callahan walk-off vs mansfield
Nate Kurtz
5
Mansfield MANSBB25 5-8
6
Winner California (PA) CAL-B 10-2
Mansfield MANSBB25
5-8
5
Final
6
California (PA) CAL-B
10-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Mansfield MANSBB25 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 7 2
California (PA) CAL-B 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 6 13 1

W: Kramer, Jake (2-0) L: Luke Raho (1-1)

0
Mansfield MANSBB25 5-9
4
Winner California (PA) CAL-B 11-2
Mansfield MANSBB25
5-9
0
Final
4
California (PA) CAL-B
11-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mansfield MANSBB25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
California (PA) CAL-B 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 4 6 0

W: Miller, Jackson (2-0) L: Shane Stossel (0-1) S: Bryson, Josh (3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Matthew Kifer, Director of Athletic Communication

California rallies to sweep over Mansfield

Callahan delivers walk-off RBI single in extra innings; Miller, Bryson allow one hit in Game 2 shutout

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (March 15) – The California (PA) baseball team scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh before earning a 6-5 walk-off victory in extra innings in Game 1 against Mansfield on Saturday afternoon at Mylan Park before completing the doubleheader sweep with a 4-0 win in Game 2.

NOTES
• The Vulcans (11-2) extend their winning streak to six games and have won all five games at Mylan Park this spring.
• Cal played its first extra-inning contest since the final two regular-season games of the 2024 campaign.
• The Vulcans combine to register 13 strikeouts by six pitchers over 15 innings in the doubleheader sweep.
• Cal was facing Mansfield for the first time since the 2012 season.

GAME 1
• Cal trailed by a 5-1 margin before scoring four runs on three hits, one walk, one hit by pitch, and one error in the bottom of the seventh.
• The Vulcans scored a pair of runs following a fielding error with the bases loaded before a walk again loaded the bases.
• Junior designated hitter Colin Patterson then delivered an RBI single and senior second baseman Santino Marra then scored the game-tying run on a sacrifice fly.
• In the eighth, freshman shortstop Peyton Ford started the inning with a double before a bunt single and an intentional walk loaded the bases.
• Senior left fielder Ryan Callahan then delivered the walk-off RBI single to right field.
• Ford and senior first baseman Payton Conte both collected three hits and scored one run.
• Callahan finished with two hits, one RBI and one run scored, while sophomore Conner McTighe reached base three times (two walks, single) and drove in two runs.
• Junior Jake Kramer (2-0) earned the win after registered a pair of strikeouts in a scoreless eighth inning.
• Mansfield held a 2-0 lead before McTighe tallied a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the fourth.
• The Mountaineers reclaimed the lead in the fifth on a two-run homer by first baseman Jacob Houtz and added an unearned run in the seventh.

GAME 2
• Senior Jackson Miller and sophomore Josh Bryson combined for the shutout in Game 2.
• Miller (2-0) allowed just a single and walk with four strikeouts over 5.0 scoreless innings (67 pitches).
• Bryson earned his third save of the year with a pair of strikeouts in 2.0 no-hit innings.
• The Vulcans held a 1-0 lead before scoring on a throwing error and a sacrifice fly in the fourth.
• Cal added an insurance run in the sixth on a ground-out after senior third baseman Nathan Meeks started the inning with a single.
• Meeks finished with two hits, thee runs scored and one walk, while junior right fielder Connor Evans totaled two hits and one run scored.

NEXT
• The Vulcans are looking to return to action on Tuesday, March 18, with a single nine-inning contest against Wheeling with location and time to be determined.
 
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