Drew Haines
Drew Haines
2
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 11-17
15
Winner Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD 8-18
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST.
11-17
2
Final
15
Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD
8-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 0
Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD 3 1 3 8 0 0 X 15 14 0

W: Golden, Joe (3-0) L: N. DeCristof (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Haines Career Day Helps Griffins Cruise Past Nittany Lions

Gwynedd Valley, Pa. (4/14/2024) - Gwynedd Mercy University (9-18) welcomed Penn State Abington (11-18) to Frank O. Genuardi Legends Field where the Griffins offense started out hot and stayed hot throughout the contest. After recording 12 hits just the day before to Marymount University, the Red and Gold registered 14 hits in just six innings of work to the Nittany Lions and won by a final score of 15-2 in seven innings. Freshman infielder Drew Haines (Hammonton, N.J.) had a career day, going three-of-five from the dish with a career-high five runs-batted-in (RBI). Senior pitcher Joe Golden (Churchville, Pa.) picked up his third win (3-0) of the season with a final stat line of (3.0IP, 5H, 2ER, 5K). 

Griffin Highlights: 

  • Gwynedd Mercy came out of the gates hot with senior utility player Frank Ebling (Cherry Hill, N.J.) drilling a ball to the left field fence scoring senior outfielder Cooper Root (Runnemede, N.J.) (1-0). Just a batter later, Haines came up to the plate and hit his first two RBIs in the contest with a single to center field. Both Ebling and sophomore outfielder Sam Junker (Ambler, Pa.) scored bringing the lead to 3-0.  
  • In the next inning (2), more traffic on the bases led to another run for the Griffins as Junker hit a sacrifice fly to right field allowing junior catcher Justin Smith (Broomall, Pa.) to score (4-0).  
  • In the third inning, freshman infielder Ryan Horner (Cinnaminson, N.J.) showed good discipline at the plate and walked, bringing home Haines (5-0). Root showed good small ball fundamentals with a sacrifice bunt scoring senior infielder Nick Price (Levittown, Pa.) (6-0). Junker would cap things off in the inning with a single through the middle of the diamond bringing home Smith and bringing the score to 7-0.  
  • Gwynedd Mercy would score their final eight runs in the fourth inning with two runs scoring on wild pitches, Root with an RBI single, Junker a single to shortstop, Ebling with a bases-loaded walk, and a Haines three RBI double to left field.  

Gwynedd Mercy University hosts 309 rival Arcadia University on Tuesday, April 16, for a 3:30 p.m. contest.  

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