Brandywine Baseball falls short to Penn College in first round of PSUAC playoffs

The Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) baseball championships began today on Medlar Field at Lubrano Stadium.  #3 seeded Penn State Brandywine took the field against the #2 seed Penn College.  The game was a rematch of a double header played on Sunday 4/21 when the Brandywine Lions split with the Wildcats.  The elements cooperated for the first time all season and the game took place in great baseball weather.  The game shaped up as a pitcher's duel as both teams stranded runners in the first inning.  Penn College jumped on Matthew Trotta in the second and turned four singles in to 2 runs.  Trotta pitched out of a bases loaded jam to end the inning.  Trotta settled down and held the Wildcats at bay with a wicked curveball and off speed pitches they could not figure out.  Brandywine stranded runners in the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th innings but finally were able to bring in a run in the 5^th inning when Charles "Tre" Herman and Dan McMenamin each singled.  Jim Murphy's sacrifice bunt moved Herman  to third andJimmy Quinn's sacrifice drive brought him home.  Trotta quieted the Wildcat bats with six consecutive outs contributing two put outs himself.  With their backs against the wall in the seventh inning, Brandywine rallied and  Herman was pushed home on a hit by Jimmy Quinn.  The game went into extra innings.  Brandywine went down quickly in the top of the eighth inning.  Matthew Trotta quickly took care of the first two Penn College batters with a fly out and some great fielding from the mound.  The next batter was able to get an infield single and Penn College won the game on a ball that skittered into the outfield off an Brandywine player. They will play the loser of the Penn State Greater Allegheny/Penn State Beaver game that takes place tonight.  The game will again be at Medlar Field at 12 PM.