Behrend to Host Otterbein and Baldwin Wallace This Weekend
The Penn State Behrend baseball team has added two more games to close out the regular season this weekend, making for non-conference meetings with Otterbein and Baldwin Wallace at home on Saturday and Sunday.
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ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team has added two more games to close out the regular season this weekend, making for non-conference meetings with Otterbein and Baldwin Wallace at home on Saturday and Sunday.
Schedule/Coverage:
Saturday, May 7, 2022: Penn State Behrend vs. Otterbein, 4 p.m. (Live Stats | Video)
Sunday, May 8, 2022: Penn State Behrend vs. No. 15 Baldwin Wallace, 4 p.m. (Live Stats | Video)
Behrend News & Notes:
* Behrend closed out conference play with a sweep of La Roche (7-5, 15-4) last weekend, clinching the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) regular season
* The Lions had eight players with an average above .300 against conference opponents, led by Zac Bogats (Corapolis, PA/Moon) at .449
* Bogats carries the fourth-highest average in the AMCC with a conference-leading 11 doubles during AMCC play
* The Behrend pitching staff held AMCC opponents to just 4.31 runs per game and have a conference-best 3.96 ERA which also ranks 28th in NCAA Division III
* The Lions are currently hitting .322 as a team – a conference-leading mark and are also atop the AMCC in slugging percentage at .473
* Derrick Shields (Waterford, PA/Forth LeBoeuf) has not taken a loss in eight appearances on the mound this season (4-0) and sports a 4.09 ERA with a 9.82 K/9
Otterbein News & Notes:
* The Cardinals are 25-11 this season and second in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) with a conference record of 12-4
* Otterbein trails only Marietta (35-3, 15-1 OAC) in the OAC standings as the Pioneers are currently the top ranked team in the nation
* The Cardinals have wins over common opponents, Hiram and Muskingum this year
* Otterbein is led offensively by Ryan Mitchell, Brayden Carter and Brayden Quincel, each with averages north of .390
No. 15 Baldwin Wallace News & Notes:
* The Yellow Jackets are 28-9 and are ranked No. 15 in all of NCAA Division III
* Baldwin Wallace is hitting .344 as a team, ranking 10th in the nation while their 60 homeruns ranks fourth
* The Yellow Jackets are also top-10 in the country in runs and runs per game
* Baldwin Wallace and Allegheny have split a pair of games this season
* Luke Vonderhaar is tied for the sixth-most homeruns in Division III with 14 and is 10th in RBIs (55)
Series History:
* The Lions are winless against Otterbein in the three times the two have met with the most recent contest occurring in 2019
* This weekend will be the first meeting between Behrend and Baldwin Wallace