TYSONS, Va. – The Penn State baseball team travels to Georgetown for a two-game set this week. The Nittany Lions and the Hoyas are set to play on Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Wednesday at 4 p.m. Both games will be played at Capital One Park.
Penn State, led by head coach Mike Gambino, is 11-2 this season after taking two of three games against Indiana last weekend.
Georgetown, coached by Edwin Thompson, is 6-9 this year after going 2-1 on the weekend with wins over Towson and Longwood.
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LEADING OFF
- Penn State visits Georgetown for a two-game, non-conference series.
- The Nittany Lions are coming off a series win over Indiana.
- Penn State earned a 15-9 win in Friday’s first game and closed out the series with a 10-6 victory on Sunday.
- PSU earned its first series win over Indiana since 2008 and its first series win in a Big Ten opening series since 2014 against Northwestern.
- Penn State has started a season with an 11-2 record for the first time since 1980.
- In Friday’s first game, Penn State launched two grand slams among four homers. Bryce Molinaro had a grand slam to go with a solo homer. Paxton Kling added a grand slam and Jack Porter hit a solo homer. Ryan DeSanto tallied a season-high nine strikeouts.
- On Sunday, PSU scored three runs to take the lead in the seventh and pulled away with four runs in the eighth.
- PSU ranks 16th in the country with 24 homers, while Paxton Kling sits 16th in the nation with seven homers.
- PSU has hit four grand slams, including two by Kling.
- Kling is one of seven Nittany Lions with multiple homers this year.
- Ryan Weingartner leads the Big Ten with 11 steals.
PSU’S STRONG START
- After a 7-6 win over FDU and a series victory over Indiana, the Nittany Lions are off to an 11-2 start.
- Penn State is 11-2 to start a season for the first time since 1980.
- With its win in game one against Indiana, the Nittany Lions started a season 10-1 for the first time since 1978 and had a nine-game win streak for the first time since 2000.
- The Nittany Lions have hit 24 homers through the first 13 games.
PSU TAKES SERIES VS. INDIANA
- The Nittany Lions took two of three games against Indiana with a 15-9 win in game one and a 10-6 victory in game three.
- Penn State won its first series against Indiana since 2008.
- PSU earned its first series win in a Big Ten-opening series since 2014 against Northwestern.
- In Friday’s first game, PSU launched four homers, including grand slams by Bryce Molinaro and Paxton Kling, while Molinaro and Jack Porter added solo homers.
- Ryan DeSanto tallied a season-high nine strikeouts.
- On Sunday, PSU scored three runs in the seventh to take the lead and four runs in the eighth to pull away.
- Cohl Mercado had two hits and three runs, while Joe Jaconski drove in three runs. Kling and Molinaro each had two RBI.
NITTANY LIONS AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS IN HOMERS, STEALS
- Through 13 games, Penn State has slugged 24 home runs.
- The Nittany Lions rank 16th in the country, and third in the Big Ten, averaging 1.85 homers per game.
- Penn State also ranks 22nd in the nation in total home runs and 28th in slugging percentage (.530).
- Paxton Kling leads the Nittany Lions with seven homers, while sitting 16th in the country in total homers and 12th in home runs per game (0.54).
- Kling is among nine Nittany Lions with at least one home run this season and is one of seven with multiple homers.
- Jesse Jaconski, Nate Voss and Ryan Weingartner own three homers, while Bryce Molinaro, Jack Porter and Cole Wagner has two and Joe Jaconski and Matt Maloney each have one.
- Penn State has launched four grand slams, including two by Kling, one by Molinaro and one by Voss.
- The Nittany Lions are also 23rd in the country in stolen bases per game (2.46).
- Weingartner leads the Big Ten in total steals (11) and steals per game (0.85), sitting 18th in the country in both.
- Mercado and Wagner each have five steals.