Montclair, NJ – Senior
SAM ANGELO homered twice as the No. 23 Montclair State baseball team topped Penn State-Abington 25-6 Wednesday.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Montclair (8-1) wasted no time and scored four times in the bottom of the first. With two on and two out, JASON MOORE delivered a three-run home run to left-center, giving Montclair a 3-0 lead. The Red Hawks, who sent 10 men to plate in the frame, capped off the inning as REECE MALEK was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
- The Nittany Lions trimmed the lead in half in the second, scoring two runs. They made it 4-3 on a solo home run in the top of the fourth before Montclair broke the game open in the home half of the frame.
- Angelo doubled home RYAN MCKENNA with one down in the fourth, and another run came home when XANDER NABORS was drilled with a pitch with the bags full. ANTHONY GUARINO laced a single to right-center to score one before a wild pitch and sac fly brought in two additional runs.
- The senior Angelo belted his first home run of the day in the fifth, a three-run shot to make it 12-3. The following inning, Angelo returned with two men on and promptly deposited the offering beyond the left-center field wall.
- Penn State-Abington tallied three runs in the seventh, but the Red Hawks added four during their turn at the dish. McKenna notched a two-run triple before an RBI groundout from MATT KALISKE and a ribbie single from Moore pushed the lead to 20-6.
- Montclair added five runs on one hit in the eighth, as Malek had an RBI single up the middle. The four runs scooted across home plate on wild pitches by the Nittany Lions reliever.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Angelo knocked in a career-high seven runs, falling two short of the school record.
- McKenna went 3-for-5 at the top of the lineup, joining Angelo with three hits.
- Kaliske, MILES FEASTER, Moore, and Malek collected two hits apiece.
- MICHAEL TIMBERLAKE earned his first career win, throwing 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief.
FROM THE FIELD
"Congratulations to (Michael) Timberlake on his first career victory." – Head Coach Dave Lorber
UP NEXT
The Red Hawks host Franklin & Marshall in a doubleheader Saturday, with the first pitch scheduled for 1 pm.