2.May.2010 at 2 | UncleLar
Heath Ties Home Run Record, Lutz Goes The Distance as Baseball Completes Sweep of Michigan State, 9-1
Nittany Lions hand Michigan State three losses after it entered the weekend with a stellar 28-11 record.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State baseball team wrapped up one of its best weekends in recent memory by topping Michigan State, 9-1, for its fifth straight Big Ten win on Sunday afternoon at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Junior Ben Heath (Huntersville, N.C.) hit his 16th and 17th home runs of the season to tie the 32-year Penn State (20-23, 7-8 Big Ten) season record while senior David Lutz (West Chester, Pa.) made his first-career start and went the distance for the Lions’ first nine-inning complete game since 2008. The squad hosts Iowa next weekend, with all three games broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.
“We’re trying to win every inning,” said head coach Robbie Wine. “The stuff we've been preaching all year is taking place right now.”
The victory gives Penn State its first series sweep of the season while in the process, scoring the most runs in a three-game Big Ten series in school history. The Nittany Lions won the series by a combined score of 49-13 after winning the first two games, 18-7 and 22-5.
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