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Fultineer Delivery
11
Pitt Johnstown UPJ-B 8-4
14
Winner Charleston UC 5-3
Pitt Johnstown UPJ-B
8-4
11
Final
14
Charleston UC
5-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pitt Johnstown UPJ-B 0 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 16 1
Charleston UC 0 2 4 6 0 0 1 1 X 14 14 0

W: Zona, Anthony (0-0) L: Shane Supanick (0-0) S: Fultineer, Robert (0)

Game Recap: Baseball |

UC Comes Back from 7 Runs Down to Beat UPJ

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Golden Eagles rallied from a 7-run deficit to earn a 14-11 win over University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown at Triana Field on Saturday afternoon to open the 3-game series with the Mountain Cats.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORES      Game 1 University of Charleston 14, Pitt Johnstown 11
                                   
LOCATION               Charleston, W.Va.
RECORDS                Charleston (5-3, 0-0 MEC); Pitt Johnstown (8-4, 0-0 PSAC)
Game 1
-After a scoreless 1st, Pitt Johnstown erupted for 6 runs in the 2nd knocking out Charleston starter Kaleb Kinder after 1 2/3 innings of work.
-UC chipped away at the lead in the bottom half of the inning, getting 2 runs back on a Jack Brunetti double down the left field line to make it 6-2.
-Trailing 9-2 entering the bottom of the third, the UC offense hung 10 runs over the 3rd and 4th innings to take their first lead of the game at 12-9 going to the 5th inning.
-UPJ cut into Charleston's 3-run lead in the 5th on Luke Williams' 2-run HR to left center, to trim UC's lead to 12-11 after 5 innings played.
-Enter Robert Fultineer who absolutely shut down the hard hitting Mountain Cats, securing a 14-11 win for UC by working 4 scoreless innings and getting a couple of insurance runs from the Golden Eagle bats to take game 1 of the 3-game series.

CHARLESTON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 
-Sophomore third baseman Jack Brunetti was 2-for-3 on the afternoon with 2 doubles while driving in a career-high 4 RBI's.
-Gianfranco Morello went 2-for-4, scored 2 runs and knocked in a pair and leads the Golden Eagles with 9 RBI's on the season.
-Freshman reliever Robert Fultineer worked 4 scoreless innings for his 2nd save on the season.  Fultineer allowed just 1 hit and struck out 3 in the appearance.

PITT JOHNSTOWN INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
-Dylan Kerstetter was 3-for-5 at the plate, scoring 3 runs and driving in 3 on the afternoon.
-Luke Williams drove in 3 Mountain Cats on the day, including a 2-run HR on his 3-hit performance.
-Ty Treaster was the Mountain Cats' top pitcher, working 3 1/3 innings in relief allowing just 1 run while striking out 5 Golden Eagles.



UP NEXT
-The Golden Eagles and Mountain Cats wrap up their 3-game series tomorrow with first pitch of the scheduled doubleheader for 12:00 p.m. at Triana Field.
 
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