FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The Gettysburg College baseball team dropped a pair of games against Penn State Behrend on day two of its spring trip to Florida. The Nittany Lions recorded shutouts in both ends of the twinbill, winning the first game 6-0 and the second 8-0.
Game One Summary
| Game 1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
| Gettysburg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
| Penn State Behrend |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
X |
6 |
7 |
2 |
Gettysburg's Top Performers
Behrend's Top Performers
- Dylan Hetrick: 2-3, 2B, 2 Runs
- Juston Jones: 1-3, 3 RBI, Walk
- Thomas Zbezinski: Win (1-0), 7 IP, 3 Hits, 7 Ks, CG
Breakdown
- Miller led off the game with a single, but Zbezinski left him stranded on the way retiring the next seven batters until a double by Angulo in the third inning.
- Behrend turned in all the offense it needed with four runs in the fourth inning, three of which came around to score on a single by Jones. The Nittany Lions tacked on two more runs in the fifth inning.
- Gettysburg's best chance to score came in the sixth inning. Junior Aaron Kirby (Sandy Hook, Conn./St. Joseph) reached on an error and junior Matthew Peipher (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township) followed with a single. A walk to Preston Toothman (Orland, Fla./William R. Boone) loaded the bases, but Zbezinski shut the door with a strikeout.
Game Two Summary
| Game 2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
| Penn State Behrend |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
| Gettysburg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
Gettysburg's Top Performers
Behrend's Top Performers
- Anthony Slate: 2-4, Run
- Jake Deitz: 1-4, 3 Runs, 5 RBI, Walk
- Zack Bowen: 2-4, 2 RBI
- Derrick Shields: Win (1-0), 7 IP, 8 Hits, 9 Ks
Breakdown
- The Bullets threated to score in each of their first two at bats. Shields stranded two runners with a strikeout in the first inning and induced a grounder to second base to strand two more runners in the second.
- Penn State Behrend took advantage of three fielding miscues to rack up three runs in the top of the third inning and added three more in the following inning, including two on a single by Deitz. A two-run single by Bowen in the sixth closed the scoring.
- Shields cruised through the final three innings of the game, allowing only a lead-off double by Kirby in the sixth and posting three strikeouts.
Where the Series Stands
Gettysburg and Penn State Behrend have only met six times over the last 32 years. The Bullets swept the first meetings in 1990, but the Nittany Lions took both contests in 2013 and today to improve to 4-2 in the all-time series.
Next Up
Gettysburg meets Wilkes University for a nine-inning affair on Tuesday, March 8, at 11:30 a.m.
