Collegian: Baseball team can’t overcome poor start

By Paul Casella

Collegian Staff Writer

Eight strong innings were not enough to overcome a treacherous first inning for the Penn State baseball team, in which it gave up six runs against Illinois.

The large first-inning deficit was too much for the Nittany Lions, as they fell to the conference foe Illini, 10-8.

Penn State starter Ryan Ignas settled down after giving up those six runs and managed to pitch 5.2 innings in the loss.

But a day after scoring a season-high 16 runs against the Illini, Penn State (11-14) couldn’t muster enough offense to overcome the early deficit and fell to 1-1 in conference play

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