WASHINGTON - Under the Friday night lights, the Gallaudet University baseball team started its three-game United East Conference series against Penn State Harrisburg at Hoy Field. The Bison (5-24, 1-12 United East) fell to the Lions (15-14, 11-2 United East) in nine innings, 25-7

GU struck first with one run in the bottom of the first inning as junior Darren Drolsbaugh (Lansdale, Pa.) led things off with a hard hit to second base. Junior Frank Diaz (Far Rockaway, N.Y.) put down a sacrifice bunt to the pitcher to move Drolsbaugh over to second base. A passed ball allowed Drolsbaugh to scamper another 90 feet to third base before sophomore Salvador Diaz (Norwalk, Calif.) scored Drolsbaugh with a ground out. 

The Lions scored 23 unanswered runs from the second to seventh innings. Gallaudet outscored Penn State Harrisburg 6-2 over the final 2.5 innings of play. 

Sophomores Joshua Dugan (San Antonio, Texas) and Bryan Ramos-Navarro (Springfield, Mass.) singled to right field in the seventh and Dugan later scored on a Drolsbaugh double down the right-field line.

In the eighth, GU added five runs on three hits as the Lions issued five walks. Sophomore Shea Sliva-Wynne (Richmond, Texas) blasted a two-run triple to center field and scored one batter later on a Ramos-Navarro groundout. Penn State Harrisburg walked in a run and Meyer recorded a RBI single through the right side of the infield for the fifth run of the frame.

Freshman Johnathan Guerrero (Indio, Calif.) took the loss on the mound as he pitched 3.2 innings and struck out one. Freshman Robert Quigley (Mountain View, Calif.) came in to relieve Guerrero as he threw 2.1 innings and struck out one. Ramos-Navarro and Meyer combined to pitch the final three innings.

Penn State Harrisburg tallied 29 hits, a season-high off the Bison, including eight doubles in the nearly four-hour long game. Drew Harshbarger (3-3) threw five innings of three-hit ball as he allowed one unearned error and struck out seven. 

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Gallaudet will play its last home games of the 2022 season against Penn St.-Harrisburg tomorrow (Saturday, April 16) at noon on Senior Day.