The Shippensburg University baseball team cranked out a season-high 15 hits on Sunday to conclude its four-game weekend in North Carolina, but the Raiders could not extinguish the hot bats of Slippery Rock in dropping a 15-8 decision to The Rock in a neutral-site game from Ting Park.
 
Shippensburg (2-5) could not overcome a seven-run second inning by Slippery Rock (3-1), as The Rock got three homers and seven RBIs on the day from All-PSAC West First Teamer Christian Porterfield and totaled five round trippers on the day. SU clawed back to get as close as 11-7 entering the bottom of the seventh inning.
 
Junior Tommy Baggett was 4-for-4 on the day with a solo home run, sacrifice bunt and three runs scored. Senior Dalton Hoiles was 3-for-4 with an RBI-single and an RBI-double and drew a walk. Junior Jack Goertzen hit a two-run home run.
 
Eight of the nine batters in the SU lineup had at least one hit in the game. Seniors Grant Hoover and Nick Spangler each had two hits on the day. Through the first seven games, Hoover leads the Raiders with nine hits and a .346 batting average.
 
Redshirt-freshman Aaron Cleveland got the start for the Raiders on the mound and worked two innings. Five Raiders worked in relief: freshman Chris Horst, freshman Dalton Oates, sophomore Kyle Lysy, redshirt-freshman Noah Inch and sophomore Jack Jenkens. Lysy pitched the most of the relievers, working 2.2 innings and striking out six of the eight batters he retired.
 
Shippensburg is scheduled to host four games next weekend, beginning with a Friday matinee at 2 p.m. against Southern New Hampshire from Fairchild Field.