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By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer Despite tying the game in the top of the ninth inning, the Penn State baseball team lost, 5-4, when Texas State hit a walk-off single in the home half of the ninth. Freshman Steve Snyder tied the game at four with an RBI infield single, but the Nittany Lions [...]

By Stephen Hennessey Collegian Staff Writer Steven Hill knew his teammates had a rally in them. The Penn State baseball team had lost its last four games by a total of 44 runs, but Hill exited Sunday’s game with his team trailing by only two runs. The Nittany Lions tied the game in the eighth [...]

College baseball winners and losers Penn State (4-8) – Robbie Wine and the Nittany Lions couldn’t wait to leave the Lone Star State. The Nittany Lions began the week with a pair of midweek setbacks against Texas A&M before getting swept in a three-game set against Texas State. The Lions lost seven straight contests on [...]

Texas State hitters had much to celebrate during a weekend in which they scored 40 runs on 41 hits in a three-game sweep of Penn State at Bobcat Field. STAFF REPORT When they needed them, and when they didn’t, the hits kept coming during the weekend for the Texas State Bobcats, who polished off a [...]

Penn State heads home following Spring Trip; return to action at the Coca-Cola Classic next weekend. SAN MARCOS, Texas – Despite an impressive pitching performance from freshman Steven Hill (Colleyville, Texas), Texas State broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the seventh inning on its way to a 5-4 win over the Penn State [...]

By Alex Angert Collegian Staff Writer Penn State lost its sixth game in a row Saturday, falling to Texas State, 15-6, on Saturday. After allowing 44 runs in the past three games, the Nittany Lions were torched again as the Bobcats jumped out to an early lead after a three-run first inning home run. Starter [...]

Penn State racks up 13 hits led by four multiple-hit efforts. SAN MARCOS, Texas – Despite battling back from an early deficit, Texas State responded with 10 of the game’s final 11 runs on its way to a 15-6 win over the Penn State baseball team on Saturday. The Nittany Lions evened the score at [...]

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer The Penn State baseball team (4-6) dropped its fifth-straight game Friday when it fell, 20-6, to Texas State (6-5). The Bobcats had a slim 4-3 lead heading into the bottom of the fourth inning before they jumped on the Nittany Lions' relief pitching for six runs to stretch their [...]

Bobcat Baseball Bounces Back, Blows By Penn State The Texas State Baseball team has certainly bounced back into their winning ways with a dominating performance Friday night against the Penn State Lions. With a heartbreaking loss against the heavily favored Texas Longhorns, the ‘Cats have showed their fighting ways against the adversity of facing a [...]

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State took advantage of 15 walks and four hit-by-pitches on its way to a 20-6 win over the Penn State baseball team on Friday evening. Sophomore Joey DeBernardis' (Lake Zurich, Ill.) three-run home run cut the Bobcats' lead to 4-3, but Penn State pitchers couldn't find the strike zone in [...]

By Randy Stevens Sports Editor San Marcos — Perhaps all the Texas State bats needed was a little home cooking. Playing their fifth game at home in Friday night’s series opener against Penn State, the Bobcat offense unleashed on the Nittany Lions for a 20-6 win in the friendly confines of Bobcat Stadium. Texas State [...]

The Texas State baseball team will wrap up its spring break schedule this weekend when they host Penn State in a three-game series, beginning 6:30 p.m. Friday . The Bobcats and Nittany Lions will play Saturday at 2 p.m. and wrap the series Sunday afternoon at 11 a.m. All three games can be heard live [...]