Collegian Staff Writer

Penn State and Nebraska’s baseball teams have combined for more than 6,000 games played and nearly 4,000 wins since both programs began playing more than 100 years ago.

Yet, the two programs have never faced each other on the diamond.

That should change in two seasons, when Nebraska begins competition as a member of the Big Ten.

The history the Cornhuskers have built while playing in the Big 12 has the Penn State players and coaches excited to face Nebraska and hopefully create a new rivalry.

via Baseball excited for Nebraska matchup – The Daily Collegian Online.

Penn State junior catcher Ben Heath doesn’t know what to expect when it comes to the baseball draft. But he’s ready for anything.

“I’m really busy right now, talking to a lot of teams,” Heath said Monday during a visit to the CBS 21 News studio. “Hopefully, something will work out. If not I’ll be back in school next year and hope to have another good year.”

It will be hard to top the season he just had.

via Penn State’s Ben Heath ready for baseball draft – CBS 21 News – Breaking news, sports and weather for the Harrisburg Pennsylvania area.

The Nittany Lions are coming off a weekend split at the Coca-Cola Classic hosted by Winthrop. The squad advanced to the Championship Game before falling to Kent State, 10-5.

via Baseball Game at Pittsburgh Moved to Wednesday – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE.

Collegian Staff Writer

Despite his team giving up 86 runs in nine games last week, Penn State baseball coach Robbie Wine learned something about his pitching staff — it’s better than he thought.

Though the team gave up an average of 10.9 runs per game in last week’s seven-straight losses, Wine said those games allowed him to work more pitchers into the rotation than he originally planned.

And, for the most part, he liked what he saw

via Long road stretch benefits pitchers – The Daily Collegian Online.

Collegian Staff Writer

Freshman Steve Snyder was in unusual surroundings during Saturday’s game against Texas State.

The Penn State baseball team’s regular center fielder warmed up his arm in the bullpen located in foul territory of right field in the Bobcat Baseball Stadium.

When the Nittany Lions (4-8) were retired in the top of the seventh inning, Snyder jogged out to the mound to pitch for the first time since early last season, when he was in high school.

Snyder, along with first baseman Joey DeBernardis, allowed no runs while pitching the seventh and eighth innings in Saturday’s 15-6 loss to the Bobcats, after Penn State used eight pitchers the game before.

The two position players welcomed the opportunity to give the Lions’ pitchers a rest after they played nine games in 10 days against tough competition

via Position players relieve tired staff – The Daily Collegian Online.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Following Sunday’s first Fall game, the Penn State baseball team is back in action this weekend with two more intrasquad contests, Friday (Sept. 18) at 5:30 p.m. and Sunday (Sept. 20) at 1 p.m.

Last Friday’s Fall opener was canceled due to heavy rain in the area. The Nittany Lions did play their first game on Sunday.

via Baseball Set for Pair of Intrasquad Games This Weekend – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE .

via Nittany Lions to Face Cincinnati, Seton Hall & Notre Dame in Big Ten/BIG EAST Baseball Challenge – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE .

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State baseball team opens its fall schedule this weekend with a pair of intrasquad games, Friday (Sept. 11) at 5 p.m. and Sunday (Sept. 13) at 12:30 p.m. Both games will be played at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park and are open to the public.

via Baseball to Open Fall Slate at Home This Weekend – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE .

The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – One of nearly two dozen undrafted rookies with Carolina, Anthony Scirrotto faces long odds to make the Panthers’ regular-season roster.

Only the former Penn State safety has a fallback plan: professional baseball.

Sure, Scirrotto hasn’t played competitively since he was a power-hitting high school shortstop four years ago. But it didn’t stop the Kansas City Royals from taking him last week in the 50th and final round of the draft.

“This is my first priority, I want to play football,” Scirrotto said after Monday’s offseason workout with the Panthers. “But I look at (baseball) as a business opportunity.”

How Scirrotto got drafted in baseball and not football is a story that involves a pulled hamstring, a scout who got a bigger job, a high school coach who became a police detective but kept his baseball connections and a round of golf.

via Panthers rookie Scirrotto has baseball backup plan | AP | 06/15/2009.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Following an inaugural event in which nearly 17,000 spectators attended games in a three-day period, the second Big Ten/BIG EAST Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, has been confirmed for the weekend of Feb. 26-28, 2010. The 2010 edition, to be held in St. Petersburg and Clearwater, FL, will feature 10 teams from each conference competing in 30 games and be managed by API Sports.

via The Buckeye Nine.