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Nittany Lions Head to Annapolis for Non-Conference Road Trip (Weekend Preview)

Penn State (20-19, Big Ten) at Georgetown (29-15, Big East) & Navy (25-20, Patriot)

Dates: May 3-5

Place: Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium (Annapolis, MD)

Penn State Game Times

  • at Georgetown

  • Friday, 4:00 PM

  • at Navy

  • Saturday, 6:00 PM

  • Sunday, 1:00 PM

Coverage


Storylines

Recent Struggles Categorized By Bad Bullpen Play

Penn State's bullpen has frequently been the source of problem after problem for the Nittany Lions lately, as the team has gone 3-7 in the last 10 games. In these games, they've led at some point in 9 of them, and losing games in the middle to late innings consistently. (Source: Penn State Athletics)


Hoya Duo Picks Up Weekly Honors

1B Christian Ficca won Big East Player of the Week honors after batting .500, hitting 1 home run and 8 runs batted in. RHP Cody Bowker made the Georgetown Athletics Weekly Honor Roll, having pitched 6 innings and striking out 8 batters, as well as allowing 2 earned runs as he picked up a win last Friday. (Source: Georgetown University Athletics)


Midshipmen Drops Season Series to Army

Last weekend, Navy fell to Army following a walk-off RBI single by 2B Chris Barr to win the Star Series presented by USAA. They also ended up losing the overall season series to Army, as the two teams had split a Sunday doubleheader in Annapolis earlier in the season. (Source: Naval Academy Athletics)


Numbers Tell The Story

Offense

Penn State

Georgetown

Navy

Batting Average

.303

.296

.269

On-Base Pct

.405

.409

.387

Home Runs

56

53

17

Run Splits (F-S-S)

80-90-94

101-85-62

42-81-67


Defense

Penn State

Georgetown

Navy

Earned Run Avg

6.72

4.67

5.89

Opponent AVG

.284

.253

.275

Strikeouts

261

330

279

Walks

198

201

198



Nittany Lions Split Head-to-Head History (www.GoPSUSports.com)

Penn State is 2-1 against Georgetown all-time. The last head-to-head between these two teams was from March 18-19, 2023, when Penn State swept a two-game set (PSU outscored Georgetown, 13-3 at home). Penn State is 0-1 against Army all-time. The last meeting between these two teams was on March 6, 2020, when Navy won, 2-1 at home.


Probable Starting Pitchers

Penn State (Starters) [Weekend Starter ERA: 6.19]

  1. RHP Travis Luensmann, Sr. (4-2, 4.91 ERA)

  2. RHP Jaden Henline, Sr. (3-2, 7.89 ERA)

  3. RHP Frankie Sanchez, Jr. (2-2, 6.16 ERA)

Penn State (In the Bullpen) [Weekend Bullpen ERA: 7.65]

  • LHP Anthony Steele, Jr. (19 app, 27.1 IP, 5.93 ERA, 1.43 WHIP)

  • RHP Mason Horwat, Fr. (14 app [11 relief], 35.2 IP, 5.80 ERA, 1.51 WHIP)

  • RHP David Lee, Sr. (19 app, 22.2 IP, 6.35 ERA, 1.54 WHIP)

Georgetown (Game 1) [Weekend Starter ERA: 3.36]

  1. RHP Cody Bowker, So. (4-1, 2.81 ERA)

Georgetown (In the Bullpen) [Weekend Bullpen ERA: 3.37]

  • RHP Andrew Citron, So. (18 app, 33.2 IP, 1.87 ERA, 1.25 WHIP)

  • RHP Cody Jensen, Gr. (19 app, 30.1 IP, 4.15 ERA, 1.35 WHIP)

  • Closer: RHP Nick Davis, Gr. (15 app, 3.04 ERA, 6 sv)

Navy (Games 2 & 3) [Weekend Starter ERA: 5.99]

  1. RHP Matthew Shirah, Sr. (2-4, 5.93 ERA)

  2. RHP Brady Bendik, Fr. (5-3, 4.89 ERA)

Navy (In the Bullpen) [Weekend Bullpen ERA: 5.30]

  • RHP Nolan Jorgenson, Sr. (16 app [15 relief], 39 IP, 3.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP)

  • LHP Evan Foster, Fr. (13 app, 22.2 IP, 5.96 ERA, 1.54 WHIP)

  • Closer: RHP Landon Kruer, Jr. (16 app, 4.05 ERA, 7 sv)


Top Hitters/Runners

Penn State (7.33|8.22|8.56 Runs per Game)

  1. DH/C JT Marr, Gr. (.411 avg, 6 hr, 41 rbi)

  2. RF Adam Cecere, Gr. (.708 slugging pct, 13 hr, 39 rbi)

  3. SS Grant Norris, Gr. (.316 avg, 13 hr, 37 rbi)

Georgetown (9.22|9.44|6.89 Runs per Game)

  1. 1B Christian Ficca, Sr. (.351 avg, 10 hr, 55 rbi)

  2. RF Jake Hyde, Sr. (.301 avg, 10 hr, 44 rbi)

  3. SS Michael Eze, Sr. (.263 avg, .393 obp, 27-30 sb/att)

Navy (3.82|7.44|6.11 Runs per Game)

  • 2B Brock Murtha, So. (.333 avg, .469 obp, 19-23 sb/att)

  • 3B Logan Keller, Sr. (.285 avg, 6 hr, 33 rbi)

  • OF Zane Raba, Sr. (.262 avg, .385 obp, 27-30 sb/att)


Game Promotions (Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium [Annapolis, MD])

Friday: N/A.

Saturday:  N/A.

Sunday:  N/A.


Quick Picks: Expert Analysis

Penn State at Georgetown

Bryan: Georgetown is focused this season, especially at home. Being that it's their only game of the weekend, I think the Hoyas will be the ones to show up. Georgetown 1, Penn State 0.

Penn State at Navy

Bryan: Penn State catches a break on the road against a team that's slower than their pace. I think the Nittany Lions will break things open and out-offense them for a road sweep. Penn State 2, Navy 0.

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