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Tiffany DeBoer
6
Winner Towson TOWSON 13-34
4
Penn State PSU 20-22
Winner
Towson TOWSON
13-34
6
Final
4
Penn State PSU
20-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Towson TOWSON 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 6 10 2
Penn State PSU 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 3

W: Cranston, John (1-0) L: Freilich, Jared (1-1) S: Reeser, Kody (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Rallies to Take Down Penn State

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Coming back from down four and pitching 16 strikeouts, the Towson University baseball team (13-34) earned a 6-4 victory over Big Ten Conference opponent Penn State (20-22), the program's first win over a Power Five member since 2014.
 
Down 4-0 after three innings, Towson scored a combined five runs in the middle innings, taking the lead on a Zach Piazza RBI single in the sixth.  The Tigers added an insurance run in the ninth as the bullpen finished with its seventh-consecutive scoreless inning to secure the 6-4 victory.
 
Key Stats:
  • Towson outhit Penn State 10-6 in the game with Tiger pitching allowing just two hits in the final seven frames.
  • The Towson pitching staff combined for 16 strikeouts and one earned run in the game.  In his first appearance on the season, Dean Stramara went 1.2 innings in his start with four runs, only one earned, and three strikeouts.  The bullpen took command as Oluwasayo Kintunde pitched two-and-a-third scoreless with five strikeouts, John Cranston (1-0) threw a perfect sixth, Austin Weber went 1.1 frames with no runs and three strikeouts, Jake Pecilunas emerged and got five outs, including three strikeouts, with no runs across, then Kody Reeser picked up his second save of the year with a flawless ninth.
  • At the plate, four Tigers had multi-hit performances: Noah Cabrera scored three times, going 2-for-5 with an RBI double, Jack Rotteveel notched two hits in four at-bats including an RBI and a double, Dirk Masters reached base three times off a 2-for-3 day with a run, an RBI, a walk and a stolen base while Zach Piazza also got on base a trio of times, finishing 2-for-4 with a run, an RBI and a hit-by-pitch.
  • For Penn State, Justin Williams went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a walk.  Starter Bailey Dees was pulled after two scoreless innings, with the loss going to reliever Jared Freilich (1-1), who allowed the sixth inning run.
How it Happened:
  • Penn State got the game's opening run in the bottom of the first with a one-out single by Justin Williams.  Dean Stramara got two strikeouts in the inning despite the home team taking a 1-0 lead.
  • The Nittany Lions added three more runs, all unearned, in the bottom of the second to lead 4-0.
  • In the top of the fourth, Towson picked up first and third with two away.  Dirk Masters lined a single to center to bring in Noah Cabrera and put Towson on the board, down 4-1 to PSU.
  • Next inning, Towson rallied, beginning with Tom Flacco drawing a walk, then Zach Piazza singled.  After Brad Powers grounded out to advance the runners, Flacco scored on a wild pitch, putting Piazza on third.  Cabrera followed with a hard hit ball down the left field line for a double to score Piazza.  Cabrera took third on a wild pitch.  Jack Rotteveel hit a sacrifice fly as Cabrera sped down the third base line and beat the tag to tie the game 4-4.
  • Towson took its first lead in the top of the sixth after Masters singled, stole second, took third on a ground out then scored on a Piazza line drive single to left field, pushing the Tigers up 5-4.
  • As Jake Pecilunas held down the Nittany Lions, Towson added an insurance run in the top of the ninth in an odd way: after Powers was out on a failed suicide squeeze attempt, Cabrera was also caught in a rundown between second and third.  A throw towards second went into center field; a heads-up Cabrera rounded third and broke for home, beating the throw to push Towson up 6-4.
  • Kody Reeser entered the game in the bottom of the ninth and shut the door with a flyout and a pair of strikeouts.  Towson won 6-4.
Inside the Numbers:
  • This is Towson's first victory against a Power Five opponent since Feb. 15, 2014 when the Tigers won at Wake Forest 5-4.  It is the program's first win over a Big Ten Conference foe since Feb. 27, 2011, a 6-4 victory against Northwestern in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
  • Towson has won its last two mid-week games and its last two mid-week road contests.
  • Dirk Masters has reached base in his last 11 games.
Up Next:
Towson will head south this weekend for a CAA series in South Carolina against Charleston.  The first game is Friday, May 8th at 6 p.m.
 
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