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BSB - Petrucelli
6
Lancaster Bible LBCM 18-20, 0 UEC
18
Winner Penn St.-Abington PSAM 32-9, 0 UEC
Lancaster Bible LBCM
18-20, 0 UEC
6
Final
18
Penn St.-Abington PSAM
32-9, 0 UEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lancaster Bible LBCM 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 10 3
Penn St.-Abington PSAM 3 2 1 0 4 1 5 2 X 18 16 1

W: Mogel, Darrien (2-0) L: O. Shimmel (2-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Abington Defeats Lancaster Bible; Advances in United East Tournament

Middletown, Pa. – The Penn State Abington baseball team hit six home runs, including a pair by sophomore Tim Petrucelli as the second-seeded Nittany Lions defeated third-seeded Lancaster Bible College, 18-6, on day one of the United East Tournament on Monday afternoon.  Abington will now face top-seeded and host Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday.  Game time is set for 12 p.m.
 
How It Happened
 
* The Abington offense wasted no time lighting up the scoreboard as Petrucelli delivered a three-run home run in the opening inning to give the Nittany Lions a 3-0 lead.
 
* Lancaster Bible responded with three runs in the top half of the second to tie the game at 3-3.  However, a two-run double by sophomore Justin Fogel gave Abington the lead again at 5-3 in the bottom of the inning.
 
* The Chargers cut the lead to 5-4 in the third, but the Nittany Lions responded once again.  Sophomore Andrew Lastowka scored junior Sean Doherty with a base hit to make the score 6-4.
 
* A solo home run by Blake Greenly to lead off the fourth inning made the score 6-5 as the Chargers cut into the Abington lead once more. In the bottom of the fifth, Abington increased its lead to 10-5.  Back-to-back solo home runs by freshman Anthony Bencardino and Lastowka highlighted the inning. 
 
* Abington added a run in the sixth and broke the game wide open in the seventh with a five-run inning.  Senior Ryan McCarty connected on his 28th home run of the season for the inning's first run.  Two batters later fellow senior Zach Morales launched a two-run homer over the right-center field fence.  Later in the inning freshman Chase Swain drove in two runs with a single to left field.  The five-run inning gave Abington a 16-6 lead.
 
* The Nittany Lions added two more runs in the eighth off the bat of Petrucelli on his second home run of the game.
 
Inside the Box Score
 
* Senior Darrien Mogel (2-0) entered the game with zero outs in fourth inning and held the Chargers to just one run and four hits in six innings of relief.  He struck out eight batters marking a new career-high as he earned his second win of the season.
 
* McCarty finished the game 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI.  His seventh inning home run marked his 28th of the season, which leads Division III.  With his two runs, McCarty is two shy of tying the Division III single season record for most runs in a season.  He will enter Tuesday's game against Penn State Harrisburg with 87 runs. 

* Petrucelli had a career day as he went 3-for-5 at the plate with three runs and a career-high five RBI. His two home runs marked his first career multi-homer game as he now has eight deep balls on the season.
 
* Morales finished the game 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI after his two-run homer in the seventh.  He now has 10 home runs on the year and has recorded an RBI in 10 straight games. 
 
* Bencardino scored three runs on a 3-for-5 day at the plate.  He also had two RBI and connected on his seventh home run of the season.
 
* Lastowka's fifth inning bomb marked his fifth of the season as he finished 2-for-4 with a run and two RBI.
 
* Swain and Fogel also drove in a pair of runs for the Nittany Lions.  Swain finished 2-for-5 with three runs and two RBI, while Fogel went 1-for-3 with a run and two RBI.  He also drew three walks in the game.
 
* For the Chargers, Adam Naylor was the only player to record multiple hits in the game as he went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
 
Streaking Lions
Abington has now won 14 straight games marking the team's longest winning streak in the program's Division III era.  
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the 25th meeting between Abington and Lancaster Bible since the start of the 2011 season.  The Nittany Lions are now 20-5 versus the Chargers in the all-time series and have won the last seven match ups. 
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Tuesday as the Nittany Lions face top-seeded Penn State Harrisburg on day two of the United East Tournament.  Game time is set for 12 p.m.  The winner will advance to Wednesday's championship game, while the loser will face the winner of the Lancaster Bible/Penn College match up in an elimination game at 3 p.m.
 
 
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