Point Park University

PITTSBURGH -- Point Park baseball split its twinbill with Frostburg State on Saturday, capturing an 8-1 win in game one before falling 13-1 in the second game. The Pioneers took three of the four games in the series with the Bobcats, moving to 25-14 (16-8 MEC) on the season.

Game 1: 8-1 Point Park, W: Dimidjian (6-1), L: Layhew (5-3)

Camden Dimidjian pitched a complete game in game one, striking out six batters and allowing just one run. Dimidjian picked up his sixth win of the season, tying Harold Boyce for the team lead. 

Dimidjian's only run allowed came in the top of the first when Jackson Schalick hit a home run to left field on a full count. The Pioneers quickly responded, however, with a five-run first inning of their own.

Chris Williams led off with a walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Olindo Pezzone walked and Blake Ewing ripped a single up the middle to bring Williams around to tie the game and Pezzone to third. Trevor Jones then reached on a fielder's choice, allowing Pezzone to score. After a walk from Luis Gonzalez, Carlos de la Vega singled and advanced to third on a throwing error, bringing Gonzalez and Jones in. De la Vega then scored on a wild pitch to give the Pioneers a 5-1 lead.

Dimidjian faced 10 batters over the next three innings, allowing two baserunners - one of whom was retired on a double play. 

In the bottom of the fifth, Blake Ewing laced a ball over the fence in right field for a no-doubt home run. Ewing's blast was his 12th of the year, good for second in the MEC.

After Dimidjian retired the side in order in the sixth inning, Carlos de la Vega tallied a leadoff walk and Felix Gonzalez belted a home run to left to give the Pioneers an 8-1 lead. Dimidjian retired the side in the top of the seventh to give Point Park the series win over the Bobcats. 

Game 2: 13-1 Frostburg State, W: Bauer (2-1), L: Jordan (1-2)

Frostburg State took game two thanks to a six-run fourth inning. The Bobcats opened the second game with an RBI double off the bat of Jake Holler to left field, scoring Ryan Bouma and Tanner Cunningham. 

Cunningham tallied an RBI on a suicide squeeze in the second inning, bunting for a hit and bringing in Landon Marple to make it 3-0. The Bobcats scored three more runs on a double to center field from Jackson Schalick which cleared the bases.

Point Park tallied its lone run of the second game in the third inning when Olindo Pezzone drove in Sebastian Hernandez on a sacrifice fly. 

Frostburg State pulled away in the fourth inning, scoring six runs, four of which were unearned. FSU added a run in the top of the seventh on a double from Will Mollman before the game was ended due to inclement weather.

UP NEXT

Point Park will take on Indiana University (PA) in non-conference action on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Point Park Field. The Pioneers will then face Wheeling over the weekend in a matchup in the MEC North Division.