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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University baseball team split a Sunday afternoon doubleheader with Slippery Rock in its 2012 home opener from Fairchild Field. The Raiders won Game 1 by a score of 3-2 before suffering an 11-3 loss in Game 2 to take three out of four in the weekend series.

The doubleheader was moved to Fairchild Field after having originally been scheduled to be played at the Ripken Baseball Complex in Aberdeen, Md., where SU (6-4) won both games over Slippery Rock (3-5) on Saturday.

In Sunday's opener, junior catcher Tyler Shover tied the game in the fourth inning with an RBI single before roping the game-winning RBI two innings later on another single to right field that plated freshman pinch runner Bobby Atwell for the game's final run. Shover finished the day with four hits and three RBIs.

After giving up two runs in the second inning, junior right hander Tom Bush recovered, striking out five batters in five innings and scattering five hits. Senior southpaw Ted Williams got two outs in the sixth inning before senior Jimmy Miller came in to get the final four outs in succession and earn his first victory of the season.

With the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the third inning, junior left fielder Simon Beloff grounded into a double-play that scored senior center fielder Eric Herman and cut SU's deficit in half, down 2-1.

Junior third baseman Tyler Basso led off the next inning by reaching first base on a throwing error from the Rock shortstop. Sophomore designated hitter Kyle Hollingsworth laid down a sacrifice bunt that moved Basso to second. Basso then took third base on a wild pitch with Shover at the plate, just before Shover sent Basso home with an RBI single to right field that tied the game at 2.

With no outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, Atwell pinch ran for sophomore first baseman Pat Kregeloh – who reached first on a hit-by-pitch – and advanced to third after a Basso sacrifice bunt and a Hollingsworth groundout. Shover drove in Atwell in the next at-bat to finish off the scoring.

The Raiders got off to a rough start in Game 2, giving up 10 runs and eight hits and committing three errors in the first two innings. Junior right hander Josh Scott earned the start and was touched for five hits and five unearned runs in one inning on the mound.

Williams again came in for relief and didn't fare much better in his one inning of work, giving up four hits and three earned runs in his second appearance of the day

Sophomore left hander Austin Bartley, Kregeloh and Basso finished out the day on the hill and gave up zero runs while scattering three hits in five innings of work. Kregeloh fanned four batters.

Shover doubled to center field in the fourth inning to drive in a run. In the sixth inning, Herman doubled down the left field line to drive in a run before crossing home plate himself on a Jimmy Miller sacrifice fly to right field.

Shippensburg will travel to Athens, W.V. next weekend to play three games at Concord. The Raiders and Mountain Lions will play a doubleheader beginning at noon on Saturday, March 3, before playing a single game at noon on Sunday, March 4.