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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Junior Nate Simon (Gwynedd Valley, Pa./Abington Friends School) recorded his 100th career hit, but the Gettysburg College baseball team dropped both ends of a non-conference doubleheader to Penn State-Behrend in its home opener Saturday afternoon at a sunny, blustery Kirchhoff Field.

Senior Ryan Taylor (Eldersburg, Md./Loyola Blakefield) threw a strong game in the opener, but the Bullets (9-6) were edged 2-1. The Lions (9-5) ran away with the second game, 13-0.

Simon finished 3-for-6 with a pair of doubles, and his two-bagger to lead off the second inning of the nightcap gave him the century mark.

Neither team scored over the first three innings of the opener, and the Bullets took a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Simon doubled home junior Ben Roessle (Summit, N.J./Summit) from first base.

Taylor carried his shutout bid into the sixth, but that's when the Behrend scored both of its runs. The Lions tripled to lead off before a single tied it. Then with one out and runners on the corners, Behrend scored the go-ahead run on a fielder's choice putout at second base.

The Bullet threatened in the sixth, putting runners on the corners with one out against starter Ryan Jacobs, but reliever Chad Zurat came on to retire the last five batters of the game and earn the save.

Taylor (2-1) posted a season-high nine strikeouts and walked none. He also moved into second in school history in career complete games (19).

Jacobs (2-0) earned the win, yielding five hits and walking two while striking out three over 5 1/3 innings.

The Lions jumped on Gettysburg starter Drew Felsenthal (Mt. Kisco, N.Y./Horace Greeley) with 10 runs over the first three innings in Game Two, scoring three in the first, three in the second, and four in the third. However, three Gettysburg relievers – sophomore Kyle Beldoch (Leonia, N.J./Leonia) junior Joe Saladino (Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun), and sophomore Mike Kielbasa (Ludlow, Mass./Loomis Chaffee School) – combined to throw 3 1/3 scoreless innings, with Kielbasa fanning the side in the sixth.

Behrend added three runs in the seventh against freshman Brian Schutzman (Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick School).

Mike Moyer (2-0) started on the mound for the Lions and allowed four hits over the first four innings to pick up the win. He walked four and struck out three.

Gettysburg returns to action on Sunday with a non-conference doubleheader at Penn State-Berks starting at 1 p.m.