Third baseman Jim Haley gripped his bat and swung it side to side as he made his way from the on-deck circle to home plate in the top of the third inning.
Two pitches later, he was hit by a pitch that set off a succession of scored runs for Penn State. Eight batters later, Haley came up to the plate for the second time in the same inning.
On a night when outs were a commodity, the Nittany Lions scored nine runs on six hits in the third inning alone, amounting to their eighth straight win during the team’s 20-12 victory over Lafayette on Wednesday at Kamine Stadium.