SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University baseball team came up short on Saturday in a pair of home games against regional rival No. 28 Millersville, falling 16-5 and 4-3 to the Marauders in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division matchups from Fairchild Field.
 
Shippensburg (11-14, 3-5 PSAC East) dropped to fifth place in the division through the first two PSAC East weekends, while Millersville (20-7, 7-1) moved into a tie for first place with West Chester (16-5, 7-1).
 
SU totaled 18 hits in the doubleheader, but also committed nine errors. Of the 20 runs yielded by the Raiders on the day, only seven were earned. Shippensburg's starting pitchers: redshirt-sophomore Noah Inch and senior Michael Hope, combined to allow three earned runs over 10 innings with 10 strikeouts.
 
Junior Jacob Pollock had four singles in seven at-bats, while five other Raiders finished the doubleheader with multiple hits. Senior Ty Painter had two hits and two RBIs, while freshman Nick Benitez also had two RBIs.
 
Junior Zack Zoller and sophomore Scout Knotts each reached base three times, totaling two hits and a walk. Freshman Justin Darden had two hits, including a double. Zoller, senior Jack Goertzen and freshman Anthony Vavaroutsos each finished with an RBI.
 
SU fell behind 5-0 in Game 1 before a three-run third inning made the score 5-3. The Marauders broke Game 1 open in the fourth, however, scoring seven unearned runs with two outs. In the nightcap, the Raiders led 3-0 through five innings before the Marauders tied it in the sixth and plated the go-ahead run in the eighth.
 
Hope struck out nine batters over six innings in Game 2, yielding one earned run. He did not walk a batter. Freshman Jared Showalter struck out two in two innings of relief, yielding an unearned run.
 
UP NEXT: Friday, 1 p.m. vs. Bloomsburg (DH).