DUBOIS, Pa. – Taking a road trip up I-80 to Dubois, the Clarion baseball team earned a win on the road Tuesday night, defeating Penn State-DuBois by a final score of 9-5 in a single nine inning game. The Golden Eagles now 15-17 overall will resume conference play this weekend with a four-game series against the Cal U Vulcans, starting with a doubleheader at Wild Things Park on Friday.
 
Senior Patrick McGinley got the nod on the mound and threw two hitless innings, allowing two unearned runs to score on three walks, while striking out one. Josh Kirwin relieved McGinley, tossing 3.0 innings allowing just one hit and two walks, fanning four Nittany Lions batters
 
The Golden Eagles got the scoring started early in the top of the first after a Nick Fugh single score Alex Ficorilli who was hit by a pitch then stole second base. Clarion picked up its second run of the game when Dillon Wolbert singled to left field scoring Fugh who stole second and advanced to third on a Bryce Jackson fly out making the score 2-0 Clarion.

Penn State would answer back in the bottom half of the inning when an error by Ficorilli allowed a run to cross the plate. The Nittany Lions tied things up on the very next pitch as a wild pitch allowed another run to score.

The score would remain deadlocked until the top of the third inning when Ficorilli doubled and advanced to third on a Fugh single. A SAC fly from Jackson to center field allowed Ficorilli to tag up and give the Blue and Gold the lead back for good, making it 3-2.

Clarion tacked on four more runs in the top of the fifth inning, giving them a commanding lead. Freshman Dan Fox singled scoring Fugh who reached on an infield single to short and advanced to second after a Jackson walk. Wolbert cleared the bases in the next at bat doubling to left center field scoring both Fox and Jackson. Senior shortstop Dan Janoson tripled to right field scoring Wolbert to make the score 7-2.

Dubois made it close in the bottom of the seventh inning scoring two runs and one more run in the bottom of the eighth to pull them within just two runs at 7-5. Clarion closed the door on any comeback thoughts in the top of the ninth plating two more runs courtesy of a Will Constantin double that scored Ben Barth and Wolbert who singled and walked to get on base.

Senior reliever Tiler Sadowski closed the door on the Nittany Lions in the bottom of the ninth striking out the side to end the ballgame and give the Golden Eagles the 9-5 victory.