Flashes to Visit Penn State Wednesday Night
4/4/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
The Kent State and Penn State baseball teams will meet for the first time Wednesday night (Apr. 4) in University Park, Pa. Three weeks ago, the Nittany Lions opened Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, where they conclude a nine-game homestand tonight at 5 p.m. The brand new facility seats 5,406 and will be the first Big Ten park the Golden Flashes have visited since 2001, when Ohio State hosted the NCAA Regionals.
Live Audio: Free live audio will be available on Penn State's web site at GoPSUSports.com
Starting Pitchers: Senior J.J, Pacella will make his second start in four days for the Golden Flashes. The 6'6" right-hander threw 2.1 innings Sunday (Apr. 1) at Central Michigan. Pacella carries a 12-6 career record, including a victory this season at Florida (Feb. 23).
Junior right-hander Gary Amato will take the hill for Penn State. Amato (0-0, 5.40) has made five appearances this season, but will be making his first start of the year Wednesday. He carries a 5-5 career record with 28 strikeouts in three seasons.
Last Night: A two-out infield pop-up lost in the dark Lorain sky, sparked a four-run eighth inning for Cleveland State, who held on for a 14-11 victory over Kent State Tuesday night (Apr. 3) at Pipe Yard Stadium's inaugural game. Andrew Davis, Brad Winter and Greg Rohan all homered. Chris Carpenter tossed two scoreless innings of relief.
Penn State jumped out to a 6-1 lead after three innings and held on for 6-5 win over Bucknell Tuesday night at Medlar Field. Cory Wine, Joe Blackburn and Mike Deese all went 2-for-4 for the Nittnay Lions. Deese belted his first home run of the season.
Offensive Leaders: Senior shortstop Andrew Davis leads the Golden Flashes in hitting (.330), doubles (7), home runs (5), RBI (24) and slugging (.538). Fresman left fielder Anthony Gallas is also hitting above .300 and has smacked three round trippers on the year. Sophomore Greg Rohan has come on strong lately at the plate. In his last 10 games, Rohan is hitting .359 with two home runs, five doubles, 10 runs scored and 10 RBI.
Senior shortstop Matt Cavagnaro leads PSU with a .337 average and six stolen bases. Sophomore outfielder Rick Marlin is hitting .3202 for the Lions with a team high seven doubles. Junior catcher Robert Yodice leads the squad in runs scored (11), home runs (3) and runs batted in (13).
