2
Juniata JUNIATA 3-4
9
Winner Penn State Berks PSBM 4-4
Juniata JUNIATA
3-4
2
Final
9
Penn State Berks PSBM
4-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Juniata JUNIATA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 10 1
Penn State Berks PSBM 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 X 9 11 0

W: Wilson, Colin (2-0) L: Jack Dovidio (0-1)

Baseball huddle vs Juniata
Tyler Schueck

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball wins home opener over Juniata

READING, PA - The Penn State Berks baseball team stayed hot with a 9-2 victory over Juniata College in the Nittany Lions home opener on a beautiful, sunny Wednesday afternoon at Hintz Athletic Field.

The Nittany Lions (4-4) received another solid pitching performance from Colin Wilson and the bats provided the freshman right-hander with some early runs.

Joe Gramignano led off the bottom of the first with a double to right center and later came around to score on a groundout by Chad Evans. In the second inning, In the bottom of the second, Gramignano singled to center field to score Logan Ewert and Jase Graybill, who each walked earlier in the inning. Berks added two more in the third when Nate Trovinger singled and Evans followed with a home run to left field, the first of his collegiate career to give the Nittany Lions a 5-0 lead.

The score would remain that way until the top of the sixth inning. The Eagles (3-4) had second and third with no outs, when a sacrifice fly added a run to make it 5-1. Wilson did not allow any more damage as he got a groundout to first and fly out to left to leave the runner stranded at third. Berks got the run back in the bottom half of the inning after Colin Templin led off with a single, advanced on a past ball and a wild pitch to get to third base. Templin then scored from third when the first baseman was late going to home on a grounder by Nick Bergeman.

Berks tacked on another run in the seventh with a bases loaded walk to Templin to score Gramignano. In the ninth, Bergeman had an RBI double and later scored on a fielder's choice by Trovinger.

Wilson allowed eight hits and one run, while striking out three in 7.0 innings of work to improve to 2-0 on the season. Josh Miiller surrendered two hits and a run in 2.0 innings of relief.

Gramignano finished 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, while Templin was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Evans finished with three RBI, while Ewert scored a pair of runs. Five of the Nittany Lions 11 hits went for extra bases. Gramignano, Kolbie Reeser, Tyler McGarvey, and Bergeman all had doubles, along with Evans homer.

The Nittany Lions will open United East play with a three-game series at St. Mary's College. The teams will play a single-game on Friday, March 18 at 3 p.m., followed by a doubleheader on Saturday, March 19 beginning at 12 p.m.
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play JUNIATA PSBM
PSBM BOT 1st Evans,C grounded out to ss, RBI; Reeser,K advanced to third; Gramignano,J scored. 0 1
PSBM BOT 2nd Gramignano,J singled to center field, 2 RBI; Graybill,J scored; Ewert,L scored. 0 3
PSBM BOT 3rd Evans,C homered to left field, 2 RBI; Trovinger,N scored. 0 5
JUNIATA TOP 6th Jake Swank flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Isaac Maclay advanced to third; Joey Allegri scored. 1 5
PSBM BOT 6th Ewert,L reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Templin,C scored, unearned. 1 6
PSBM BOT 7th Templin,C walked, RBI; Trovinger,N advanced to second; Reeser,K advanced to third; Gramignano,J scored. 1 7
PSBM BOT 8th Bergeman,N doubled to right center, RBI; Graybill,J out at second cf to ss; Ewert,L scored. 1 8
PSBM BOT 8th Trovinger,N reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Reeser,K out at second ss to 2b; Gramignano,J advanced to third; Bergeman,N scored. 1 9
JUNIATA TOP 9th Roberto Barr advanced to second; Will Kinchin scored on a wild pitch. 2 9

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