Baseball rallies past past Pitt.-Greensburg

The Muskingum baseball team defeated Pitt.-Greensburg, 6-5, in a back-and-forth thriller at Mose Morehead Field on Tuesday evening. 

The Basics

• Records: Muskingum (7-11), Pitt-Greensburg (3-10)
• Location: Mose Morehead Field, New Concord, Ohio

How it Happened

The Muskies jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning before adding three runs in the bottom of the second, highlighted by RBIs from Tyler Mastro and Sam Palmieri. Pitt-Greensburg responded with four runs over the next four innings to take a 5-3 advantage. Muskingum cut the deficit to one in the seventh inning, as Josh Beavon drove in Jasper Owens to make it 5-4. The Muskies then reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the eighth, scoring two runs on RBIs from Chase Cox and Sam Palmieri. Max Vosters came on in the ninth inning and recorded two strikeouts to secure the save and seal the 6-5 victory.

Highlights

• Freshman Tyler Mastro led the Muskies with 3 hits along with an RBI on 4 at-bats. 
• Senior Sam Palmieri recorded three RBIs, including a two-run double in the third inning.  
• Freshman Josh Beavon tallied 2 hits on 4 at-bats and had an RBI.
• Freshman Chase Cox finished with an RBI on one hit.
• Sophomore Lex Castaneda started on the mound for the Muskies and pitched 4 innings, had 4 strikeouts, allowed 5 hits, and 2 runs. 
• Sophomore Coleman Harvey earned the win. 
• Senior Max Vosters brought the heat in the ninth to secure the save for the Muskies with two strikeouts.
• The Muskies had 10 total hits on the evening with 6 RBIs.

Up Next

• The Muskies will be back in action on March 26 against #1 Denison. First pitch is set for 5:00 PM in Granville.