UPB Beats Brockport State
Justin Smith and Josh Mesler drove in three runs apiece as Pitt-Bradford defeated Brockport State 9-4 in non-conference baseball on Tuesday.
The Panthers scored four runs in the second inning on two-run singles by Mesler and Derek Smith, and then added two runs in the fifth on RBI singles by John Bizzak and Mesler.
Pitt-Bradford then tacked on three more in the sixth on a bases-loaded triple by Smith. All nine of the Panthers' hits occurred in their three scoring innings.
"We are a streaky hitting group and it worked in our favor today," said Bret Butler, Pitt-Bradford head coach. "We are a young team and we dwell on them to forget their mistakes and go on to the next at bat."
Jeremy Grove allowed five hits and just one earned run in 5.2 innings in improving to 2-0 on the season. James Ashley relinquished just two hits and no earned runs in 3.1 innings for his first save on the year.
"We needed that (pitching)," Butler declared. "I was tough on our bullpen in our four-game losing streak, but today James (Ashley) pitched three good innings. Jeremy (Grove) gave us six good innings, and he kept the ball down and got ahead of the hitters."
The Panthers (6-4) will host Allegheny College on Wednesday (3:30 p.m.). You can hear the game on tape delay at 7:10 p.m. on 1490 WESB.
The Panthers scored four runs in the second inning on two-run singles by Mesler and Derek Smith, and then added two runs in the fifth on RBI singles by John Bizzak and Mesler.
Pitt-Bradford then tacked on three more in the sixth on a bases-loaded triple by Smith. All nine of the Panthers' hits occurred in their three scoring innings.
"We are a streaky hitting group and it worked in our favor today," said Bret Butler, Pitt-Bradford head coach. "We are a young team and we dwell on them to forget their mistakes and go on to the next at bat."
Jeremy Grove allowed five hits and just one earned run in 5.2 innings in improving to 2-0 on the season. James Ashley relinquished just two hits and no earned runs in 3.1 innings for his first save on the year.
"We needed that (pitching)," Butler declared. "I was tough on our bullpen in our four-game losing streak, but today James (Ashley) pitched three good innings. Jeremy (Grove) gave us six good innings, and he kept the ball down and got ahead of the hitters."
The Panthers (6-4) will host Allegheny College on Wednesday (3:30 p.m.). You can hear the game on tape delay at 7:10 p.m. on 1490 WESB.
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