ERIE, Pa. – Looking to bounce back in game two at Mercyhurst, IUP baseball turned to ace
Mark Edeburn. Edeburn delivered in a big way, becoming the program's all-time innings pitched leader in a 3-1 victory. The Lakers claimed game one with an 8-1 victory against the Crimson Hawks.
The playoff field has been set going into the final day of the regular season around the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). Tomorrow will determine the seeding breakdown in both divisions.
IUP moves to 29-13 on the season and 17-9 in divisional play.
Game One: Mercyhurst 8, IUP 1
The IUP offense mustered just three hits in the opening game as Mercyhurst methodically built an advantage. Mercyhurst pushed across three runs each in the third and sixth innings, adding single runs in the second and fifth for an 8-1 victory against the Crimson Hawks.
Au'sean Owens,
Brady Yard and
David Kessler collected the hits for IUP. Corbin Foy notched the win on the mound with five shutout innings for the Lakers.
Derrick Shields was tagged with the loss for IUP, pitching 5.0 innings.
Sebastian Rosado-Guindin entered for the final inning in relief.
The Lakers opened the scoring with a home run in the second, expanding the margin to 4-0 after a pair of run-scoring hits in the third. The Lakers converted with the bases loaded in the sixth to put the game away.
Game Two: IUP 3, Mercyhurst 1
Edeburn surpassed Anthony Zambotti for the program innings pitched mark on Thursday. He set the program mark at 229 innings, capping the day with a complete game one hitter.
Edeburn posted four strikeouts, walking two and picking up the win with 87 pitches. It was the fifth complete game of the season for Edeburn and the 17th of his career, tied for fourth in program history.
The Hawks took an early lead on an
Elijah Dunn triple in the first. Mercyhurst leveled the score at one with an opposite field solo homer in the third inning, the lone blemish for Edeburn on the afternoon.
Edeburn worked around a leadoff walk in the fifth, inducing a pair of infield popups that kept the score knotted at one. Dunn drew a hard-earned walk with two down in the sixth for IUP, later scoring the go-ahead run two batters later.
Edeburn recorded his third strikeout of the afternoon at a clutch time, ending the Mercyhurst threat in the bottom of the sixth. Yard gave IUP some insurance with an RBI double in the top of the seventh.
Edeburn sent the Lakers down in order in the home half of the seventh.
Up Next
IUP concludes the regular season with a home doubleheader against Mercyhurst, finishing out a four-game series on Friday, May 3 at Dougherty Field.
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