Behrend Lions Sweep Home Doubleheader With Mt. Aloysius
The Penn State Behrend baseball team swept a home
doubleheader by counts of 2-1 and 3-2 against AMCC opponent Mt. Aloysius on Saturday, March
31 at the Behrend diamond. The blue and white improves to 11-4
overall and even their conference mark to 3-3 with the wins.
In game one Behrend jumped out to a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the
first, lead off hitter Brian Hart (Valencia/Mars) reached base and
was eventually driven in by Joe Breiter (Finleyville/Ringgold).
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Behrend would add another run when
Breiter scored on a wild pitch. In the top of the seventh, Mt. Aloysius
loaded the bases and got on the scoreboard when David Koerbel
(Pittsburgh/Central Catholic) walked a Mt. Aloysius batter with the
bases loaded. Koerbel would get out of the jam and pick up the win
for Behrend earning a complete game victory to move to 2-1.
Both teams threatened early in game two. Behrend put two on in the
top of the first but was shutdown with a double play. After leaving
two on in the bottom of the first, the Mounties put a run on the
board in the second with a safety squeeze. The blue and white tied
the game up in the third, when Dustin Dubensky
(Punxsutawney/Punxsutawney) soared a double to the wall and later
scored. Behrend would put two more runs on the board in the third,
as both Ryan Liddle (DuBois/DuBois) and Brian Hart crossed the
plate. Mt. Aloysius would tack one more on late but it would
not be enough as Behrend claimed a 3-2 victory to sweep the series
as Behrend's Ben Cain (Venetia/Peters Township) picked up his first
save of 2007.
Baseball is next in action on Tuesday, April 3 on the road against
Pitt-Bradford in an AMCC doubleheader to start at 1:00 p.m.