Brandywine Falls In Florida Debut
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Penn State Brandywine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
|
St. Cloud Technical & Community College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 12 | 2 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
St. Cloud Tech | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
|
Penn State Brandywine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
BARTOW, Fla. – The Penn State Brandywine baseball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader Saturday afternoon to St. Cloud Tech during its first two of seven games this week at the RussMatt Invitational. The Lions were edged by the Cyclones 5-3 in the opener and dropped game two, 12-1.
Game One: St. Cloud Tech 5, Penn State Brandywine 3
Brandywine plated the first two runs of the game, but the Cyclones answered with the next five, including a four-spot in the fourth inning.
Dane Groce (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville) started the second inning with a base hit, moved to second via a balk, and came around to score on a double by Sean Donahue (Ridley, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara). An error allowed Donahue to score the Lions' second run.
St. Cloud got one score back during the bottom of the frame and then took the lead for good by pushing across four runs in the fourth. A leadoff home run tied the score at 2-2 and five two-out singles plus a walk added three more runs.
Nick Kutufaris (Ridley, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) led off the fifth inning with a double, later scoring on a balk, and Brandywine threatened for more runs, but Jared Flint retired the final two batters of the inning with two men in scoring position to avoid further damage.
Groce recorded three of Brandywine's six hits. Ricky Palmer (Levittown, Pa./Pennsbury) struck out five and yielded four earned runs on seven hits 3.2 innings, taking the loss. Derek Cappadoccia (Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains) fanned four and allowed five hits over the final 2.1 frames.
Game Two: St. Cloud Tech 12, Penn State Brandywine 1
A six-run first inning is all the Cyclones would need to win game two.
Brandywine's lone run came on Joe Hurley's (Downingtown, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) infield single in the third inning, scoring Kutufaris.
Brian Reynolds (Newtown Square, Pa./Marple Newtown) produced two of Brandywine's three hits, while Groce reached base safely for the fourth time Saturday via a base on balls during his only at-bat.
Three Brandywine pitchers combined to allow just five hits, all singles, but issued 10 walks and plunked five batters.
Brandywine faces WPI Sunday at 2:45 pm.
