JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University baseball team (6-7-1) pounded out 13 hits, but it wasn't quite enough as the Bald Eagles fell on the road to Pitt-Johnstown (12-6), 13-8 Tuesday afternoon in Johnstown.
Trailing 8-2 entering the sixth inning, LHU was able to put four runs on the board in the top of the sixth to cut the Mountain Cat lead to just 8-6 as The Haven used some timely hitting to climb back into the game.
Lock Haven then cut the deficit to 8-7 in the seventh inning, but that was the closest the team was able to get as LHU fell to UPJ 13-8 in the high scoring affair.
Six different Bald Eagles recorded multi-hit games as
Jimmy Webb (Montoursville, Pa/Loyalsock),
Max Joseph (Marlton, N.J./Harford CC),
Isaac Porter (Beech Creek, Pa./St. Bonaventure),
Pedro Peguero (Hershey, Pa./Mercyhurst),
John Banes (Springfield, Pa./Cumberland CC) and Demetruis Haskins (Pittsburgh, Pa./Taylor Allderdice) all tallied two hits on the day.
Haskins and Porter both finished with two RBI's in the contest while Porter also added a home run on the day. Joseph added a triple, an RBI and a run scored while Banes, Haskins and Peguero all scored a run apiece.
Next Up:
Lock Haven will host East Stroudsburg on Friday, March 22 in a doubleheader for the 2019 home opener with the first game starting at 1 p.m.
