GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Thiel College baseball team lost a non-conference game to the Penn-State Behrend Lions, 20-2, Thursday afternoon.
The Tomcats only garnered five hits.
The Tomcats were led by
Nick Guarnieri (Niles, Ohio/Mckinley) who went 1-for-1 with three walks. Guarnieri also recorded an RBI.
Ethan Bintrim (New Castle, Pa./Shenango) went 1-for-3 with an RBI as well.
Colton Brightwell (Eighty Four, Pa./Bentworth),
Michael Aches (Pittsburgh, Pa./Canevin) and
Calvin Cackowski (Wickliffe, Ohio/Wickliffe) all record one hit a piece.
Juston Jones led the Lions, going 3-for-4 with six RBIs, including a grand slam in the third inning. Daniel Boehme went 2-for-2 with a walk and three RBIs, including a three-run homer.
Josh Ickes (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) started for the Tomcats, going 1.2 innings, striking out two.
Josh Daum (Tionesta, Pa./North Clarion),
Garrison Martin (Beloit, Ohio/West Branch),
Zakary Phillis (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley) and Cackowski all pitched in relief.
Jack Baumgartel pitched four innings, strinking out four and walking seven. Sawyer Prince pitched the final three frames, striking out three and walking three.
The Tomcats are back in action on Saturday for a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) doubleheader with Washington and Jefferson. The conference doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.