KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University baseball team (13-15-1, 6-8 PSAC East) opened a four-game Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division series with Kutztown University (4-20, 3-11 PSAC East) on the road today in doubleheader action. The Bald Eagles split today's games with the Golden Bears and return home for two more games tomorrow.
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Host-Kutztown took Game 1, 8-3. The Golden Bears scored eight runs on 10 hits.
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LHU posted its three on three hits. All three hits came from three different players, including
Dillon Good (Denver, Pa./Nyack Collge), who drove in a pair of runs in the fourth on a single through the right side.
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In Game 2, The Haven bounced back with a 7-3 win behind 12 hits.
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A pair of Bald Eagles finished up with three hits in the game.
Liam McArthur (Basking Ridge, NJ/Seton Hall) and
Jimmy Webb (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock) both notched three hits and drove in one run each.
Joe Zgleszewski (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) led the Haven in RBI's with two.
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Scott Leitholf (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern York) went all seven innings and got the win for Lock Haven. Leitholf struck out two and allowed just five hits and three earned runs.
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The two teams will do it again tomorrow with a PSAC East doubleheader set to be played back in Lock Haven. Game 1 tomorrow (Saturday, April 13) is set for a 1 p.m. first pitch. Tomorrow is Youth Day, an Athlete Ally game, a showcase of PSAC Sportsmanship Week and LHU President Robert Pignatello will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1.
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