Boehme and Palmer Homer During One-Run Loss to Allegheny

MEADVILLE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team narrowly dropped a non-conference tilt to Allegheny on Friday, falling 5-4 to push the Lions overall record to 17-10.

Final Score: Allegheny 5, Penn State Behrend 4

Records:  Penn State Behrend 17-10, Allegheny 19-7

Key Moments:

* With Behrend trailing by one in the top of the ninth, Mac Ciocco (Venetia, PA/Peters Township) led off the inning with a single to right field
* The Gators retired the next three to close out the one-run victory
* Ciocco collected the first hit of the day for Behrend in the second inning and scored via homerun off the bat of Daniel Boehme (Peters Township, PA/Seton LaSalle)
* Allegheny chipped away, plating two in the third and fourth innings to tie it at 2-2
* Freshman Chase Palmer (Brookeville, PA/Brookeville) gave the Lions the lead back with a leadoff homerun in the top half of the fifth
* The Gators responded with two in the bottom half and grabbed the eventual winning run in the seventh on a two-out single

Noteworthy:

* Palmer and Ciocco led Behrend with two hits apiece
* The solo homer from Palmer was the second of his debut season
* Boehme drove in two with his round tripper, the first of his career
* With a single today, John Berger (Wexford, PA/Pine-Richland) has collected nine hits in his last five games
* Colin Kelly (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) took the loss, tossing 6.2 innings and striking out four while allowing five earned runs

Up Next:

* Behrend will host Westminster on Sunday, April 24 as the Lions celebrate Senior Day
* First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. with the Senior Day ceremony taking place prior to game one