GREENSBORO, NC – The Penn State Abington baseball team set school records for runs and hits in a game while senior
Ryan McCarty continued his weekend to remember in a 36-9 pounding of host Guilford College.
The Nittany Lions took both games against the Quakers over the weekend and notched 62 runs and 55 hits over the 18 innings. The 36 runs and 32 hits on Sunday shattered the previous school marks of 28 runs and 25 hits.
Meanwhile, McCarty had another multiple home run, four-run, four-RBI performance while going 3-for-5. He was 7-for-12 (.583) with a double, four home runs, eight runs scored and eight RBIs in the two games. Over the weekend, he broke three Penn State Abington career records, setting new marks in hits (192), RBIs (127) and home runs (17). McCarty already owns the all-time records for runs scored (141) and doubles (51) while his current career batting average of .402 is tops as well.
Sean Doherty got things going for the Nittany Lions in the top of the first, hitting a single to drive in
Ryan McCarty, who had walked.
Jaden Himmelreich followed up Doherty with a three-run double for a 4-0 lead.
Guilford followed that right up with two runs in the bottom of the first, but the Nittany Lions continued their hot streak by scoring six runs in the second and nine more in the third for a 19-2 lead.
Montana Milward had the big hit in the second with a two-run single. McCarty and
Anthony Bencardino hit back-to-back solo shots at the start of the third, with McCarty taking another yard at the end of the inning. Himmelreich added a two-run single and
Chase Swain had a bases-clearing double in the stanza.
Penn State Abington added a run in the fourth and then six more in the sixth as
Josh Baar came of the bench and blasted a three-run home run. Milward hit a three-run shot in the seventh and
Eric Rollins went deep for a two-run homer in the ninth.
Himmelreich and Milward tied single-game marks by knocking in six runs apiece. Himmelreich was 3-for-4 and scored four times while Milward went 4-for-6 and crossed home plate three times. Baar was 3-for-4 with three RBIs while Doherty, Swain and
Christian Reyes had three hits apiece. In total, 15 players notched at least one hit on the afternoon.
Greg Wiley went five innings and earned his first collegiate win.
The Nittany Lions will return to North Carolina next weekend to participate in three-game Methodist College Tournament.
