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Seton Hill Takes Two PSAC West Games From Mountain Cats

Greensburg, Pa.

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3390After suffering a 5-1 loss in Saturday's PSAC Western Division opener at Seton Hill, the Mountain Cats built a 3-run lead in the fourth inning, but the Griffins battled back with 14 runs in their final three at-bats to secure the sweep with an 18-13 win.  Jake Stern and Joe Gagliardi each homered and Nate Negri drove in five for Pitt-Johnstown, which slipped to 11-18 overall and 4-8 in the PSAC West.
 
In the opener, Zac Heide connected for a two-run homerun, and Tyler Morder held the Mountain Cats to just one hit in six innings in the 5-1 win.
 
Seton Hill broke a scoreless game with two runs in the bottom of the fourth.  Heide drew a lead-off walk off of Pitt-Johnstown starter Camden Hess and came around to score on Chris Miller's double down the left field line.  Two batters later, Tyler Sullivan's base hit through the left side chased home Miller to make it 2-0.
 
Anthony Fanelli's two-out RBI double in the fifth, followed by Heide's two-run homerun to center field extended the Griffins lead to 5-0.
 
3376Pitt-Johnstown got an RBI ground out from Dylan Conrad in the top of the seventh, but Seton Hill reliever Joe Shaffer got Ernesto Rizzitano to ground out to second to end the game and preserve win.
 
Pitt-Johnstown was held to just a pair of hits, a second-inning double by Gagliardi and a seventh-inning single by Luke Williams.
 
Morder earned the win after holding the Mountain Cats scoreless on one hit through the first six innings.  Shaffer allowed an unearned run on one hit in the Pitt-Johnstown seventh.
 
Hess took the loss after giving up all five runs on seven hits in six innings of work.
 
In game two, the teams combined for 33 hits, but Seton Hill used a seven-run fourth inning to erase a three-run deficit en route to winning a slugfest, 18-13.
 
3382Fanelli homered in the Seton Hill first, but the Mountain Cats responded with two runs in the second on Dylan Kerstetter's double down the left field line.
 
The Griffins regained the lead with three runs in the third.  Heide's double plated Fanelli, and Miller hit a two-run homer to left that made it 4-2.
 
Pitt-Johnstown came right back with five runs in the fourth, highlighted by Negri's two-run single and Stern's two-run homer.
 
That lead was short-lived because Matt Malacane blasted a grand slam in the Griffins' seven-run fourth to put Seton Hill back in front 11-7.
 
Gagliardi's lead-off homer in the Pitt-Johnstown fifth cut it to 11-8, but the Griffins added four in the fifth and three more in the sixth.
 
The Mountain Cats got a bases clearing triple from Negri in a four-runs seventh, but that was as close as it would get.
 
Kerstetter had four hits and two RBI, and Dillon Boyer went 4-for-4 for Pitt-Johnstown.  Negri singled, tripled and drove in five, while Stern and Gagliardi each had two hits, including a homer.  The Mountain Cats also got two hits apiece from Conrad and Rizzitano.
 
With the sweep, Seton hill took three of the four games in the series and improved to 22-9 overall and 8-4 in the PSAC West.
 
Pitt-Johnstown will open a PSAC Western Division series with a doubleheader against Clarion on Friday at 1 p.m. at Point Stadium, before concluding the series on Saturday in Clarion.  The Mountain will then host a non-conference doubleheader against Shepherd (WV) on Tuesday, April 15 at Point Stadium.
 
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Players Mentioned

Dillon Boyer

#16 Dillon Boyer

OF
6' 0"
Junior
R-R
Dylan Conrad

#25 Dylan Conrad

C
5' 10"
Freshman
R/R
Camden Hess

#17 Camden Hess

RHP
6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
Nate Negri

#18 Nate Negri

OF
5' 11"
Senior
R-R
Ernesto Rizzitano

#1 Ernesto Rizzitano

OF
5' 8"
Senior
R-R
Jake Stern

#14 Jake Stern

INF/OF
5' 9"
Senior
R-R
Luke Williams

#12 Luke Williams

INF
6' 4"
Sophomore
R-R
Dylan Kerstetter

#2 Dylan Kerstetter

INF
5' 4"
Freshman
R/R
Joe Gagliardi

#6 Joe Gagliardi

INF
5' 10"
Junior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Dillon Boyer

#16 Dillon Boyer

6' 0"
Junior
R-R
OF
Dylan Conrad

#25 Dylan Conrad

5' 10"
Freshman
R/R
C
Camden Hess

#17 Camden Hess

6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Nate Negri

#18 Nate Negri

5' 11"
Senior
R-R
OF
Ernesto Rizzitano

#1 Ernesto Rizzitano

5' 8"
Senior
R-R
OF
Jake Stern

#14 Jake Stern

5' 9"
Senior
R-R
INF/OF
Luke Williams

#12 Luke Williams

6' 4"
Sophomore
R-R
INF
Dylan Kerstetter

#2 Dylan Kerstetter

5' 4"
Freshman
R/R
INF
Joe Gagliardi

#6 Joe Gagliardi

5' 10"
Junior
R/R
INF