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Penn State vs. Texas A&M break downThe Nittany Lions are midway through their Texas road trip. Up next for the Penn State baseball team is a short two-game series with Texas A&M. The Aggies broke into the NCBWA Division I Poll Monday and are ranked No....
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Updated March 9, 2010 10:16 PM
Sophomore Joey DeBernardis crossed home plate in the ninth inning to stop Penn State from being shutout, but the run mattered little in terms of the final score. Updated 10:16 PM
Updated March 7, 2010 5:46 PM
Lamar defeated the Penn State baseball team 8-3 Sunday to sweep the two-game series. Updated 5:46 PM
Updated March 6, 2010 9:25 PM
Lamar pitcher Matison Smith threw a complete game shutout against Penn State in its second game Saturday to give his team a 4-0 win over the Nittany Lions. Updated 9:25 PM
Updated March 6, 2010 3:24 PM
Jordan Steranka and Mario Eramo belted home runs Saturday afternoon to power the Penn State baseball team over Dallas Baptist, 10-4. Updated 3:24 PM
Updated March 5, 2010 5:25 PM
Ryan Ignas pitched seven strong innings to lead the Penn State baseball team (3-1) to a 12-6 win Friday against McNeese State (4-5). Updated 5:25 PM
Last weekend, redshirt senior reliever David Lutz found himself in a situation he has rarely faced in his career.
Updated March 4, 2010 4:48 AM
Last year, he knew what the situation was going to be when he took the mound.
Ben Heath leads the Penn State baseball team in hits, runs and RBI after one weekend of play, but his work behind the plate has been just as important.
Updated March 3, 2010 4:00 AM
There is one area Penn State coach Robbie Wine would like to see improved going into the upcoming week's nine-game Texas road trip.
Updated March 2, 2010 4:48 AM
Penn State was down to its final out.
Updated March 1, 2010 4:51 AM
In his 26 years of coaching and playing baseball at the collegiate and professional level, Robbie Wine has never seen a season begin the way this one did.
Updated February 27, 2010 5:30 PM
Mario Eramo's RBI single in the bottom of the 13th inning gave the Penn State baseball team a 3-2 win against Seton Hall Saturday. Updated 5:30 PM
Updated February 26, 2010 5:36 PM
The Penn State baseball team used a ninth-inning rally to tie the game, eventually defeating Cincinnati in extra innings. Updated 5:36 PM
There's a clear consensus among the members of the Penn State baseball team: It's about time the team plays outdoors.
Updated February 24, 2010 4:52 AM
At first glance, the top of the starting rotation for the Penn State baseball team would seem like an area of concern.
Joey DeBernardis learned from one of the best mentors possible last year: the coach's son.
Instead of preparing for the season on a field with dirt and foul lines, the Penn State baseball team is stuck working out on a turf field with football yard lines.
Updated February 19, 2010 4:49 AM
Last year, he was beating teams with his bat and his speed in his first year after transferring to Penn State.
When the Penn State baseball team takes the field this spring, its outfield will have an entirely different make up than it did a year ago.
Standing off to the side at practice Wednesday night with his arm in a sling, pitcher Mike Wanamaker watched as his teammates ran their usual warmups.
Updated February 18, 2010 4:52 AM
Robbie Wine compared telling his team it wouldn't be playing this weekend to telling children that Santa Claus wouldn't be delivering Christmas gifts.
Updated February 16, 2010 4:52 AM
With two massive snowstorms hitting the East Coast last week, the status of the Penn State baseball team's opening tournament might be in question.
Coach Robbie Wine's preseason goal for the Penn State baseball team is an obvious one -- win the national championship.
Updated September 8, 2009 4:50 AM
When Gary Robinson took the field as the manager of the State College Spikes for the first time, he was very candid about his expectations for the 2009 season.
Updated September 4, 2009 4:50 AM
When Leandro Castro doubled off of Michael Felix with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, it was the first hit given up by State College Spikes pitching Thursday night.
Updated September 3, 2009 4:50 AM
Eight hits in the first inning set the tone. With two outs in the top of the first the State College Spikes started a rally, which allowed the team to bat around the entire lineup.
Updated September 2, 2009 4:52 AM
The State College Spikes scored seven runs and lost Monday night because they couldn't hold a two-run lead in the ninth inning.
Updated September 1, 2009 4:52 AM
For a team that was looking to win a game for the first time in three days, a late surge by the Batavia Muckdogs couldn't have come at a worse time for the State College Spikes.
Updated August 31, 2009 4:46 AM
After the record-setting crowd at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park had filed out, the State College Spikes still remained.
Updated August 29, 2009 10:20 PM
The Williamsport Crosscutters scored three runs in the top of the first inning on the way to a 7-4 win over the State College Spikes Saturday afternoon at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Updated 10:20 PM
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