HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Eagles fell to the Catholic Cardinals 25-5 in the third game of the conference series.
Juniata scored two runs in the first inning. Chris Schreder (Lititz, Pa./Lancaster Catholic) reached first on an error and advanced on Cameron Livingston's (Blairsville, Pa./Blairsville) fielder's choice. The pair both advanced on a double steal, and Devin McLaughlin (Monmouth Beach, NJ, Shore Regional) reached first on a drop third strike, the play being enough to get Schreder home. Livingston scored the second run of the inning off of Matt Innella's (Commack, NY/Commack) sacrifice fly to right field.
The Eagles scored another pair of runs in the third. Schreder, Livingston, and McLaughlin all singled to start off the inning. Schreder came home off of Innella's groundball to the short stop, and Adam Kipp (Mt. Wolf, Pa./Northeastern) singled to bring Livngston around for another run.
The last and final run for the team came in the seventh inning. Hunter Price (Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon Area) and Devyn Carper (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) reached on a walk and hit by pitch, and Schreder singled to send in Price's run.
Jesse Beeler (Greencastle, Pa./Greencastle-Antrim) took the loss for the Eagles. Caleb Pepperday (Phillipsburg, Pa./Phillipsburg-Osceola HS) came in to pitch in the sixth, striking out three.
Juniata baseball returns to the diamond on Wednesday, April 26 at 4:00 PM to face Penn State Harrisburg at home.
