Central Michigan University
Penn State
Chippewa Baseball Rolls Past Penn State, 10-5
3/6/2002 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 6, 2002
DeLAND, Fla. -- Central Michigan University's baseball team ran its record to 5-2 on the spring trip here Wednesday with a 10-5 win over Penn State University in the Stetson Invitational.
The Chippewas are now 2-1 in the Stetson tourney while the Nittany Lions fall to 0-3 and 3-5 for the season.
Junior right-hander Dan Horvath went the first eight innings, allowing 10 hits and four earned runs for his first win of the season. He walked one and fanned seven. Sophomore left-hander Joey Fahndrich, making his first appearance after elbow surgery a year ago, tossed a scoreless ninth.
After falling behind 4-3 in the top of the fourth, CMU rallied for three runs in its half of the fourth to regain the lead for good. Freshman Steve Sanfilippo started the rally with a triple to the fence in right center and he scored on a single by senior Tim Bullinger. Junior Mike Gates then put Central ahead by two with a two-run single.
Central got an RBI double from Sanfilippo in the fifth, added two runs in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by frosh Keith Sampsell and an in field bounce out by junior Tim Groves. Sanfilippo singled and scored CMU's final run in the seventh on a groiund out by junior Tommy Grubb.
Sanfilippo had three hits and scored three times to power the Chippewa offense while Bullinger, Grubb and Gates each had two hits.
CMU plays host Stetson on Thursday at 7 p.m.
