Welk celebration vs Cobleskill
Tyler Schueck
5
SUNY Cobleskill COBM 16-22
18
Winner Penn State Berks PSBM 23-13
SUNY Cobleskill COBM
16-22
5
Final
18
Penn State Berks PSBM
23-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SUNY Cobleskill COBM 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 5 10 5
Penn State Berks PSBM 3 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 X 18 16 1

W: Laudenslager, Alex (6-1) L: Daniel Wade (4-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Offensive outburst propels baseball to opening round win

READING, PA - The Penn State Berks baseball team had its offense banging on all cylinders early as the Nittany Lions defeated SUNY Cobleskill, 18-5, in the first round of the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Postseason on Tuesday afternoon.

Berks will advance to the four-team, double-elimination tournament this weekend hosted by Keuka College, where they will face Penn State Abington. Game time and location of the tournament will be released later this evening or early tomorrow morning, please check back on the schedule page of the website for more information.

The Nittany Lions scored three runs in the bottom of the first, followed by an 11-spot in the second to build an early 14-0 lead. Berks lead 18-2 after six innings, before the Fighting Tigers (16-22) tallied a single run in each of their final three at-bats.

All nine batters in the starting lineup recorded at least one hit, eight starters scored at least one time, and eight of the starters had at least one RBI. Toby Welk went 3-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and three runs scored to pace the offense. Tyler Kreitz finished 2-for-5 with one double, three RBI, and one run scored, while Dalton Hughes went 2-for-4 with one double, two RBI, and two runs scored. Dante Salerno (2-for-2), Mason Pennypacker (2-for-4), and Tate Yergey (2-for-5) combined for four RBI and seven runs scored. Austin Madeja, who had a double, was hit by pitch three times and scored three runs. Eric Gale had one hit and drove in two runs, while Noah Kurtz registered one hit and scored twice.

Starting pitcher Alex Laudenslager was cruising along nicely on the mound. The sophomore right-hander set the first seven batters down in order and did not allow hit until the leadoff batter of the fourth inning. He earned his sixth win of the season after surrendering four hits and two runs, while striking out four batters in 5.0 innings of work. Justin Butler and Corey Hennessey each threw 2.0 innings of relief and both struck out a pair of batters.

In the other play-in game today, Wells College upset Penn College by a score of 8-3. Berks and Wells will join Keuka College (No. 1 seed) and Penn State Abington (No. 2  seed) for this weekend's tournament.
 
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