Penn St. Abington 16, Lancaster Bible 3

Abington Starting Lineup
1. Swain 2b, 2. Fogel c, 3. McCarty ss, 4. Petrucell rf, 5. Morales 1b, 6. Doherty lf, 7. Bencardin dh, 8. Lastowka 3b, 9. Crisci cf and 10. Wiley p

LBC Starting Lineup
1. Blake Greenly 3b, 2. Jaden Pinkney cf, 3. Brian Coburn ss, 4. Tyler Cunningham lf, 5. Ethan Varricchione dh, 6. Harrison Hobdy 2b, 7. James Toney 1b, 8. Josh Noll c, 9. Kaden Hunt rf, 10. Trevor High p

How It Happened
The Lancaster Bible College baseball team dropped game one of its three game series with Penn St. Abington, falling by a score of 16-3 on Friday, April 8.

Penn State Abington (16-8 Overall, 6-4 United East) jumped out to an early lead, scoring 12 runs in the first three innings to seize the early momentum. The Chargers (13-12 Overall, 8-2 United East) got on the board in the sixth inning. With two outs in the inning, Ethan Varricchione smashed a home run over the left center field fence. Two innings later, Brian Coburn crushed a solo home run to left center, bringing LBC back with 10 runs, making the score 12-2. The Lions answered back, tacking on four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. LBC made on final push in the ninth inning. Blake Greenly singled into left field and stole second. After Jaden Pinkney worked a walk, Coburn smack a single, allowing Greenly to score from second base. LBC could not get any closer, falling 16-3.

Inside the Numbers
- Brian Coburn led LBC's offense, going 3-4 with a home run, driving in two total RBIs
- Ethan Varricchione went 1-2, launching a solo home run
- Tyler Cunningham and Blake Greenly collected the Chargers' other two hits

On the Mound
- Trevor High pitched 2.2 innings, allowing 12 runs on 13 hits
- Jacob Stolte came on in relief and pitched 5.1 innings, allowing four runs on three hits

Who's Next
The Chargers will continue their series with Penn St. Abington, taking on the Lions at 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 9.

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