The Shippensburg University baseball team used stellar relief pitching and a seventh-inning rally on the road Tuesday to come from behind and beat Seton Hill, the No. 3 team in the Atlantic Region, by a 6-4 score in Greensburg.
 
Shippensburg (9-13) trailed 4-1 after five innings before scoring once in the sixth and three times in the seventh to take a 5-4 lead on Seton Hill (15-6), a team that won 3-of-4 this past weekend over perennial PSAC West power Mercyhurst. The Raiders added another run in the eighth and rode its bullpen to claim the victory.
 
Senior Seth LeFever started and went three innings, striking out two. He retired the first four batters he faced, including a rocket comebacker off the bat of All-American Chris Miller, before allowing a run in the second and two more with two outs in the third. The Griffins led 4-1 after three innings.
 
Sophomore Andy Crum was marvelous in relief of LeFever, earning his first collegiate win by throwing three scoreless innings. Crum allowed just a walk and two hits while striking out two in the longest outing of his collegiate career. It is the third time in 10 career appearances that Crum had held the opposition scoreless. Crum struck out consecutive batters to end the fourth inning and strand a runner at third base.
 
Redshirt-freshman Tyler Butcher was just as exemplary. Butcher gave up just one hit in pitching the final three innings, striking out two to record his first collegiate save. Both of his strikeouts came in the ninth inning. Crum and Butcher combined to allow just four baserunners in six innings against a team that entered Tuesday's game with a .324 batting average and .533 slugging percentage.  
 
Freshman Tommy Baggett continues to swing the bat well, going 3-for-5 on Tuesday and scoring two runs. Baggett is on a five-game hitting streak and is 10-for-19 (.526) during that span.
 
Baggett's single led off the decisive seventh inning. Freshman Jack Goertzen bunted Baggett over yet both men stayed on the bases due to a throwing error on the play by the third baseman. Sophomore Nick Spangler then tripled both men home and ultimately scored on the hit due to another error. In the eighth inning, Spangler again plated Baggett – this time on a sacrifice fly.
 
Sophomore Dalton Hoiles was 2-for-5 on the day and delivered an RBI-single in the sixth inning that plated senior Mike Marcinko. Freshman Cash Gladfelter had an RBI-single in the second inning to score junior Ryan McMillen after a one-out double. McMillen was 3-for-5 on the day.
 
Senior Austin Allison was 2-for-5. Allison has reached base in 19 consecutive games and in 20-of-22 games overall this season.
 
Shippensburg begins a four-game PSAC Eastern Division series against Lock Haven at 1 p.m. Friday with a doubleheader from Fairchild Field.