Head Coach George Roberts' Pitt-Johnstown baseball team returns home to begin a four-game, home-and-home PSAC Western Division doubleheader against 16
th-ranked Seton Hill, Friday at 1 p.m. at Point Stadium. The teams will conclude the series on Saturday in Greensburg.
The Mountain Cats were 13-20 overall and 4-8 in the PSAC West, split a four-game conference series with Clarion last weekend with a pair of come-from-behind wins. Last Friday in Clarion, Pitt-Johnstown suffered a 13-4 loss in the series opener, then scored six runs in the top of the seventh, highlighted by
Jacob Cramer's grand slam, to earn an 8-6 win in game two. On Saturday at point stadium, the Mountain Cats used a passed ball to tie it and a wild pitch to walk off with a 5-4 win in game one. The Golden Eagles took the finale, 6-2.
Seton Hill, ranked 16
th in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association (NCBWA) Poll under 23
rd-year
Head Coach Marc Marizzaldi, has won 14 of its last 16 games and is 25-7 overall and 12-0 in the PSAC West. The Griffins swept a four-game conference series against Lock Haven last weekend, then dropped a 3-2 non-conference decision to Frostburg State (MD) on Wednesday.
Jack Wahlen and
Gage Wheaton each had two hits for against the Bald Eagles.
Last year, Seton Hill took three-of-four from Pitt-Johnstown. The Griffins earned a 4-3 12-inning victory and a 3-2 win in Greensburg on April 4. The Mountain Cats answered with a 2-1 win behind
Ben Tomb's complete-game to start a doubleheader two days later at Point stadium, but Seton Hill took the final game, 4-2.
The Mountain Cats will start a four-game PSAC series with Gannon next Friday at 1 p.m. at Point Stadium, then conclude the series in Erie next Saturday.