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Marabito's Walk-Off Hit Helps Mountain Cats Split With Mercyhurst

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Brett Marabito's two-out RBI base hit lifted the Mountain Cats to a 2-1, eight-inning, walk-off victory over Mercyhurst University in Saturday's first game of a PSAC Western Division doubleheader at Point Stadium. The Lakers came back with a 10-4 win in the nightcap.  Pitt-Johnstown is now 11-16 overall and 6-6 in conference-play.  
 
With one out in the bottom of the eighth in the opener, Nate Negri and Jake Stern each singled to get things started for the Mountain Cats.  Negri was then thrown out at the plate on Dillon Boyer's fielder's choice.  However, Marabito followed with a single to left center that chased home Stern from second to give the Mountain Cats the 2-1walk-off victory.
 
Mercyhurst took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, but Pitt-Johnstown answered right back in the bottom of the frame to tie it on Stern's RBI double to left field.
 
Neither team was able to score until Marabito's walk-off base hit in the eighth.
 
Derek Younker tossed a complete-game to improve to 4-3 for the Mountain Cats.  Younker surrendered one run on five hits in eight innings of work.
 
Jake Hall took the loss for Mercyhurst and fell to 1-1.  Dan Altavilla pitched the first seven innings for Mercyhurst and allowed just one run and fanned 10.
 
Kyle Morrow and Stern each had a pair of hits, including a double each, to lead Pitt-Johnstown.
 
In game two, Pitt-Johnstown jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but Mercyhurst answered with three runs in the third, before breaking it open with six more in the fourth to earn the split.
 
Morrow went 3-for-4 with a double, and Matt McGhee drove in three for the Mountain Cats.  Stern added a solo homerun.
 
Nate Pope fell to 0-5 after giving up eight runs on six hits in 3.2 innings.
 
Ryan Siegel had two hits and four RBI, and Brendan Cox collected two hits and three RBI for the Lakers, now 16-8 overall and 8-4 in the PSAC West.
 
Pitt-Johnstown wraps up the four-game PSAC West series against Mercyhurst with a doubleheader on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Erie, before hosting a non-conference doubleheader against Shippensburg on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Point Stadium.
 
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