BB: Solid Pitching Leads to Sweep

TORONTO, Ohio – The Bethany College baseball team swept a non-conference doubleheader from Penn State Beaver Tuesday at the Knights Baseball Complex. 

GAME ONE: BETHANY 10, PSU-BEAVER 3 

Bethany exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to create breathing room as the Bison cruised to the win in the opener.  

After getting just one hit in 11 attempts with runners in scoring position through the first five innings, the bats came alive in the sixth. Bethany was 5-of-8 with runners in scoring position in the sixth inning alone to push the seven runs across the plate extending the one-run lead to eight heading into the final inning.  

Up until that point, each time Bethany dented the plate the Lions had an answer. The Bison scored a run on a wild pitch in the first and PSUB answered in the second. A sacrifice fly in the fourth brought home Bethany's second run and the Beavers scored in the fifth.  

Bethany took the lead with a single run in the bottom of the fifth and blew the game open in the sixth.  

Sophomore Zach Moenert (1-0) earned the victory in relief, allowing one earned run on two hits with a pair of strikeouts.  

Sophomore Jaden Nestor-Fox went 3-for-4 and two runs scored and senior Derek Black went 2-for-3. 

INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES 

• Bethany was 12-of-12 in stolen base attempts. 
• All but two of Bethany's 11 hits were singles.  
• Graduate Trey Mantle started for the Bison, allowing an unearned run on two hits over three innings of work.  
• Senior JT Hubert earned his first career save, throwing the final two innings, allowing one run on two hits.  

GAME TWO: BETHANY 4, PSU-BEAVER 0 

Four pitchers combined for a five-hit shutout as Bethany won its third consecutive game, and completed the doubleheader sweep of Penn State Beaver, 4-0.  

For the second straight start, senior Logan Bennett (2-0) didn't allow a run. He allowed three hits with three strikeouts over four innings before handing the ball over to a trio of relievers – senior Josh Speaker (one inning), senior Logan Mahyle (one inning), and sophomore Payton Hildebrand (one inning) - to complete the shutout.  

The first four batters reached for the Bison in the fourth inning as BC took the 1-0 lead. A throwing error on the pitcher brought home the initial tally, followed by an RBI single from junior Devin Toothman and a sacrifice fly from freshman Niko Heidt.  

Bethany added an insurance run in the fifth inning with an RBI double off the bat of junior Sonny Peluchette.  

INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES 

• Bethany was 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts.  
• The second mult-hit game of the season for Peluchette. 
• Black has a hit in four of Bethany's five games.  
• Roell has a hit in all five games this season.  

This article was written by Assistant Athletic Director for Communications, Jayson Ameer Rasheed. If you believe there are mistakes in information-- or have a separate thought relating to the event in the article -- please email ameer.rasheed@bethanywv.edu for any corrections/comments.