Behrend Baseball Routs Thiel in Home Opener
The Penn State Behrend baseball team, who played their first 22 games on the road, tallied an 18-2 home-opening win over non-conference Thiel on Thursday afternoon.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
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6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | X | 18 | 16 | 1 |
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team, who played their first 22 games on the road, tallied an 18-2 home-opening win over non-conference Thiel on Thursday afternoon.
Score: Penn State Behrend 18, Thiel 2
Records: Penn State Behrend (17-6), Thiel (5-20)
Key Moments:
* The Lions run ruled Thiel, holding the double-digit lead beginning in the fifth inning
* Behrend had 12 different players registered a hit or more
* Tyler Burick went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBIs and four runs scored
* Ethan Tinker collected his third win of the season, pitching five innings and allowing two runs on four hits
* Evan Del Signore came in for an inning and Jackson Burt made his first collegiate appearance for the final three outs
* The Tomcats got their only two runs in the first inning and then gave up 18 unanswered runs
* Behrend took the lead for good with six runs on five hits in the bottom of the first
* The Lions added two more runs in the third, five in the fourth and sixth innings
* In total, Behrend scored 18 runs on 16 hits
* Cayden Turner and Joey Fazzone each had two hits, while David Gibson drove in three runs
Next Up:
* The Lions are back in action on Saturday against Pitt-Bradford. The doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.