2 CAPITAL TIMES, April 26, 1991
Baseball team keeps playoff hopes alive
Mike Givler
Capital Times Sports
The Penn State Harrisburg baseball
team has recently shown some life after
their less than impressive season start.
The team recently won four of six games
in one stretch to keep their playoff hopes
alive. Here's a brief recap:
April 10: Alvernia 23 (5 innings),
20 (5 innings) PSH 2,7
In a game marred by wind blown fly
balls and sloppy Lion defense, Alvernia
pounded out 27 hits in the 10 innings
that were played and the Lions made 15
errors that put the games out of reach
early. In the first game, the Lions made
five errors while surrendering 2
homeruns to Alvernia in the home loss.
Derek Slocum (1 for 1), Marshall
Walters (1 for 2) and John White (1 for
3, RBI) provided the only offense for the
Lions. In the second game of the twin
bill, a 12-run second inning for Alvernia
spelled doom for the Lions as they
committed a total of 10 errors. Buddy
Dodson went 1 for 3 with an RBI and
Wayne Brizant, Jerry Deßalko and Scott
Werkheiser each had a hit in 2 at-bats.
April 12: PSH 9,4 Gallaudet 3,5
(8 innings)
The Lions combined 13 hits with the
good pitching of Keith Lapinas (6 strike
outs) to beat the Bisons in the first
game. Tim Gallagher had 3 hits in 4 at
bats and collected 3 RBl's for the Lions.
Dodson also had 3 hits in 5 trips to the
plate. The "Killer Ws", Werkheiser (2
for 4 with a triple and 2 RBl's), White (2
for 4, RBI) and Walters (2 for 3, RBI),
also had hot bats for the Lions. In the
second game, 2 errors in the eighth
inning cost the Lions a sweep in D.C.,
but once again the Lions had hot bats
with 9 hits in the game. Slocum went 2
for 3 with one RBI and Dodson had 2
hits in 5 appearances at the dish with an
RBI. Both players provided much of the
Lion offense.
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April 13: PSH 10 Beaver 9
In a game played in steady rain, the
Lions narrrowly escaped with a one run
victory after leading the game at one
point by 9 runs. The Lions scored 5
runs in the fifth, only to be out done by
Beaver who scored 6 runs in the seventh.
But, the tying Beaver run was thrown
out at the plate for the final out of the
game, and giving the Lions the win.
Dodson had a hit in his only official at
bat but had 4 RBl's to help the Lion
cause. Lapinas went 1 for 2 and White
also had 4 RBl's for the Lions. In the
second game, the Lions held a 3-0 lead
in the bottom of the first when the rain
picked up and the game was cancelled.
April 16: Philadelphia Bible 11
PSH 1
Four costly Lion errors handed Philly
Bible a win in Harrisburg as the Lions
lost a game they should have easily
won. Werkheiser had 2 hits in 4 at-bats
while pitching 3 innings and striking
out 3 batters in relief. Slocum (2 for 3)
and Deßalko (1 for 1, double) were the
Lion offensive stars.
April 18: PSH 10,7 Lancaster
Bible 3,3
Lapinas pitched a four hitter for his
third win of the year while striking out 8
in Lancaster. He also helped his own
cause with 2 hits in 4 plate appearances.
Ron Morris and Mike Givler each had 3
hits and 3 RBl's for the Lions and
Walters went 2 for 3. Gallagher hit the
first Lion home run of the year to help
the Lions to their fifth win of the year.
In the second game, Givler won his
second game of the year by striking out
5 batters and going 2 for 4 with an RBI
at the plate. Deßalko and Dodson each
had 1 hit in 3 at-bats with an RBI for the
Lions and Greg Scott provided some
long ball hitting by smashing a triple.
April 19: Mount Alto 7,5 PSH
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In a scrimmage game for the Lions,
White and Gallagher slammed round
trippers and Jeff Baughman and Lapinas
each had 2 hits. In the second game,
White pitched 4 2/3 innings of shut-out
ball for the Lions and Gallagher had the
Lion RBl's. Bob McDonald, Slocum
and Walters (double) each had a hit in 3
trips to the plate.
April 25: Washington Bible 9 (10
innings) PSH 8
In a game that saw the Lions
overcome a 5-run deficit in Maryland,
Washington Bible scored 3 runs in the
bottom of the tenth to pull out the win.
The Lions had scored 2 runs in the top
of the tenth, but some clutch hitting by
Washington Bible proved costly for the
Lions. Deßalko had a pinch hit double
that scored two Lions and made the score
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6-6 after the Lions had trailed by 5 runs
early. Slocum pitched 9 2/3 strong
innings and also went 3 for 5. Walters
also had 3 hits in 5 trips and Gallagher
was the defensive star as he picked off 5
opposing runners from behind the plate
and he also had 2 RBl's.
From statistics compiled through the
Philadelphia Bible game, here are some
of the Lion leaders in batting and
pitching: Buddy Dodson leads the team
with a .371 average and also leads the
team with 3 doubles. Scott Werkheiser
is second in average at .367 and leads the
team in triples with 2. John White leads
the team with 9 RBl's and Ron Morris
leads the team with 4 stolen bases.
Keith Lapinas leads the team in victories
(2) and saves (1), and Mike Givler leads
the team with a 4.61 ERA.
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