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Ozzie Torres in action for the Panthers for the 2023 Baseball season.
Taylor Huck
Senior Ozzie Torres had four base hits in today's doubleheader.
13
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSU-H 0-1
14
Winner Ferrum FCB 3-2
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSU-H
0-1
13
Final
14
Ferrum FCB
3-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSU-H 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 2 2 13 16 2
Ferrum FCB 0 3 0 0 1 1 6 3 X 14 11 5

W: Smith, Tyler (1-0) L: R. Blatt (0-1) S: Sheppard, Matthew (1)

14
Winner Penn St.-Harrisburg PENN ST. 1-1
8
Ferrum FERRUM 3-3
Winner
Penn St.-Harrisburg PENN ST.
1-1
14
Final
8
Ferrum FERRUM
3-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn St.-Harrisburg PENN ST. 2 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 2 14 18 1
Ferrum FERRUM 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 8 10 3

W: H. Merritt (1-0) L: Swaim, Carson (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Splits with PSU-Harrisburg

FERRUM, Virginia -- Ferrum College split a non-conference baseball doubleheader with Penn State-Harrisburg this afternoon at home, winning the opener 14-13 and dropping the nightcap 14-8 at Panther Field.

RECORDS
Ferrum (3-3)
PSU-Harrisburg (1-1)

THE BASICS
Ferrum got three runs in the second inning of the opener, two on Enrique Diaz's single to center field and the other on Jaden Johnson's single to left. Penn State-Harrisburg picked up a run in the third inning and three in the fourth to grab a 4-3 lead after four full frames.

The Panthers tied it with a run in the bottom of the fifth when Ozzie Torres grounded into a double play and Diaz scored from third. The Nittany Lions got another run in the sixth, followed by a Ferrum run in the bottom of the inning on Benjamin Thomas's RBI single to right field to make it a 5-5 game after six innings. PSU plated four runs in the top of the seventh, only to see the Panthers respond with six runs in the bottom of the frame, including Thomas' 2-RBI triple.

In the second game, PSU got two runs in the first inning, one in the second, one in the fourth, six in the fifth and one in the sixth to open a commanding 11-1 lead after six full innings. Ferrum picked up a run in the seventh inning when Mason Sheesley scored on a wild pitch to make it a 12-2 game.

The Panthers scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, including two on Shawn Baxter's RBI double to right center. Ferrum then scored a run in the ninth frame off an Elijah Silver RBI double to right for the final 14-8 score.

KEY STATS - Game 1
Ferrum: Clayton Michael 2-5, 2 runs, RBI, SB; RP Tyler Smith (1-0) 1 inn, 3 hits, 2 ER
PSU-H: Matt Parks 3-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI; Riley Blatt L, 0-1) 0.2 inn, 2 hits, 3 ER

KEY STATS - Game 2
PSU-H: SP Hunter Merritt (W, 1-0) 5 inn, 4 hits, 1 ER, 3K; Maddux Ryan 4-5, double, run, RBI
Ferrum: Ozzie Torres 3-6, RBI, walk; SP Carson Swaim (L, 0-1) 4.1 inn, 7 hits, 3 ER

NEXT UP
Coach Ryan Brittle's team will face PSU-Harrisburg Sunday, February 26, in another doubleheader starting at noon.
    
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