The Shippensburg University baseball team dropped a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at East Stroudsburg from Mitterling Field.
 
Shippensburg (22-21, 11-13 PSAC East) fell to East Stroudsburg (21-20, 10-14) in Game 1 by a score of 4-1. The final in Game 2 was 7-1 in favor of East Stroudsburg. The nightcap was a called with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning after inclement weather moved in.
 
Junior Cash Gladfelter finished 2-for-4 at the plate on the day including a leadoff home run in Game 1 to dead center field. Senior Nick Spangler also had a multi-hit day at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a double and a RBI.
 
Senior Andy Crum started on the mound for SU in Game 1 while junior Michael Hope made his second consecutive and second career conference start in Game 2. Freshman Dalton Oates pitched 0.2 shutout innings in Game 1 out of the Raider bullpen.
 
Shippensburg will return to action Tuesday at 3 p.m. when it will travel to Shepherdstown, West Virginia to take on Shepherd in single nine-inning game.
 
Game 1
 
Gladfelter got on the board first with a lead-off home run to center field, his third home run of the season. East Stroudsburg would tie the game in fourth after Crum cruised through the first three innings.
 
The Warriors took the lead in the fifth and added two insurance runs in the sixth to take down the Raiders, 4-1. Crum pitched 5.1 innings and recorded seven strikeouts.
 
Game 2
 
Shippensburg scored first in Game 2 as well, on an RBI-single by Spangler that scored freshman Scout Knotts in the top of the third. The Warriors responded in their ensuing at-bat, scoring three runs via a three-run home run from Christian Rishel to take the lead.
 
The game was eventually called after rain and lightning moved into the area. The stats from the bottom of the fifth inning remain due to NCAA rulebook provisions 5-8-b-1 and Section 28 - A.R. 1.
 
Standings Update
 
Shippensburg currently sits in sixth place in the PSAC East pending other results. Weather wreaked havoc on other East schools on Saturday, as the second game of both the Kutztown-Mansfield and Millersville-Lock Haven doubleheaders were suspended or postponed. Therefore, KU (12-11) is currently fourth, Lock Haven (11-12) is fifth, Shippensburg (11-13) sixth and East Stroudsburg (10-14) is seventh.
 
All four teams are currently in play for the final playoff spot, but next weekend's Kutztown-Shippensburg series will likely go a long way in helping to make the playoff picture much clearer. Shippensburg will have to win the series over the Golden Bears (3-1 or 4-0 record in series) to have a chance to remain in the conference playoff picture.