By: By Bill Morgal, Sports Information Director
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Box Score 2 SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The No. 11 Shippensburg University baseball team wrapped up a 13-game homestand on Tuesday at Fairchild Field by splitting a pair of one-run games against Bloomsburg in PSAC Eastern Division play, winning the opener, 3-2, before dropping the nightcap, 7-6.
Shippensburg (18-5, 6-2 PSAC East) maintained a three-way tie atop the division with Bloomsburg (13-9, 6-2) and Millersville by virtue of its Tuesday split and will travel to East Stroudsburg on Wednesday at 2 p.m. for its third conference doubleheader in 72 hours. By week's end, SU is on pace to play five PSAC East doubleheaders in six days.
Senior
Pat Kregeloh and junior
Jimmy Spanos each had four hits on the day. Kregeloh went 3-for-3 in the opener and added a two-run homer in Game 2. Spanos was 3-for-4 with a double in Game 2.
Junior
Nick Massetti improved to 5-0 by throwing a complete game in the opener, scattering two runs on seven hits while striking out five.
All three of SU's runs in the game came after a leadoff single came around to score: senior
Michael Douglas in the first, Spanos in the fourth and Kregeloh in the sixth. Kregeloh scored what proved to be the game-winning run on a one-out single by junior
Cody Ezolt.
The Raiders were done in by four errors in the second game, as only three of the seven Husky runs were earned. Sophomore
Thomas Swartz took the loss, allowing four runs (two earned) in two innings, while sophomore
Kyle McClintock threw five innings and allowed three runs (one earned).
SU never led in Game 2 but got within a run of the lead twice, benefiting from an RBI-double by freshman
Jake Kennedy and a sacrifice fly by
Ryan McMillen in the fourth and a fifth-inning RBI-single by freshman
Isaac Stern.
Tuesday's doubleheader wrapped up a stretch of 13 games in 18 days for the Raiders at Fairchild Field. SU managed an 11-2 record while posting a .303 team batting average and hitting 10 home runs at the friendly confines – outscoring the opposition 78-46 during that span.
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