Score:

Game 1: Lynchburg 6, Penn St.-Harrisburg 5

Game 2: Lynchburg 6, Penn St.-Harrisburg 5

Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Fox Field)

Records: Lynchburg (5-2), Penn St.-Harrisburg (0-2)

Around the Horn

The Hornets had a roller coaster day, going down 5-1 in both games against Penn St.-Harrisburg before staging late inning rallies to pull out two victories on Saturday. The Hornets won the first game on a walk-off single by junior Will Harris and a four-run 5th inning helped the Hornets edge the Lions in Game 2.

Game 1 Breakdown

- Freshman Shawn Allen went 2-3 in his first start of the year, including a single that started the rally in the bottom of the 7th

- Sophomore Griffin Wild got the start at shortstop, going 2-4 with a run

- Junior Matt Ward and sophomore Nathan Sharp both went 1-3 but pitched in with one RBI each

- Harris, the walkoff hero, went 2-3 with his lone RBI clinching the victory for the Hornet

- Junior Jacob Flora got the win while sophomore Matthew Kane held the Lions scoreless in a solid inning of work

Game 2 Breakdown

- Senior Will Hylton went a perfect 2-2 in the second game with a walk and RBI

- Freshman Shawn Allen continued his success into the second game tallying an RBI and two walks while fellow freshman Colin Corey had a pinch hit RBI in the bottom of the 5th, later scoring himself

- Sophomore Jake Conner picked up his second win on the season while freshman Cody Martin tossed a fabulous inning to earn his first save in 2017

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