Happy Valley Hardball with a sabermetrics twist

Penn State enters the weekend two games out of a postseason berth. • Despite struggling at Minnesota last weekend, the Penn State baseball team is still very much in the race for a Big Ten Tournament berth heading into a key series vs. Michigan to close the regular season. Gametimes are set for 6:35 p.m [...]

A forecast of rain has caused today’s game at Villanova to be cancelled.

Penn State is one game out of a Big Ten Tournament berth with six games still remaining. • The Penn State baseball team looks to bounce back from two straight defeats when it travels to Minnesota this weekend to play the Gophers in historic Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. With two series remaining, all 10 Big [...]

Nittany Lions look to continue their winning streak on national television this weekend. • Following a dominating series sweep over Michigan State last weekend, the Penn State baseball team looks to extend its Big Ten winning streak when it hosts Iowa in a trio of games to air live on the Big Ten Network. Gametimes [...]

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 [...]

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 At this point you’ve heard it for the thousandth time on the radio or over and over again at a party, there’s no escaping one of the hits of the year. “Tick Tock, on the clock. But the party don’t stop no. Woah-oh oh oh, Woah-oh oh oh.” And [...]

Penn State looks to win second straight against the Buckeyes. • Following a 1-1 week, the Nittany Lion baseball team heads to Columbus for a crucial weekend series at rival Ohio State. Penn State will face one of the nation's top pitchers in Alex Wimmers on Friday (6:35 p.m.) with the Saturday and Sunday games both [...]

Nittany Lions look to build off Tuesday’s comeback win over No. 24 Pittsburgh. • Following one of its most exciting wins of the season, the Penn State baseball team looks to continue the momentum into a weekend set at Purdue. Gametimes are set for 4 p.m. (Friday), 2 p.m. (Saturday) and 12 p.m. (Sunday). Both teams [...]

By Paul Casella Collegian Staff Writer When the Penn State baseball team takes the field at 6:05 tonight, things won’t look the same as they did when the Nittany Lions lost to Pittsburgh March 24. Penn State’s 7-4 loss at Trees Field that day marked the team’s third-straight loss and 10th in its last 12 [...]

Lighter Lashmet steps up glove game at hot corner By Christine Todd While his defense is much-impoved from last year, Chris Lashmet committed his 10th error of the season against Ohio State. In total, NU made four miscues Sunday. (Mackenzie McCluer/The Daily Northwestern) After Northwestern’s series opener against Ohio State, coach Paul Stevens looked over [...]

Nittany Lions look to bounce back from two straight Big Ten losses. • The Penn State baseball team looks to build off its fifth walk-off win of the season when it hosts Northwestern this weekend in the Big Ten home opener. The Nittany Lions are coming off a walk-off 7-6 victory over Bucknell on Tuesday. [...]

Penn State faces the Bison for the 147th all-time meeting. • Coming off its first Big Ten games of the season, the Penn State baseball team returns home to host longtime Pennsylvania rival Bucknell on Tuesday at 6:35 p.m. It marks the first of five straight games at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Lions [...]