GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Thiel College baseball team defeated the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg 17-12, Wednesday afternoon at Tomcat Park.
The Bobcats struck first in the 29-run contest as Tyler Holland singled down the left field line to score a run before the Tomcats answered in the bottom of the inning with a run of their own to make it 1-1 after one.
Three runs in the second put UPG up 4-1 before Thiel countered with two runs of their own as
Adam Simon (McClellandtown, Pa./Albert Galatin) tripled to score a run and
Griffin Curry (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell) collected a sacrifice fly to make it 4-3.
Daniel Patrice (Munich, Germany/EST) knotted the game up at 4-4 with an RBI single in the third.
A five run fourth for the Bobcats put them up 9-5. Thiel would go on to put up nine unanswered runs, as the Tomcats took a 13-9 advantage into the seventh.
UPG's comeback fell short as the Tomcats added three late insurance runs in the eighth to take the nonconference affair, 17-12.
The Tomcats collected a season-high 23 hits on the day as
Nick Fowkes (New Eagle, Pa./Ringgold) collected a game-high five hits, while
Joe Mott (Kinsman, Ohio/Badger) and
Anthony Sebastian (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk) both had four hits, apiece.
Alex Lutz (Loveland, Ohio/Milford) (1-0) collected his first career win on Wednesday.
With the win, Thiel improves to 4-8 and will began conference play on Saturday as they host Washington and Jefferson College at Tomcat Park, first pitch of the two game set is 1 p.m.
