“Those first two games were the best baseball we had played all year, and the games truly came down to a couple of plays throughout the game.” Going into every game with a fresh mindset allows us to reboot and control what we can, not what has already happened,” wrote Head Coach Grant Achilles in a message to The Herald via Brown Athletics. “Losing stings, regardless of how it takes place. Then, in the bottom of the inning, Penn State shortstop Jay Harry hit his second home run - and the team’s fifth - of the game to give the Nittany Lions a 6-4 victory. The Bears seemed poised to pounce in the top of the 12th, loading the bases with one out, but failed to score after back-to-back strikeouts. Reliever Jack Seppings ’25 - who spent the week at the Great Britain national baseball team's minicamp for the World Baseball Classic - tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts and just one hit allowed in return. In the bottom of the sixth, Penn State re-tied the score on their fourth solo home run of the game.īut neither team was able to keep up the momentum on offense and the game remained tied until extra innings. “The key for me this weekend was just trusting my process and relaxing while enjoying the game,” Marra wrote in a message to The Herald via Brown Athletics. With the Nittany Lions up 3-2 after four innings, Marra clubbed a two-run blast - his third homer in under 24 hours - to give the Bears the lead. The opening game of Saturday’s doubleheader was another nail-biter, with possession of the lead seesawing between teams in the early innings. But after diving to his left to reach the ball, a shifted Sass bounced the throw and Marra failed to pick it, allowing the run to score and Penn State to prevail 7-6. With two outs and runners on the corners, Rasmussen induced a ground ball toward second base which could have sent the game to extras. The Bears retook the lead on back-to-back solo homers from Marra and Jacob Burley ’23 in the seventh and then added an insurance run on a Burley sacrifice fly in the ninth to make the score 6-4.īut in the final frame, the Nittany Lions regained life, opening their half of the inning with a homer and back-to-back doubles to even the score. Reliever Carter Rasmussen ’26, who won Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors for his dominant performance against the University of New Orleans a week prior, held Penn State’s bats at bay, picking off an inherited runner and then retiring the first 10 batters he faced following McDonough’s exit.
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