Gannon University Athletics

Baldelli led the Gannon baseball team to three victories in four games against Indiana (Pa.) last weekend. The senior catcher hit .438 with a .563 slugging percentage and a .471 on-base percentage. He was errorless in 35 fielding opportunities behind the plate and has not committed an error in 18 consecutive games, a stretch of 138 straight fielding opportunities. Baldelli hit .500 (4-8) with runners on base, .500 (2-4) with runners in scoring position and .429 (3-7) with two outs. He produced a hit during his only at-bat of the week with the bases loaded and raised his average 31 points last weekend to .333 for the season. The Ellwood, Pa., native completed the IUP series by going 5-for-8 with three runs and four RBIs during Sunday’s doubleheader. He ended Gannon’s 1-0 victory in 14 innings during the opening game of the series with a two-out RBI double into the left center gap. Baldelli opened Sunday’s first game scoring with a two-out RBI single in the first. He then started a two-out rally in the sixth with a double, before scoring an insurance run during the next at-bat en route to a 4-1 victory. Baldelli gave Gannon a 6-2 lead in the final game of the series with a two-run single in the fourth.