MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Penn College knocked off Saint Elizabeth, 14-8, in a nonconference baseball game Sunday. The Wildcats won their fifth-straight game and improved to 11-8, while the Eagles fell to 11-12.
How it happened: After
Shawn Townsend's RBI single in the first gave PCT an early lead, SEU scored five runs in the ensuing three innings to lead 5-1. Penn College took the lead for good with five runs in the fourth and at least one run in every inning after.
Anthony Barbella's double,
Logan Hinnershitz' single,
Brandon Shane's double, a
Matt Munoz single, and an error accounted for Penn College's runs in the fourth.
Jaydon Goebel's single, and Hinnershitz' sac fly, in the fifth gave the Wildcats an 8-5 lead before Townsend's single in the sixth,
Ethan Stahl's single in the seventh, and Goebel's sac fly in the eighth increased PCT's lead to 11-5. The Eagles plated three runs in the eighth before Penn College matched it with three in the ninth – on RBI walks from Townsend, Goebel, and Barbella.
Inside the box:
Dallas Griess reached base all six times he batted, with three hits and three walks, scored four runs, and swiped two bags. Townsend went 4-for-5, including two doubles, and three RBI and Hinnershitz and Shane both finished with two hits.
Rowan Gorusch improved to 1-1 after throwing 3.1 innings. He allowed one run, on three hits, with three strikeouts, and two walks.
Parker White fired 1.2 hitless innings to earn his second save of the season.
Up next: Penn College is scheduled to return to action Monday, 1 p.m., hosting Mt. Aloysius.