Happy Valley Hardball with a sabermetrics twist

By Alex Angert Collegian Staff Writer In his 26 years of coaching and playing baseball at the collegiate and professional level, Robbie Wine has never seen a season begin the way this one did. After snow canceled Penn State’s opening series last week, the baseball team traveled to Florida for the second annual Big Ten/Big [...]

Louisville 3-0 Saint John’s 3-0 Penn State 2-1 Ohio State 2-1 Northwestern 2-1 Villanova 2-1 Michigan State 2-1 Iowa 2-1 Connecticut 2-1 Cincinnati 2-1 Indiana 1-2 Illinois 1-2 South Florida 1-2 West Virginia 1-2 Michigan 1-2 Notre Dame 1-2 Rutgers 1-2 Seton Hall 1-2 Purdue 0-3 Minnesota 0-3

Big East 17 Big Ten 13 Connecticut 9 Indiana 5 Louisville 5 Minnesota 4 Seton Hall 3 Northwestern 0 Notre Dame 9 Penn State 8 (10) Rutgers 6 Purdue 5 St. John’s 6 Illinois 4 Iowa 11 Villanova 2 Michigan 4 South Florida 2 Michigan State 17 West Virginia 5 Cincinnati 12 Ohio State 4

Nittany Lions play to their third extra-inning game in as many games this season. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Despite a pair of home runs from junior Ben Heath (Huntersville, N.C.), including one in the ninth to even the score, the Penn State baseball team fell to Notre Dame, 9-8 in 10 innings, at the Big [...]

After two games Ohio State 2-0 Penn State 2-0 Northwestern 2-0 Louisville 2-0 Villanova 2-0 Saint John’s 2-0 Indiana 1-1 Michigan State 1-1 Iowa 1-1 Illinois 1-1 Connecticut 1-1 Cincinnati 1-1 South Florida 1-1 West Virginia 1-1 Minnesota 0-2 Michigan 0-2 Purdue 0-2 Notre Dame 0-2 Rutgers 0-2 Seton Hall 0-2

Big Ten 10 Big East 10 Louisville 17 Michigan State 6 St. John’s 2 Michigan 1 South Florida 12 Illinois 3 Ohio State 10 Notre Dame 2 Northwestern 7 Rutgers 5 Cincinnati 7 Purdue 6 Connecticut 8 Minnesota 2 West Virgnia 9 Iowa 5 Penn State 3 Seton Hall 2 (13) Villanova 8 Indiana 1

Big Ten 7 Big East 5 Louisville 2 Michigan 0 Illinois 11 Notre Dame 1 Ohio State 4 South Florida 2 St. John’s 5 Minnesota 4 Villanova 13 Purdue 5 Indiana 10 West Virginia 8 Penn State 5 Cincinnati 4 (12) Michigan State 5 Seton Hall 3 Northwestern 6 Connecticut 5 (10) Iowa 6 Rutgers [...]

The Nittany Lions held Seton Hall scoreless over the final eight innings. CLEARWATER, Fla. – One day after staging a dramatic extra inning win, the Penn State baseball team continued its heroics Saturday, coming back to top Seton Hall, 3-2 in 13 innings at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge. The Nittany Lions trailed heading into [...]

Ryan Ignas pitched seven strong innings in only his third-career start. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Down to their last out in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Penn State baseball team racked off three consecutive hits to force extra innings before a Joey DeBernardis (Lake Zurich, Ill.) 12th-inning single gave the Lions a thrilling [...]