HUNTINGDON, Pa.- In a game featuring 49 total runs and 44 hits between the two teams, the Juniata baseball team set a program record for runs scored in a game as they won 33-16 against visiting St Joseph's Brooklyn on a windy Monday afternoon at Langdon-Goodale Field.
Juniata scored four runs in the bottom of the first, highlighted by Charlie Bakken's RBI single to right that plated Michael Warren and Corey Daniels.
The Bears answered with a massive second inning, scoring seven runs on four hits and capitalizing on two JC errors.
Warren's three-run blast over the fence in center gave Juniata the lead back, but the Bears manufactured a run in the third to tie things.
The Eagles put together a five-run third that featured Dakotah Snyder driving in Jordan Chui and Tim Coleman. Joey Woodrow's double to right scored Warren as Juniata led by five, 13-8.
Back-to-back doubles in the fourth by Snyder and Daniels extended the lead to seven, 15-8
Two errors in the fifth helped the Bears cross home plate four times to get within three, 15-12. Three runs in the sixth included a Warren two-run triple, Tim Coleman scoring on a wild pitch, and Woodrow driving in a run on a single to left as Juniata was up by five, 19-14 midway through seven.
The Bears managed two more in the bottom of the inning, cutting the Eagle advantage to three.
Juniata blew the game open in the eighth in the bottom half of the inning as they erupted for 11 runs on nine hits with a Bears error. All but Bakken's triple to center were singles in the inning as Juniata continued their rewriting of the record books.
Robbie Pliszka got the win in relief, going 3.1 innings while allowing seven hits on five runs with two strikeouts.
Juniata stole 11 bases as a team, with Coleman leading the way with three of them. The team had five doubles; Snyder and Daniels had two apiece, along with four triples and a homer.
The 33 runs are a program record and a conference record, while the four triples tie the Landmark Conference record single game record.
Tomorrow, Juniata will host St Joseph's Brooklyn at 11:45 and Stevenson at 3:00.
