Baseball | 2/24/2019 7:59:00 PM

Box Score The Shippensburg University baseball team began a three-game series with Slippery Rock on Sunday with a 9-8 victory over The Rock in a non-conference, nine-inning game on a windy evening at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Md. SU clinched the victory by throwing out the tying run at the plate to end the game.  
 
Shippensburg (1-3) raced out to a 7-0 lead behind a solo home run from senior Jack Goertzen, an RBI single and a three-run home run from sophomore Scout Knotts, and a two-run home run by senior Tommy Baggett.
 
Slippery Rock (0-1) mounted a comeback and entered the bottom of the ninth inning trailing 9-7. Hope induced a groundout and struck out the next batter, but the Rock countered with a double and an infield single. With runners on the corners, a bloop double plated the first run, but SU's successful relay ended with Goertzen making a sweeping tag at the plate for the final out.
 
Senior Zack Sims got the win, while freshman Noah Nabholz worked in relief and senior Michael Hope closed for the save.
 
A full box score will be posted once available.
 
UP NEXT: Monday, 11 a.m. vs. Slippery Rock (doubleheader in Bel Air, Md.)