Hobart Baseball Splits on Opening Day

The Hobart baseball team split a pair of games on opening day of the 2025 season at Genuardi Field today. The Statesmen fell 4-0 to Penn State Abington in their opener, but rebounded with an 11-inning 8-2 victory over Gwynedd Mercy.

Sophomore Sean Garvin and junior Nate Garrett led the offense. Garvin collected three hits and three RBI, while Garrett had two hits, including a triple. Senior Nicholas Franceschi got the win in Game 2 with three innings of no-hit relief work.

GAME 1

Mike Nasti and James Torpey combined to shutout Hobart, limiting the Statesmen to just three hits.
Shane Fillman drove home three of the four runs for the Nittany Lions (1-4).
He hit an RBI double in the first inning, a solo home run in the third and an RBI single in the fifth.
Junior Teck Nash threw 6 1/3 innings as Hobart’s starter, striking out five while allowing three runs.

GAME 2

Sophomore Trevor Kimball got the start against the Griffins. He went 6 innings, allowing two runs.
Gwynedd Mercy manufactured a pair of runs in the third inning. The Griffins got their first run on a bases loaded sacrifice fly and added a second when Sam Junker got picked off first, but Chris Nodeland was able to scramble home before the out was recorded.
Hobart got one run back in the top of the fourth when Garrett tripled, and Garvin followed with a sac fly to right.
The Statesmen tied the game in the top of the eighth when Garvin delivered another sac fly, scoring Nate Johnson.
The game stayed tied until the 11th when Hobart got to the Gwynedd Mercy bullpen.
The Statesmen loaded the bases to start the inning and junior Drew Bolduc broke the deadlock with a single up the middle scoring sophomore Cole Conte.
Jackson Fowle, Jack Farnen and Garvin drew bases loaded walks to add to the lead, while Johnson added an RBI single.
Franceschi faced two batters over the minimum over the final three innings. He struck out four without allowing a hit.