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Kas Finke
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Clarion CLAR-B 12-31, 4-21 PSAC-W
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Winner Gannon University GAN 19-23, 9-15 PSAC-W
Clarion CLAR-B
12-31, 4-21 PSAC-W
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Final
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Gannon University GAN
19-23, 9-15 PSAC-W
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Clarion CLAR-B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gannon University GAN 2 1 0 0 0 3 X 6 11 1

W: Santiago Mendez (3-0) L: McCall, Kane (1-6)

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Winner Clarion CLAR-B 13-31, 5-21 PSAC-W
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Gannon University GAN 19-24, 9-16 PSAC-W
Winner
Clarion CLAR-B
13-31, 5-21 PSAC-W
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Final
6
Gannon University GAN
19-24, 9-16 PSAC-W
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Clarion CLAR-B 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 7 12 3
Gannon University GAN 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 6 13 2

W: Sadowski, Tiler (1-1) L: Cory Hegedus (0-3) S: Connell, Tom (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ryan Rodriguez

Baseball ends season with split at Gannon

ERIE, Pa. -  The Clarion University baseball team split a pair of decisions against the Gannon Golden Knights Sunday, dropping game one 6-0 and winning game two 7-6.  The win and loss moves the Golden Eagles to 13-31 (5-21 PSAC) on the season, and marks the end of the 2017 campaign.  

Gannon Hurler Santiago Mendez was the story in game one, tossing a complete-game one-hitter, striking out nine and scattering five walks on the afternoon to stifle the CU offense.  Clarion hurler Kane Mccall through a complete game as well, going six full while giving up eleven hits and striking out  four. 

After opening a 3-0 gap after two innings, Gannon rode Mendez for the next three innings before busting things open with a three-run bottom of the sixth to secure the 6-0 win in game one. 

Game two would prove to be a worthy finale to the 2017 season for Clarion, however.  

After putting a pair of runners on the bases to open up the first inning, John Finke legged out an infield single to score Mitch Holberg from second.  The very next at-bat, Brady Andrews kept things going with a single of his own, scoring Joey Lopez to make it 2-0 Clarion early.   

Things would hold steady for a few innings before the GU offense finally broke out and answered with a big response.  An RBI double scored a pair to knot things up at two before a SAC fly from Gannon second-basemen Mike Colosi put the Knights ahead 3-2.  

Again Clarion would draw even, and yet again Gannon would muster a response.  CU tied things up at three when Andrews crushed a solo homer to left-center, however the jubilation was short-lived.  Gannon strung together five hits in the bottom of the sixth for another three-run inning to go up 6-3, and push the blue and gold to within three outs of defeat. 

Clarion needed another big outing at the plate, and again it was Andrews delivering, crushing a single to center-field that scored to to maker it 6-5 before Wes Lang scored on a fielders choice to end the inning, but not before the damage had been done and the sent into extra innings.  

A Joey Lopez single in the top of the eighth completed the comeback and capped of the 2017 season dramatic 7-6 win.   
 
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