Baseball: Bison Hot Streak Extends to Six After Extra Inning Win over Lions

Hopwood, Pa. – The Bethany College baseball team faced Penn State-Fayette in a non-conference single game tilt Tuesday evening.

Game Overview

Bethany 7, PSU 6 (10 inn.)

Both teams were held scoreless until the third inning. Stef Blackstone singled to score Mike Hines to take a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the third, the Lions took the lead, 3-1 over the Bison. The Bison cut the lead, 3-2 after Michael Whiteherse scored on a wild pitch. The Lions extended their lead by two after a homerun. Bethany regained the lead in the sixth inning. Cameron Schaub hit a homerun cutting the lead to 4-3. Quest Wilson singled driving in Cory Newman and Grant Shaffner. The Bison led 5-4 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning. The Lions knotted the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the sixth. Both teams battled into the tenth inning. The Bison took the lead after Luke Beatty hit a homerun and Cory Newman scored on a balk. The Bison took the non-conference game 7-6.

Bison Leaders

• Quest Wilson led the Bison with two RBIs.
• Cory Newman scored two runs.
• Michael Whiteherse, Luke Beatty, Cameron Schaub, Grant Shaffner and Mike Hines had RBIs for the Bison.
• Tyler Mckee pitched 6.0 innings, with five runs and two strikeouts.
• Zach Nolf earned the win pitching 4.0 innings on three hits, one run and one strikeout.

Records:

Bethany College Bison – 8-5, 0-0

Penn State-Fayette – 3-9, 0-0

Up Next
The Bison open up Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) play on Saturday, March 26, against the Thiel College Tomcats. First pitch is set for 1 pm.