AUBURNDALE, Fla-
Matt Mish (Canonsburg, Pa, Canon-McMillan) allowed just three hits over 6 1/3 innings of solid work and
Tyler Holland (Pittsburgh, PA, Baldwin) smacked a two-run home run as the Pitt-Greensburg baseball team split a doubleheader with Penn State Abbington Saturday afternoon at the RussMat Invitational.
Pitt-Greensburg defeated Penn State Abington 8-6 in the first of two on the day and Abington took the second game as they broke a 4-4 tie with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh to come out with the victory.
At the plate,
Anthony Pacelli (Jeannette, PA, Greensburg Central Catholic),
Chris Common (Trafford, PA, Penn-Trafford),
Zack Zimmerman (Derry, PA, Derry), and Holland each had multi-hit days for the Bobcats and Holland went 4-for-7 with a home run and four RBI. Both teams had efficient days at the plate as the Bobcats batted .300 as a team and the Lions were not far behind totaling a .296 average at the plate.
Game 1- Penn State Abington 6, Pitt-Greensburg 8
Mish was dominant on the mound for the Bobcats tossing 6. 1 innings, allowing just three hits and an earned run to earn his first win of the season.
Pitt-Greensburg jumped out to the lead in the second as it had runners on second and third with just one out and Zimmerman came through with an RBI groundout to put the Bobcats in the lead.
Jake Bulick (Sharpsville, PA, Mercyhurst Northeast) then followed as he roped a hard grounder to the shortstop which was bobbled and Pacelli came around to score the second run of the inning.
The Bobcats were at it again and extended their lead in the fifth as Holland smashed a two run bomb to left field for his first long ball of the season as Pitt-Greensburg would hold a 4-0 lead heading into the sixth inning.
Bulick and Common each had an RBI for the Bobcats in the sixth and Holland smashed his third and fourth RBI of the game as Pitt-Greensburg held a commanding 8-0 lead heading into the final at-bats for Abington.
Abington made the game interesting as it plated six runs and had runners on second and third with two outs, but
Brett Dadig (Pittsburgh, PA, Seton-La Salle) got the Lions to fly out to right to end the game and send the Bobcats to the 8-6 victory.
Game 2- Pitt-Greensburg 4, Penn State Abington 5
???????Abington carried the momentum into the second game of the day and took the lead on an RBI sac fly in the bottom of the first.
Pitt-Greensburg got the run back in the next half inning as Zimmerman hit an RBI ground out to shortstop which scored Hart.
The lead would change hands once again in the third as Mike Myers gave the Lions a 2-1 advantage with an RBI single, but the Bobcats came right back in the top of the fourth as
Derek Shaw (Philipsburg, Pa, Philipsburg-Osceola) scored Zimmerman with a single to tie the game.
Pitt-Greensburg took the lead once again in the fifth asÂ
Ryan Dodson (Bethel Park, PA, Davis & Elkins) had an RBI groundout which scored
Mike Spadafore (New Freedom, PA, Susquehannock), but Abington once again responded in the bottom of the inning with two runs and held a 4-3 advantage with two innings left.
The Bobcats had runners on first and third with just one out and Shaw took advantage and would tie the game with an RBI ground out.
Chris Common (Trafford, PA, Penn-Trafford) was brought on as a pinch hitter and smacked a rope down the left field line, but the Lions made an incredible diving catch to end the inning and escape the jam.
Tie at 4, it looked as if the game may head to extra innings but Meyers stepped to the plate and on the first pitch of the inning launched a walk-off home run over the left field fence to send the Lions to the dramatic 5-4 win.
Pitt-Greensburg returns to the diamond Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. when it faces Saint Josephs (Maine).
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