Franciscan 10, Grove City 9 - 9 Innings
 
Franciscan Lineup
Nicholas Peffer SS, Holden Armstrong 2B, Matteo Lindia 1B, Josiah Bodie CF, Zachary Cook RF, Andrew Hunton LF, Michael Manocchio 3B, Evan White DH, Kyle Schiwall C, & Xavier Franzonello P

How It Happened
 The Barons got into a hole early, Kempf came in as a relief pitcher and kept the Barons in striking distance for over four innings. The four run deficit he held was cut by two in the 7th, then closer Dax Clifton came to the mound in the 9th down two runs. He closed out the top of the inning setting up a the 9th inning walkoff.
    In the bottom of the 9th; Bodie had a lead off double, Hunton was walked, Manocchio singled, and the bases were loaded with only one out. Colin Killian pinch hit for White he stuck in a long at bat before being walked and earning an RBI. The Barons were now down one and bases still loaded. Schiwall stepped up to the plate. Way ahead in the count, he popped one to shallow center sending the tying run on third and the winning run on second home. His hit cleared the bench as the Barons celebrated the long slow comeback of game 1. 

At the Plate
-Bodie was 4 for 5 with 2 runs, 3 RBI's and a double
-Hunton was 3 for 4 with 1 run and 2 RBI's
-Lindia was 3 for 5 with 2 runs and 1 RBI

On the Mound  
-starter Franzonello pitched 2.0 innings allowing 4 earned runs on 4 hits, and tallied 2 strikeouts
-relief pitcher Evan Speicher pitched 2.0 innings allowing 5 earned runs on 6 hits
-relief pitcher David Kempf 4.2 innings allowing 0 runs on 4 hits and tallied 2 strikeouts
-closer Clifton Dax pitched 0.1 innings allowing 0 hits and earning the win for the Barons
 
Franciscan 8, Grove City 14 - 9 Innings
 
Franciscan Lineup
Nicholas Peffer SS, Holden Armstrong 2B, Matteo Lindia RF, Josiah Bodie CF,  Andrew Hunton LF, Colin Killian 1B, Michael Manocchio 3B, John Nemmers DH, John Muggeridge C, & Jeremy Sagun P

How It Happened
    The Barons got behind early dropping two runs in the 2nd and five in the 3rd. Their defense bled a couple more runs each inning before trailing 12-0 heading into the bottom of the 5th. They tacked on two there, but gave up another in the top of the 6th. They were facing a run rule down 10 in the 6th, but they found six runs in the bottom of the inning forcing Grove City to dig into their bullpen searching for an answer to get out of it.   
    Now down only five runs and three innings left of play, the Barons found new life. Their defense held in the top of the innings, and they had scoring opportunities with runners on base, but were unable to drive home runs and close the gap the way they did in game 1. 
    The Barons end up splitting with Grove City and improve to 5-9 in the PAC.
    
At the Plate
-Bodie was 2 for 4 with 1 runa nd 2 RBI's
-Manocchio was 2 for 4 with 1 run

On the Mound  
-starter Sagun pitched 2.1 innigns allowing 6 earned runs on 2 hits
-relief pitcher Peter Schwindt pitched 2.1 innings allowing 0 earned runs off 1 hit and tallied 2 strikeouts

Up Next 
The Barons are in the middle of a nine game home stretch. They will be back on Thursday, April 16th to take on Penn State Behrend at 4pm. 

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