Franciscan 20, Penn St. Shenango 0 - 7 Innings
 
Franciscan Lineup
Devon Ashcraft LF, Peter Falconite 2B, Josiah Bodie CF, Wade Stoehr 3B, John Fusco RF, Colin Killian DH, John Hall 1B, David Ferroni C, Nicholas Peffer SS, & Pitching - Jonathan Perez

How It Happened
Bodie got the offense going in the first with an RBI single to left field that scored Ashcraft from second. Fusco made it a crooked number in the opening frame with a two-RBI triple to clear the bases with just one out. Killian then knocked him to raise the score to 4-0. The Barons batted around in the first, as Ashcraft drew a bases-loaded walk after leading off the inning with a hit. Falconite continued to two out offense with a bases-clearing triple and extended a massive first inning for the Franciscan bats. Shennago changed pitchers, but Bodie then ripped a double to left to score Falconite and extend the inning. After a bases-loaded walk, John Hall knocked in a pair with a single to opposite field.  The Barons gave Jonathan Perez 13 runs of support before he took the ball in the bottom of the first.     

Perez put up a couple of zeros before the Baron bats put up another crooked number in the third. The Barons took advantage of a couple of errors by the Lions, as well as some timely hits. Fusco had an RBI double, and Falconite had an RBI single. The Barons held a 19-0 lead after three innings. In the fifth, Connor Lolli singled in Peffer for the final run of the game, as the Barons took game one

At the Plate
- Falconite had four RBIs and the lone triple.
- Bodie and Fusco each had three RBIs.
- The Barons drew nine walks

On the Mound  
- Perez scattered five hits over five strong innings to get the win.

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Franciscan 14, Penn St. Shenango 6 - 8 Innings
 
Franciscan Lineup
Devon Ashcraft LF, Peter Falconite 2B, Josiah Bodie CF, Wade Stoehr 3B, John Fusco RF, Colin Killian DH, John Hall 1B, David Ferroni C, Nicholas Peffer SS, & Pitching - Andrew Heidemann

How It Happened
Game two was a whole new ball game, as the Lions kept the Barons off the board until the sixth inning. Penn State Shenango was able to score three runs of their own over the first five innings to hold a 3-0 lead heading into the sixth. Ashcraft grounded out to drive in Ryan Huhlein, and Bodie doubled in Falconite. Bodie later scored on a Lions error to level the score at 3-3.

The Barons plated the go-ahead run in the seventh, but the Lions extended the game in the home half of the inning with a run of their own. In extra innings, the bats came out in full force. Fusco had three RBIs this inning, as he batted twice. Peffer and Hall each delivered two RBI singles, as 10 Barons came across to score. Stoehr got the final outs in the bottom of the eighth, as the Barons swept the Lions and extended their winning streak to three in a row.

At the Plate
- Fusco went 3-5 with three RBIs.
- Bodie drove in three and scored a pair of runs.
- Ferroni hit a triple.
- Franciscan has scored 50 runs over their three-game winning streak.

On the Mound  
- Heidemann pitched six strong innings with just one earned run to his name.
- Stoehr pitched the final two innings and got the win to improve to 2-0 this season.

Up Next 
The Barons will begin PAC play on the road on Saturday at Westminster. The Barons are 3-10 all-time against the Titans, as they look to snap a four-game skid against them this weekend. They will play a pair of nine inning games, as they will for all PAC doubleheaders this season. The Barons' last win in New Wilmington came in 2022 by a score of 14-9. Brendan Burke had four RBIs, as he was a home run shy of the cycle. 

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