Offense Explodes in Behrend Baseball Win Over Monmouth

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team cruised to a 17-5 win over Monmouth on Wednesday afternoon in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Score: Penn State Behrend 17, Monmouth 5
Records: Penn State Behrend (5-3), Monmouth (3-8)

Key Moments:

* Behrend scattered 17 runs across five innings to collect its fifth win
* The Lions had multiple hits in each of the scoring innings, beginning with three runs in the first
* Silvio Ionadi drew a walk and stole a pair of bases to get on third
* Thomas Nicely was walked and Ionadi saw a break and stole home on the play for a 1-0 lead
* Hank Shaffer doubled and a Spencer Deitz two RBI single to left field gave Behrend a 3-0 edge
* Shaffer and Deitz were instrumental in adding three more runs in the third
* Shaffer got his second double, scoring Ionadi and David Gibson got Nicely home with a sacrifice bunt
* Deitz got his third RBI with a single up the middle to score Shaffer for a 6-2 lead
* A total of seven runs were scored in the sixth inning, five belonging to the Lions and two to the Scots
* Monmouth finished with three scoreless innings and Behrend tacked on two more in the eighth and four in the ninth
* Shaffer went 3-for-4 with two RBI and three runs, while Deitz, Gibson and Tyler Banks added two hits each
* Will McMahon threw the first 4.2 innings and allowed four hits and striking out five
* Sawyer Prince got the win in relief, pitching 3.1 innings and fanning three
* Monmouth went through five pitchers over nine innings with the loss going to the start Heath Hornke

Next Up:

* The Lions are back in action tomorrow against Lasell at 1:30 p.m.