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Penn State Abington
BSB - Baar
17
Winner St. Mary's (Md.) SMC 12-19
10
Penn St.-Abington PSA 13-26
Winner
St. Mary's (Md.) SMC
12-19
17
Final
10
Penn St.-Abington PSA
13-26
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Mary's (Md.) SMC 1 6 0 2 5 0 2 1 0 17 20 3
Penn St.-Abington PSA 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10 14 1

W: R. Chalk (4-7) L: Woodward, Logan (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Abington Falls to Seahawks in United East Tournament

Middletown, Pa. – The Penn State Abington baseball team saw its season come to a close after falling to fourth-seeded St. Mary's College (Md.) in an elimination game at the United East Conference (UEC) Volt Division Tournament on Saturday morning at the Penn State Harrisburg baseball field.
 
Score: St. Mary's 17, Penn State Abington 10
WP: Ryder Chalk (4-7) | LP: Logan Woodward (2-2)
Records: Penn State Abington (13-26) | St. Mary's (12-19)
Location: Middletown, Pa. (PSU – Harrisburg Baseball Field)
 
How It Happened
 
* After allowing a run in the top half of the first, the Abington offense responded with five runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 5-1 lead.  Senior Montana Milward tied the game with a bases loaded single that scored fellow senior Sean Doherty.  Senior Josh Baar then connected on a grand slam home run adding to his postseason lore at the Harrisburg Baseball Field. 
 
* Despite the four-run advantage, the Nittany Lions' lead would be short-lived as the Seahawks answered back with six runs in the top half of the second. Chase O'Dell highlighted the inning with a grand slam which gave the Seahawks a 7-5 lead.
 
* Abington made it a one-run game with a run in the bottom of the second.  Doherty, who led the inning off with a single, later scored on a passed ball to make the score 7-6.
 
* Later in the game, St. Mary's added to its lead with a pair of runs in the top half of the fourth with back-to-back run scoring hits from Trevor Smith and Aaron Wathen.
 
* The Nittany Lions scored in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 9-7.  Doherty stole third and went on to score on a throwing error by the Seahawks' catcher.
 
* St. Mary's blew the game open in the fifth with a five-run frame that increased the lead to 14-7.  Cole Tarteton and Wathen each had two-run hits in the inning.
 
* Abington scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings and then once again in the ninth.  Senior Montana Milward led the ninth inning off with a solo home run.
 
Inside the Numbers
 
* Baar's first inning grand slam marked his third home run of the season as he finished the game 2-for-5 with a run and four RBI.
 
* Milward went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.  His ninth inning homer marked his 10th of the season and the fourth in his last five games.
 
* Eric Rollins also had multiple hits in the game as he finished 3-for-5.
 
* Doherty went 2-for-3 with two walks while scoring four times in the game.
 
* For St. Mary's, O'Dell went 4-for-5 with four runs and four RBI.  Smith also had four hits as he finished 4-for-5 with three runs and three RBI.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the 11th meeting between Abington and St. Mary's since the start of the 2022 season. The Nittany Lions are now 6-5 versus the Seahawks in the all-time series.  This was the first-ever matchup between the two teams in the postseason.
 
Abington in the Postseason
The Nittany Lions were making their 12th postseason appearance and eighth straight.  Abington is now 15-22 in the postseason with championship game appearances in 2019, 2021 and 2022.  The team won the title in 2019.  

 
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