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BSB - Paul
10
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 2-6
11
Winner Anna Maria ANNA MAR 5-1
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST.
2-6
10
Final
11
Anna Maria ANNA MAR
5-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 10 11 3
Anna Maria ANNA MAR 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 11 11 2

W: C. Francesco (2-0) L: Woodson, Connor (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Abington Edged by Anna Maria, 11-10

Auburndale, Fla. – The Penn State Abington baseball team scored six runs late in the game to take a 10-7 lead in the eighth inning but it wasn't enough as Anna Maria College rallied to tie the game and then walk it off in the ninth as the AMCats defeated the Nittany Lions, 11-10, on Saturday night at the RussMatt Baseball Invitational at Lake Myrtle Park.
 
Score: Anna Maria 11, Penn State Abington 10
WP: Conor Francesconi (2-0) | LP: Connor Woodson (0-2)
Records: Penn State Abington (2-6) | Anna Maria (5-1)
Location: Auburndale, Fla. (Lake Myrtle Park)
 
How It Happened
 
* Abington trailed 7-4 heading into the seventh inning and by the end of the frame the game was tied up at seven all.  Senior Jake Fallers led the inning off with a double before fellow senior Josh McGee drew a walk.  After back-to-back strikeouts, freshman Paul Figueroa connected on his first career home run to tie the game at 7-7.
 
* In the eighth, senior Gaetan Grandelli and sophomore Donato Incollingo each drew walks to give the Nittany Lions a pair of runners on base with one out in the inning.  Fallers stepped up and launched a pitch over the fence for a three-run homer to give Abington a 10-7 lead; the team's first since leading 3-0 after the top half of the first.
 
* The lead turned out to be short-lived as Anna Maria answered with three runs in the bottom of the eighth.  Jeremy Rosenberg hit a two-run homer with two outs in the inning.  Two batters later, Josh Batchelder drove in the game-tying run with a triple.
 
* In the ninth, junior Cory DiMario drew a lead-off walk, however the next three Abington batters were retired in order.  The AMCats led the bottom of the inning off with a base hit by Avery Acuna.  Acuna advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and then moved on to third after an Abington balk.  The Nittany Lions intentionally walked Tommy Sasso to potentially set up a double-play opportunity with one out in the inning.  Abington got the ground ball they wanted when Justin Chiulli hit a sharp grounder to short.  The Nittany Lions retired Sasso at second, but Chiulli beat the throw to first as Avery crossed the plate for the walk-off winning run.
 
* Abington opened the game with a three-run first inning.  Grandelli connected on a two-run double and later scored on a fielding error.
 
* The AMCats responded with two runs in the bottom of the first and added four runs in the second to lead 6-3. 
 
Inside the Box Score
 
* Fallers finished the game 3-for-5 at the plate with two runs scored and three RBI.  His three-run homer in the eighth marked his first of the season and the second of his Abington career.
 
* Figueroa also drove in three runs thanks to his first career home run in the seventh.  He finished the game 1-for-3.
 
* Grandelli went 1-for-4 with a pair of walks in the game.  He scored three times and drove in two.
 
* Senior Garrett Garofalo had multiple hits in the game as he went 2-for-4 with a walk.
 
* Sophomore James Torpey pitched 5.1 innings of relief as he allowed just one run and struck out five batters.
 
* For Anna Maria, Batchelde went 3-for-4 with four RBI, while Sasso finished the game 3-for-3 with two runs and three walks.
 
All-Time Series
Tonight marked just the third meeting between Abington and Anna Maria since the start of the 2023 season.  Abington is now 1-2 versus the AMCats in the all-time series.  All three games have been played at the RussMatt Baseball Invitational.
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Monday, March 10 as the Nittany Lions face Bethany College in a non-conference contest.  Game time is set for 12 p.m. at Lake Myrtle Park on Field 8.
 
 
 
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