Two Three-Run Homers Propel Behrend Past Thiel

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball scored 15 runs on 15 hits against Thiel Sunday afternoon.

Score: Penn State Behrend 15, Thiel 1
Records: Penn State Behrend (16-7), Thiel (9-14)

Key Moments:

* The Lions got things going with a six run second inning, highlighted by RBI triples from Anthony Slate (Hopewell, PA/Hopewell), Adam Cooper (State College, PA/State College), and Silvio Ionadi (Pittsburgh, PA/Plum)
* Cooper continued to pour it on for Behrend in third inning, hitting his first collegiate homer which was a three-run blast
* Thiel scored its first run of the game off an RBI double from Nick Jacobs
* A Slate RBI single and Chase Palmer (Brookville, PA/Brookville) sac fly gave the Lions an 11-1 advantage after four innings
* Freshman David Gibson (North East, PA/North East) tallied his third long ball of the year, a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth
* Behrend capped off its 15-run day with an RBI groundout off the bat of Trent Burchanowski (Clymer, NY/Clymer Central)
* Ionadi finished 3-for-3 at this dish with two RBIs, while Gibson, Slate, Cooper, Hank Shaffer (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown), and Spencer Dietz (Erie, PA/McDowell) each recorded two hits apiece. Cooper also drove in a game-high four RBIs
* On the mound, Jack Baumgartel (Sewickley, PA/North Allegheny) earned his first win of the season, tossing six innings of run ball and striking out three
* Relievers Dietz, Sawyer Prince (Shinglehouse, PA/Port Allegany), and Evan Del Signore (Trafford, PA/Penn Trafford) each threw a scoreless inning

Up Next:

* Behrend will play its first conference doubleheader at home tomorrow, welcoming Pitt-Bradford to Behrend Field at 1 p.m.