Sophomore Jose Torralba led Canisius with three hits in six at-bats and was the only Golden Griffin to have a multi-hit day. Junior Manny Hernandez had three walks in his five plate appearances while sophomore Shane Zimmer also reached base three times.

Canisius got on the board in the first inning, as Torralba led off with a single and advanced all the way to third base on an error by the right fielder. After Penn State starter Joe Kurrasch struck out junior Christian Segar and senior Drew Pettit sandwiched around a walk to Zimmer, sophomore Jimmy Luppens beat out an infield single to score Torralba and make it 1-0.

Freshman Devon Stewart didn't allow a run in the first five innings, retiring the first eight batters he faced and only allowing three baserunners in those five innings. A one-out, solo homer in the sixth from Sean Deegan tied the game at 1-1. Penn State (12-18) took the lead in the seventh, scoring two unearned runs after the Stewart retired the first two batters. A Canisius error on the next batter extended the inning, as Elliot Searer had an RBI single and Stewart hit Steve Snyder with the bases loaded to give Penn State a 3-1 lead.

Canisius came right back in the top of the eighth, knotting the score at 3-3. A pinch-hit single from freshman Connor Panas started the rally and Zimmer brought him home with a double to center. Pettit was hit by a pitch and a sacrifice bunt from Luppens put two runners into scoring position. An intentional walk to Hernandez loaded the bases and a sacrifice fly from sophomore Jesse Kelso tied the score at 3-3.

The Griffs had their best chance to take the lead in the top of the ninth, loading the bases with one out. Reliever Tim Dunn came into the game and got Luppens to hit into a 6-4-3 double play to get out of the inning. The Nittany Lions had runners at first and second with one out in the bottom of the 10^th, but sophomore closer Jon Fitzsimmons induced Luis Montesinos to hit into a double play and send the game to the 11^th.

After Canisius was retired in order in the top of the 11^th, Alex Farkes drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. A one-out walk to Searer put two runners on base, and a single to right from Deegan gave the Nittany Lions the walkoff win.

Stewart allowed three runs, one earned, in his seven innings of work while striking out nine. Redshirt junior Nathan Linseman didn't allow a run in his two-thirds of an inning. Fitzsimmons (1-1) took the loss, allowing one run in 2.2 innings of relief.

Canisius and Penn State conclude the weekend series on Sunday, with first pitch set for 1:05 p.m.

Notes: Canisius is now 4-9 in one-run games this season and 3-2 in extra innings... Zimmer extended his consecutive games streak of reaching base to 40 games... Junior Chris Gruarin did not start for the first time this season... The nine strikeouts by Stewart are the most by a Canisius freshman since Alex Nimigon had 11 strikeouts against Fairfield on April 2, 2000... That total is also the most by a Golden Griffin this season and most since Shane Davis had nine against Iona on March 26, 2011... Torralba extended his hitting streak to seven games (13-for-31).