Game #9 & #10
Franciscan (0-8 | 0-2 PAC) vs. Waynesburg (7-11 | 0-2 PAC)
Tuesday, March 24 | 1:00 & 4:00 p.m.
Waynesburg Baseball Field | Waynesburg, PA

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The Latest
- The Barons hosted their first conference matchup this season against Westminster last Saturday. The Titans swept the doubleheader.
- Both teams had 15 hits in the first game, with the Barons having 13 hits in the second game.
- Matteo Lindia went 6-for-9 on the day with two RBIs. He went 4-for-4 during the first game and scored two runs for the Barons.
- Setting his career high, Jeremy Sagun struck out seven batters in five innings against the Titans during the second game.

Scouting the Yellow Jackets
- Playing 18 games already this season, the Yellow Jackets enter on a nine-game losing streak
- Currently, the Yellow Jackets have a team batting average of .225 with 66 runs scored against opponents.
- In the 2025 season, the Yellow Jackets went 7-29 in their overall record. They had a 3-16 record in the PAC conference, with one win against the Barons. 

Matchup History
- The Barons hosted the Yellow Jackets last season, splitting one win each.
- Dating back to 2021, the Barons have six wins and five losses against the Yellow Jackets.
- The Barons won in 11 innings in their matchup last season, winning 7-6. The Barons strung together 17 hits to tie the game 6-6. John Fusco walked it off with a home run in the bottom of the 11th to give the Barons the win.

Lindia in the Lineup
- Matteo Lindia currently leads the Barons in batting average, hitting .440 on the season.
- In the first game against the Titans, Lindia went 4-for-4 at the plate, with two runs and one RBI for the Barons. He also recorded one stolen base.
- During the second game Saturday, Lindia went 2-for-5 with one RBI. He had one double that brought Josiah Bodie home, giving the Barons a 4-1 lead.

Sagun Striking Out Seven
- Jeremy Sagun came into game two in the third inning after a pair of hitless innings from Harold Gildehaus.
- In his five innings, Sagun struck out seven batters. This was a career high of strikeouts during a game for the senior. Currently, Sagun has struck out 12 batters this season.
- In the 2025 season, Sagun recorded 28 strikeouts. He is eighth all-time in career strikeouts with 43.

Batting for the Barons
- The Barons recorded 28 hits while batting .359 over both games against the Titans.
- During the first game, Nicholas Peffer went 3-for-4 at the plate, with a double. He also scored one run for the Barons. Other notable hitters during the game include Zachary Cook, who went 3-for-5 with a double, Kyle Schiwall, who went 2-for-4 with one RBI, and Andrew Hunton, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
- The second game also had many hits for the Barons, including Nicholas Peffer, who had two hits with an RBI, Andrew Hunton, who went 3-for-5 with an RBI, and Connor
Lolli, who went 3-for-4.

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