WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Gallaudet University dropped two close United East Conference games to Penn College here Friday at Bowman Field. The Wildcats hung on to win the first game, 4-2, and took the second game, 9-7.
Gallaudet (7-16, 1-4 United East) loaded the bases against Penn College (9-8, 4-1 United East) in the top of the seventh inning in the first game as the Bison trailed by two runs, 4-2. Unfortunately, the Bison hit into a game-ending double play with a fly out and a runner getting thrown out at the plate.
GU hit into a double player earlier in the game in the fifth inning but that time a run scored to cut the Penn College lead in half.
The Bison got on the scoreboard in the top of the fourth when starting pitcher
Brandon Drolsbaugh (Lansdale, Pa.) helped his own cause with a RBI single to plate junior
Joshua Dugan (San Antonio, Texas).
Penn College scored two runs in the first, added a run in the third and fourth innings in the win.
Drolsbaugh (1-4) took the loss as he surrendered four runs (two earned) on seven hits, four walks and two strikeouts in six innings pitched.
In the second game, GU jumped to an early 3-0 lead, but the Wildcats scored seven unanswered runs in a span of three innings. The score remained 7-3 in favor of Penn College until the sixth inning when GU pushed across two runs to cut in the lead, 7-5.
In the bottom of the sixth, Penn College got two runs back on a double from Jacob Carles.
GU scored twice in the seventh with RBI singles from junior
Salvador Diaz (Norwalk, Calif.) and Dugan. Diaz led the Bison at the plate going 2-for-5 with three runs scored and one RBI.
Senior starting pitcher
Austin Sliva-Wynne (Rosenberg, Texas) took the loss as he allowed seven runs (one earned) on five hits, two walks and two strikeouts in four innings pitched.
This was Gallaudet's first games at Bowman Field and the first at Penn College in six years.
UP NEXT
GU returns home to Hoy Field and will play host to Penn College on Sunday, March 26, to complete the three-game series with the Wildcats. The Bison will be the "away" team for this nine-inning game on the GU turf field since Penn College's grass field is not playable this weekend.