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Penn State Abington
BSB - Doherty
2
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 11-17
15
Winner Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD 8-18
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST.
11-17
2
Final
15
Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD
8-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 0
Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD 3 1 3 8 0 0 X 15 14 0

W: J. Golden (3-0) L: DeCristofaro, Nate (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Abington Falls to Griffins in Non-Conference Contest

Gwynedd Valley, Pa. – The Penn State Abington baseball team dropped a non-conference contest at Gwynedd Mercy University by the score of 15-2 on Monday afternoon at Frank O. Genuardi Legends Baseball Field.
 
Score: Gwynedd Mercy 15, Penn State Abington 2
Records: Penn State Abington (11-17) | Gwynedd Mercy (8-18)
Location: Gwynedd Valley, Pa. (Genuardi Field)
 
How It Happened
 
* The home team Griffins jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning and never looked back.  Gwynedd Mercy put up three runs in the first thanks to a bases loaded walk, a sacrifice bunt and then a single by Sam Junker.
 
* The Griffins added a run in the second and three more in the third to increase their lead to 7-0.
 
* Gwynedd Mercy broke the game wide open with an eight-run fourth inning. Drew Haines highlighted the inning with a three-run double that capped the scoring to give the Griffins a 15-0 advantage.
 
* Abington spoiled the Griffins' shutout bid with a pair of runs in the top half of the seventh.  Senior Shane Fillman and junior Jake Fallers each drove in runs.
 
* The game was called after the top half of the seventh with the mercy rule being implemented.
 
Inside the Numbers
 
*  Senior Sean Doherty went 2-for-4 with a run and a double.
 
* Faller and Fillman each drove in a run for the Nittany Lions.
 
* Junior Adam Christopher led the seventh inning off with a base hit in his lone plate appearance after entering the game in the fifth.
 
* Freshman Holden McKinley pitched 1.2 innings of scoreless relief allowing just two hits while striking out two.  Fellow freshman Ben Mitchell pitched a scoreless sixth inning in his collegiate debut. Mitchell also had a strikeout.
 
* For Gwynedd Mercy, Junker finished the game 3-for-3 with two runs and three RBI.  Haines drove in five runs on a 3-for-5 afternoon.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the eighth meeting between Abington and Gwynedd Mercy since the start of the 2012 season.  The Nittany Lions are now 4-4 versus the Griffins in the all-time series.
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Wednesday, April 17 as the Nittany Lions travel to face Cairn University in a non-conference doubleheader.  Game one is set for 1:30 p.m.
 
 
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