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Nittany Lions begin the second half of their Big Ten schedule against the Spartans. • The Penn State baseball team looks to knock off its second first-place team in as many weekends when it hosts Michigan State in a key series beginning Friday at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Spartans (28-11, 7-5 Big Ten) [...]

Baseball Hosts Iowa May 7-9 on BTN UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; – The Big Ten Network will televise five Penn State softball and baseball games during the first week of May. All five nine contests will air in HD. The Nittany Lion softball team visits Northwestern this weekend. The Big Ten Network will carry games live [...]

Solid pitching performances not enough as Lions fall in midweek affair. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State baseball team outhit the La Salle Explorers, 11-6 on Tuesday night, but could only produce two runs as it fell, 3-2, in a nonconference matchup at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The combination of juniors Calvin Grumley [...]

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Mario Eramo hit two home runs last weekend in front of many friends and family in Columbus. April 26, 2010 • Coming off the program’s first-ever road series victory at Ohio State, the Penn State baseball team looks to continue the momentum when it hosts La Salle on Tuesday at 6:35 p.m. Following a hard-fought [...]

By Alex Angert Collegian Staff Writer On Sunday against Ohio State, senior David Lutz made history — and he had no idea it happened. Pitching in his third game in as many days, Lutz unknowingly recorded the 76th appearance of his collegiate career to move into a first-place tie in the Penn State record books. [...]

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer This past weekend’s series gave Ben Heath a chance to match up against Ohio State’s Dan Burkhart — one of the top catchers in the nation — and Heath shined. The Buckeyes’ backstop is the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year and was voted by PING! Baseball and [...]

Junior catcher is now within two home runs of tying the school’s 32-year season record. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State junior catcher Ben Heath (Huntersville, N.C.) was named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on Monday following a strong week highlighted by the Lions’ first-ever series win at Ohio State. Overall, Heath hit .429 [...]

Team WinPct Pyth% Luck 1 Michigan State .703 .734 -.031 2 Michigan .641 .659 -.018 3 Purdue .590 .629 -.039 4 Ohio State .629 .574 .055 5 Indiana .526 .514 .012 6 Minnesota .400 .486 -.086 7 Illinois .500 .480 .020 8 Penn State .436 .427 .009 9 Northwestern .395 .372 .023 10 Iowa .432 [...]

Team W-L Pct RPI 1 Michigan 25 – 14 – 0 0.641 63 2 Michigan State 26 – 11 – 0 0.703 71 3 Ohio State 22 – 11 – 0 0.667 86 4 Indiana 18 – 18 – 0 0.500 114 5 Illinois 17 – 18 – 0 0.486 141 6 Iowa 16 – [...]

Four weeks into the season and just three games separate last place (Penn State) from first (three tied). Looks like it could be a really close race all season long. Team W-L GB Pct 1 Michigan State 7 – 5 – 0 – 0.583 1 Ohio State 7 – 5 – 0 – 0.583 1 [...]

Taking two out of three from a quality team in Ohio State got the RPI headed back in the right direction at #155

Nittany Lions return home for a seven-game homestand beginning Tuesday. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Strong pitching from sophomore Ryan Ignas (North Wales, Pa.) coupled with another offensive outburst led the Penn State baseball team to a 14-6 win at Ohio State on a rainy Sunday afternoon. The victory gave the Nittany Lions' (17-22, 4-8 Big Ten) [...]

By Alex Angert Collegian Staff Writer A day after being held to only one run by Ohio State’s pitching ace, Penn State’s bats came alive on Saturday as the baseball team defeated the Buckeyes 18-10. Penn State (16-22, 3-8 Big Ten) came out swinging from the start and put up four runs in the first [...]