The
Canisius College baseball team dropped the final game of the three-game series
at Penn State, losing 4-3 to the Nittany Lions on Sunday afternoon. The Golden
Griffins are now 17-17 on the season.
Senior
Drew Pettit led Canisius with a
3-for-4 effort. Junior Brooklyn Foster
was 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Sophomore Jose Torralba had a team-high with two RBI on the afternoon.
The
Nittany Lions took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second, taking advantage of
a leadoff double from Jordan Steranka. Later in the inning, Zach Eli had a
one-out, RBI single while JC Coban followed with a two-RBI double to put Penn
State ahead by three.
Canisius
got one run back in the fifth with back-to-back two-out hits. Foster doubled to
right-center and scored on an RBI single from Torralba to make it 3-1. The
Griffs would tie the game in the fifth as freshman Mike Krsiche and junior Chris
Gruarin drew back-to-back one-out walks. Foster followed with an RBI single
and a wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position. An RBI groundout
from Torralba tied the game at 3-3.
Penn
State (13-18) used a leadoff single from Aaron Novak in the ninth to start the
game-winning rally. After a sacrifice bunt, Eli hit a double to right-center
off junior Jason Rubenstein for the
second consecutive walk-off win for Penn State.
Redshirt
junior Billy Martin (3-2) took the
loss, allowing four runs, all earned, in 8.1 innings pitched. Martin allowed eight
hits, walked one and struck out one.
Canisius
returns to the field for a mid-week game at the University at Buffalo on
Tuesday, with game time set for 3 p.m.
Notes: The
40-game streak of reaching base came to and end for sophomore Shane Zimmer, the first time he didn't
reach base since May 17, 2011... Canisius drops to 4-10 on the season in one-run
games... Pettit now has four multi-hit performances in the last six games, going 11-for-23
during the stretch... Torralba now has an eight-game hitting streak... The 8.1
innings was the second-longest start of the season for Martin as he went 8.2
innings against Oakland on March 16.
