Box Score 1 JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—Mercyhurst baseball splits the doubleheader with Pitt-Johnstown in the conference opener on Saturday.
Game One:
The Lakers took the first game 5-3.
Alex O'Donnell and
Matthew Schneider both led the team with two hits each out of the team's seven. Jack Elliot,
Matthew Schneider and
Ethan Winesburgh both had an RBI each in the win (Winesburgh homered).
Adam Jeannette received his second win of the season after going 1.1 innings with just one hit and one strikeout.
Lucas Folmar earned the save striking out one.
For UPJ, Jack Shirk, Scott Thompson and Zach Zinn all had two hits. Rayon Watt got the loss on the day pitching 1.1 innings, allowing four hits, and pitching two strikeouts.
In the top of the first, DeRenzo scored the first run of the game for MU off a stolen base and then an error by the catcher allowing him to cross home plate.
Going into the bottom of the second, UPJ scored their first two runs of the game off of three hits. The Lakers Responded quickly off a Winesburgh homerun. Elliot would then reach on a walk with then O'Donnell singling up the middle, advancing Elliot to third. Schneider would hit into a fielders choice, but in the process would score Elliot making the score 3-2. In the bottom half of the third UPJ would tie the game off of a Jack Shirk homerun.
The game would remain tied until the top half of the 7th when Merychurst (9-2, 1-1) scored two runs off an Elliot double then scored on an error which also scored DeRenzo. MU would keep Pitt-Johnstown off the board in the bottom half taking game on 5-3.
Game Two:
Pitt-Johnstown (13-7, 1-1) took the second game of the doubleheader 6-3.
Domenic DeRenzo, Dom Cecere, Josh Sureowiec and
Kenny Robinson each had one hit each for the Lakers. O'Donnell led the team with two RBI.
Matthew Minnick received the loss in game two, pitching five innings, allowing four runs and recording 12 strikeouts.
For UPJ, Dylan Heid earned the victory going seven innings, allowing four hits, two earned runs and 13 strikeouts. Tyler Smith led the Mountain Cats with two hits.
UPJ would score first in the second inning off a Pugh single scoring Zinn. MU would answer that run with one of their own in the third when DeRenzo crossed the plate off an error by the catcher.
The Mountain Cats would strike again in the fourth off a single up the middle making the score 3-1. MU would close the gap scoring in the 5th. UPJ would again have an answer scoring in the bottom half to again, make it a two score game. UPJ scored two more in the 6th off a Thompson single that scored two runs. Mercyhurst would get two hits in the top half of the second but would only manage to score one run, losing the game 6-3.
Next UP: Mercyhurst will welcome Pitt-Johnstown on Sunday in another doubleheader starting at 1:00 PM.
