Lehigh University
Penn St
Lehigh closes out spring break with loss to PSU
3/8/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Ken Longernecker was charged with the loss after going 2.0 innings and giving up five runs. Lehigh fell behind by as much as 11-0 in its final game in
“They hit the ball hard pretty much the whole game,” Lehigh head coach Sean Leary said. “It’s been a rough week for our pitchers.”
Lehigh’s offense came to life in the eighth inning, when it scored four runs to cut the deficit to 13-5. But
Lehigh registered nine hits on the day, with Mark Bernhard and Geoff Campbell each recording multi-hit games. The Mountain Hawks got runs batted in from Campbell, Andy Russell, Brendan Pifer and two from Jim McConlogue.
“We’re anxious to get back and start practice again,” Leary said. “We have a lot to do when we get back. We learned a lot of things, and we’re going to need to improve for next weekend and for Patriot League play.”
The Mountain Hawks return to action on Friday when they travel to
