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 (4-8) couldn’t force the game into extra innings. Texas State’s Shaun Garcia singled to center field to plate the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to finish off a sweep of the Lions.

Lion starter Stephen Hill pitched a strong game while getting a no-decision. Hill went six innings and allowed two runs on eight hits.

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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 inning, but Texas State won, 5-4, on a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning off junior pitcher Jesse Alfreno.

“We haven’t been in many ball games. The last couple of them, we tipped our cap early and bowed out,” Hill said.

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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 their Texas road trip. Home sweet Pennsylvania, or something like that.

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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 three-game baseball sweep of Penn State at Bobcat Field.

Following blowout wins of 20-6 on Friday and 15-6 on Saturday, the Bobcats needed clutch late hitting Sunday to pull out a 5-4 win to complete the sweep. With the game tied, 4-4, going to the bottom of the ninth, Kyle Livingstone walked on four pitches to lead off, moved to second on a sacrifice by Kyle Kubitza, took third on Jason Martinson’s single and crossed on a sacrifice fly by Shaun Garcia.

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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 baseball team on Sunday. The Nittany Lions came back from three different deficits, but could never get over the hump as the Bobcats walked off with the win in the bottom of the ninth. Penn State returns to action on Friday at the Coca-Cola Classic hosted by Winthrop University.

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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 Neal Herring gave up eight runs, five of which were earned, in three and a two-thirds innings while his replacement David Lutz gave up six runs in one inning pitched.

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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 five in the fourth inning, but the Bobcats responded with 10 runs over the next two innings to break the game open. Penn State looks to salvage the final game of the series on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET.

For the second straight game, Penn State racked up double-digit hits. This time, four Lions finished with a pair – junior Bobby Jacobs (West Chester, Pa.), redshirt freshman Elliot Searer (Lewistown, Pa.) and sophomores Joey DeBernardis (Lake Zurich, Ill.) and Jordan Steranka (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Jacobs led the way with his first home run of the season along with a double. Searer also had his first-career multi-hit game in only his second-career start.

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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 advantage to seven runs.

Texas State continued to add to its lead, as it scored 16 runs against the Lions' relievers.

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