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After weather forced Pitt-Johnstown and Indiana (PA) to move their four-game PSAC West series up a day, the Mountain Cats will host a doubleheader against the Crimson Hawks, on Thursday at Point Stadium. Game one is slated to start at 4 p.m.
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Coach Todd Williams' and the Mountain Cats come into the series at 13-24 overall and 6-10 in the PSAC West following a 17-7 non-conference loss to Shippensburg on Tuesday. Evan
Beach Beach hit a pair of two-run home runs,
Asher Corl drove two, and
Dylan Broderick was 3-for-3 to lead Pitt-Johnstown. Last weekend, the Mountain Cats lost 3-of-4 PSAC West games to Mercyhurst.
Indiana (PA), under second-year
Coach Steve Kline, is 15-22 overall and 7-9 in the PSAC West. With the postponement of Wednesday's non-conference game against Wheeling Jesuit, the Crimson Hawks previously played last weekend. After winning Friday's conference series opener against California (PA), IUP suffered losses in the next three games.
Last year, the Crimson Hawks swept the for-game PSAC series from the Mountain Cats. On April 15 in Indiana, IUP earned 14-12 and 13-3 wins, before securing 6-2 and 14-7 victories at Point Stadium on April 16.
After wrapping up the series with a doubleheader in Indianan on Friday, Pitt-Johnstown travels to Washington, Pa. to open a four-game PSAC West series against California (PA) on April 28, before concluding the series in Johnstown with a pair of games on April 29.
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