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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University baseball team used a five-run fourth inning on Saturday afternoon to cap off a four-run comeback and secure an 8-7 Game 2 victory and a doubleheader split over visiting Bloomsburg from Fairchild Field. The Raiders lost 11-5 in Game 1.

Junior catcher Tyler Shover and sophomore infielder Pat Kregeloh had productive days at the plate for the Raiders (21-13, 7-5 PSAC East), as each player hit a home run while knocking in four runs.

Shover went 4-for-7 on the day and blasted a solo home run to right field on a full-count pitch in Game 1 while Kregeloh went 3-for-7 and crushed an eventual game-winning three-run home run down the left field line to cap off SU's fourth inning in Game 2 that forced the weekend series split over the Huskies (15-13, 5-7 PSAC East).

The biggest benefactor from the bottom of that fourth inning – which began with the Raiders trailing 7-3 – was Shippensburg senior starting pitcher Jimmy Miller, who earned the victory and ran his record to 5-1 on the season. The right-hander threw 97 pitches over six innings of work, giving up five earned runs while striking out three.

Redshirt senior Kody Kibler pitched the seventh inning and, despite giving up back-to-back singles, struck out one to earn his fifth save of the season and second in as many days. The final out was a blooper to shallow right field that failed to find the grass, as junior outfielder Cody Kulp came charging in to make the diving catch to end the game.

Kulp impressed at the plate as well, going for 4-for-8 with a run over both games. Freshman second baseman Jimmy Spanos went 4-for-7 with a walk, an RBI and a run.

Shippensburg will travel to West Chester on Friday for a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. On Saturday, the two teams will play a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. from Fairchild Field.

Game 1: Bloomsburg 11, Shippensburg 5

Junior right-hander Tom Bush earned the start in Game 1 and pitched into the fifth inning, giving up four earned runs and fanning four.

In the first inning, Bush walked in a run before getting out of a two-out, bases-loaded jam with a looking strikeout on a full-count pitch to limit the Bloomsburg damage to just one run.

Shippensburg took a commanding 4-1 lead in the second inning with a six-hit frame. Kregeloh, Jimmy Miller and Shover began the inning with singles, as Shover's hit to right field brought home Kregeloh to tie the game at one.

Junior Tyler Basso kept the rally going with an infield single to second base that scored Shover, with Jimmy Miller crossing home thanks to a throwing error from the BU second baseman. After a groundout, Spanos brought home Basso with a single to left field.

The Huskies tied the game back up with a three-run fifth inning before jumping out to a 10-4 lead in the sixth with six runs on three hits and three walks (one intentional).

Shover pulled Shippensburg within five in the sixth inning, down 10-5, with his third home run of the season – good for second on the team. Bloomsburg answered with a run of its own in the top half of the seventh to finish off the scoring. After relief appearances from sophomores Austin Bartley and Shawn Patterson, freshman Nick Massetti closed out the final four outs of the game, striking out two and giving up zero earned runs.

Game 2: Shippensburg 8, Bloomsburg 7

Facing a 4-0 deficit after the top of the first inning, the Raiders clawed back beginning in the third. Spanos led off the frame with a double down the left field line before coming home home two batters later with a single to center field from junior leftfielder Simon Beloff.

Beloff advanced to third on a single through the right side from Shover and scored on the play after a fielding error from the Huskies' second baseman. Shover crossed home plate in the next at-bat with a Kregeloh single to center.

With five hits in the top of the fourth, Bloomsburg extended its lead to 7-3, setting the stage for the Raiders' big frame in the bottom half. Senior shortstop Eric Herman led off with a walk and later advanced to third on a Kulp double down the right field line. Beloff then loaded the bases with one out after being hit by a pitch.

Shover knocked a two-RBI single through the right side that plated Herman and Kulp to shrink the Huskies' lead to 7-5, setting up Kregeloh's three-run blast to put the Raiders on top 8-7.