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University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Athletics

PITT-JOHNSTOWN MOUNTAIN CATS
ColledgeJoel3
Ali Single
0
West Liberty WLU 4-9
5
Winner Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B 9-5
West Liberty WLU
4-9
0
Final
5
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B
9-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
West Liberty WLU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B 1 1 0 0 0 3 X 5 6 0

W: Kearns, Isaiah (3-1) L: Sam Aulick (0-4)

1
West Liberty WLU 4-10
7
Winner Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B 10-5
West Liberty WLU
4-10
1
Final
7
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B
10-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
West Liberty WLU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-B 0 0 6 0 0 1 X 7 5 0

W: Colledge, Joel (3-0) L: Nick Leonard (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Mountain Cats Sweep West Liberty to Split Four-Game Series

Johnstown, PA

Kearns_IsaiahAfter dropping a pair of games to West Liberty on Saturday to open a four-game non-conference series at Point Stadium, Pitt-Johnstown got strong pitching outings from Isaiah Kearns and Joel Colledge in 5-0 and 7-1 wins over the Hilltoppers on Sunday.  The Mountain Cats are now 10-5.
 
In the opener, Pitt-Johnstown opened up a 2-run lead, then added three more in the sixth to take it 5-0.
 
Kearns' two-out solo home run in the bottom of the first gave the Mountain Cats a quick lead, and Asher Corl's sacrifice fly in the second scored Zach Zinn to make it 2-0.
 
Pitt-Johnstown added three more insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth.  Corl's triple down the right field line chased home Tyler Smith and pinch-runner Ray Watt, before Jake Ansel's infield hit plated Corl.
 
Colledge_JoelKearns did the rest on the mound.  Kearns scattered three hits, fanned seven, and did allow a walk in a complete-game shutout to improve to 3-1.
 
Offensively, Kearns went 2-for-3 with a homer, and Corl tripled and drove in three for the Mountain Cats.
 
Jared Houser had two this for the Hilltoppers.
 
Sam Aulick took the loss for West Liberty and fell to 0-4 after allowing three runs on four hits over the first 5.2 innings.
 
In game two, the Mountain Cats used a six-run third inning and got six strong innings from Colledge to complete the sweep with the 7-1 win.
 
Colledge gave up just one run on nine hits over the first six innings.  He struck out four and walked one on his way to improving to 3-0.
 
Lennox Pugh drove in a pair, and Josh Reynolds went 2-for-3 with an RBI for Pitt-Johnstown.  Owen McKeever doubled and drove in one, while Kearns and Zinn also had an RBI each for the Mountain Cats.
 
With the losses, the Hilltoppers dropped to 5-10.
 
Pitt-Johnstown visits Shippensburg for a non-conference game on Tuesday and Concord (WV) for a non-conference doubleheader on Thursday, before hosting a non-conference game against Bloomsburg on March 17 at Point Stadium.
 
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