State Behrend 11, Drew 8

Records: Penn State Behrend 5-2, Drew 1-8

Key Moments:

* The Lions jumped on the Rangers in the first inning, scoring four in the opening frame
* Mac Ciocco (Venetia, PA/Peters Township) opened the scoring by plating the first two runs with a double
* The four-run first was capped off with an RBI-double from Chase Palmer (Brookeville, PA/Brookeville), scoring Ciocco
* Drew answered immediately with a three-spot in the top half of the second frame
* Isaac Stouffer (Punxsutawney, pa/Punxsutawney) gave Behrend a five-run advantage with a run-scoring triple, plating Zack Bowen (Pittsburgh, PA/Serra Catholic) for his third run of the game
The Lions added two in the fifth to re-claim a four-run lead
* Juston Jones (Moon Township, PA/Moon) appeared in the eighth and tossed the final two innings, earning a six-out save while striking out six
* Stouffer led the Lions in hits, ending the day 3-for-5 at the dish
* Palmer, Colin Harger (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) and Zac Bogats (Corapolis, PA/Moon) each collected two hits
* Behrend had Seven different players register an RBI

Up Next:

* The Lions will play two against Marywood tomorrow with first pitch for game one scheduled for 11:30 a.m. in Fort Pierce, FL