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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Sophomore second baseman Jimmy Spanos and freshman shortstop Mike Marcinko combined for six hits and five RBIs in a Game 1 victory for the Shippensburg University baseball team on Saturday afternoon as the Raiders opened up their 2013 season with a doubleheader split against Barton from the Bulldogs' Nixon Field at the Barton Outdoor Athletic Complex in Wilson, N.C.

Shippensburg (1-1) won the opener 8-4 before dropping Game 2 by a 13-1 margin in four innings to the host Bulldogs (3-4).

Senior Tom Bush earned SU's first start of the season, striking out three and giving up three hits and four runs in three innings. Junior Pat Kregeloh then came in to throw four shutout innings of relief in which he gave up just one hit.

Spanos went 4-for-5 in the opener with two runs driven in – one on a triple during a four-run second inning and another on a double in the sixth. In his first collegiate game, Marcinko went 2-for-2 with a walk, a run and three RBIs, including a two-out, two-run triple in the fourth.

Kregeloh and senior catcher Tyler Shover each went 2-for-4 in the opener. Kregeloh scored twice while Shover ripped an RBI double.

Shippensburg gets back in action next weekend at the Asheboro Tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Raiders will play a single game against Winston-Salem on Friday at 4 p.m. before playing Davis & Elkins on Saturday and Shepherd on Sunday.

Note: Shippensburg and Barton have canceled tomorrow afternoon's single game that was scheduled for 1 p.m.

Game 1: Shippensburg 8, Barton 4

Both offenses exploded in the second inning, with Kregeloh and junior third baseman Cal Hogan singling at the beginning of the frame. With two outs, Marcinko tripled down the right-field line on a 1-0 pitch that plated both runners. Junior outfielder Michael Douglas then reached on a shortstop throwing error that scored Marcinko before Spanos roped a triple to right-center on his first pitch in the next at-bat that brought home Douglas.

Barton answered with four runs of its own in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI single and a three-run home run. The Raiders took back the lead for good in the top half of the next inning, however. Shover doubled to center field in the second at-bat that scored Kregeloh, who led off the inning with a single.

With Shover stranded on second base with two outs after the next two at-bats, Marcinko singled to right field to bring home the senior. Marcinko led off the sixth inning with a five-pitch walk before advancing to second on a Douglas sacrifice bunt. Spanos then drove in Marcinko with a double to left-center field before scoring two at-bats later on a Beloff double to left field.

Game 2: Barton 13, Shippensburg 1

With the score 13-1 in Barton's favor after the fourth inning and with weather conditions becoming difficult, the two teams mutually agreed to end the game with the Bulldogs the winner. (The 10-run rule in collegiate baseball deems that a seven-inning game must go at least five innings for the rule to take effect.)

Junior Shawn Patterson earned the start on the mound and pitched two and one-third innings with freshman Rich Michaud finishing the third inning and sophomore Nick Massetti pitching the fourth.

Kregeloh drove in Shippensburg's lone run in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly that scored senior outfielder Cody Kulp, who doubled to center field earlier in the frame.