Page 12 Baseball keeps hopes high by Nick Zulovich spoils Edgar Once you hit rock bottom there is no place to go but up. Hopefully the Penn State-Behrend baseball team has reached their bottom point and are ready to start going up. With two losses yesterday afternoon to Fredonia State. the Lions have now lost nine in a row. The Lions started the cf.. son 6-1, but now they have fallen to 8-12. The first game yesterday am the Lions fall behind 5-2 after four innings. Fredonia State catcher Jason Zanni hit a home run off Behead "The sun will come up tomorrow, and we're going to come out and play hard baseball." - Coach Paul Benim starter Matt llolian. But the Lions would chip away at the lead the next two innings. In the bottom of the fifth inning the Lions mounted their best offensive showing of the day. Quinn McGuire lead off the inning by reaching on an error, then stole second. Bill Vitrom walked and both runners advanced on a pass ball. John Matson then doubled to left, scoring McGuire and Vitron. Matson then scored on a FSU error off a Ben Hager ground ball. This cut the lead to 8-5. But that would be as far as the Lions would come. FSU would tack on three more runs off Behrend reliever Jim Weaver. FSU shortstop Matt Clark hit a two run single through a drawn in Behrend infield to post the final score of the game 11-5. Head Coach Paul Benim was by Nick Zulovich Sports Editor Feet, don't fail him now Baseball season is just beginning but Detroit first baseman Cecil Fielder did something that he had never done in his career up to that point. Fielder stole a base. Fielder stole second base in the ninth inning of the Tigers' 10-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Fielder, known much more for his home run production, had played 1,096 games since getting his last stolen base. Fielder himself had to think when his last stolen base - It's been a- long time, probably since A-ball since I stole a base. It's been about 13 years I guess. I think the plus side to all of this is that we won the game. The stolen base is nice. I got that out of the way and we won the game, - Fielder said. Centerfielder, and current Tiger leadoff hitter, Chad Curtis joked disappointed with his club's performance. "We're really struggling. In the first game we did a lot of good things, hit defensively we really let down. We made three big mistakes at bad times," Benim said. The Lions' luck was not much better as both the temperature and the sun dropped quickly. FSU's Brad John scored the first run of the game on a bases loaded walk to Clarke. FSU would then score an unearned run in the second. Behmnd starter John Ronan walked five in just one and two thirds innings. Benim pulled the freshman for Bob Vadala Vadala came up big in this first inning of work, striking out FSU fffst baseman Bryan Dean with the bases loaded. Benim is very caxemed with the status of his young pitcher, Ronan. "Unfortunately I think we need to get him to a doctor. John has pitched very well for us all season. He was courageous and gave it the best he could and he struggled. That's not typical John Ronon," explained Benim. The Lions scored their lone run of the second game in the bottom of the second inning. Matson and Hager hit back to back singles. Jeff Hortsmand sacrificed, putting runners at second and third. Catcher Mary Burchanowski hit a sacrifice fly to score Matson from third. The turning point of the ball game came in the bottom of the third. Tom Revak lead off with a Fielder steals that maybe rookie manager Buddy Bell will change the line-up. "Buddy says that he's going to .witch us in the order tomorrow. Cecil is going to lead oil and I'm COIIIL' to hit Fourth, - Curtis said. ftelp laitted I.oxlidng for a retsixomoitoirr portion with Inms4xstaticon ***lab 2 citildren, ages 11 andll_7years-old salt ism, for weeks beginning June 8. wages o 10011$ transportation and entertainment costs will be Fo_rOvirflgt, bftt*V references wit be r red. It interested, Can MM. mousy at 12 or aft:- SGA Elections 10:00 - 3:00 p.m. in the Science Building "Write Ins" will be accepted for senator seats if they get more than 15 votes Sports Photo by Colleen Gauen 'Collegian Photographer And the throw to second: Behrend catcher Marc Burchanowski [2ll looks to throw out a base runner against Bethany. Coach Paul Benim and his Lions have fallen on hard times recently. After starting the season 6-1, their record has tumbled to 8-12. The Lions travel to Allegheny on Saturday. walk and McGuire worked the count to 3-0. The home plate umpire called what should have been ball four a strike, much to the disgust of McGuire and the Behrend bench. McGuire would eventually strike out and the next batter John Green grounded into a double play, ending the inning. Benim was appalled as anyone about the call. "He got hosed. It was a bad decision on his [the umpire's] part. But as bad as that call was, you have got to create your own breaks, but we needed more than that to win the game," stated Benim. The Lions would then run out of at bats because the umpires Indians' DH could have another big summer : ).pipioppwcipplPPl4o4.ll called the game after five innings. Darkness fell over the horizon and the Lions finished the day with a 5-1 loss. Last Sunday, the Behead Lions had a twinbill with Bethany College. The Lions fell in both games to the Bisons, 3-1 and 12-3. In the first game, Behtend starter Daryl Schmidt allowed just seven hits, but did not have much run support. Vitron drove in the only Beluend run in the seventh inning, scoring Green. The second game saw Bethany score seven runs in the first three innings., McGuire scored two runs for the Lions and Burchanowski and Hager had two second With the start of a new baseball season, more and nu►re records and all time standings continue to be set. This summers should he no exception. Cleveland designated hitter I Murray has the chance to gain the most ground in the record hooks. if he plays 133 games this season, Murray will pass Dodger great Rusty Staub into eighth place on the all-time games played list. Murray needs 370 at bats to cruise into seventh place all-time, passing Stan "The Man" Musial. But the records Murray aims at don't stop there. Murray got his cAR TH GALLEFIY 4 4:4 " i s* k.p ittstrt 3 AIL -7, 4437 Bu ff * APP*-4.;:eiwti 8782 ler 1,1.4,,,„, lasi *OMIT! car d tra►Th. Cswi vs, m bul Fitment Thursday, April 4 1996 hits apiece. The Lions hit the rchd this Saturday against Division DI powerhouse Allegheny. Benim looks forward to the challenge of taking on a program that the Gators have. "[They are] usually ranked in the top 25 in the country. We need to go out there and play good baseball. It should be a good challenge for us, and as a team we're still fighting," Benim said. Benim used a little philosophy to describe his club's future. "The sun will come up tomorrow, and we're going to come out and play hard baseball. That's what I expect." 3000th hit last summer in Minnesota, but with 84 hits this season, he could pass former Kansas City stalwart George Brett into eleventh place. 500 home runs is also a milestone only dreamt about by some major leaguers, but Murray is in striking distance of that mark as well. Murray need 21 to reach that plateau. HARBORCREEK GIANT EAGLE 4400 Buffalo Rd. 99-5674
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