The Shippensburg University baseball team ended up with a split of its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division doubleheader at Bloomsburg on Saturday, winning Game 2 by a 15-3 score after losing Game 1 in walk-off fashion, 9-8, from Litwhiler Field.
 
Shippensburg (12-15, 4-6 PSAC East) took a 3-0 lead in Game 1 before Bloomsburg (15-8, 5-5) countered with five runs in the third and two more in the fourth to take a 7-3 lead. The Raiders rallied in their final at-bat, scoring four times in the top of the seventh to take an 8-7 lead, but the Huskies scored twice in the bottom half for the win.
 
In Game 2, SU held leads of 5-0 and 6-3 before breaking it open with a seven-run sixth inning. The Raiders finished the doubleheader with 25 hits, including four doubles and four home runs, and hit .357 on the day.
 
Senior Tommy Baggett was red hot at the plate, going 6-for-8 with a home run, two doubles, four RBIs, a stolen base and four runs scored. Baggett had 11 total bases and reached base in seven of his nine plate appearances, as he was hit by a pitch in his final at-bat of the day.
 
Sophomore Scout Knotts had a strong day as well, going 4-for-8 with a home run, two doubles and four RBIs. Knotts singled in the top of the seventh to plate the go-ahead run for the Raiders in Game 1 before the Huskies rallied.
 
Junior Zack Zoller scored five runs. Zoller was 4-for-9, including a two-run homer in Game 2, and drew a walk. Sophomore Chase Zurawski had three hits, three runs and four RBIs, including a run-scoring triple in Game 2.
 
Senior Ty Painter got a Game 2 start; hitting a two-run homer, scoring three runs and dropping down a sacrifice. Sophomore Logan Williamson and freshman Anthony Vavaroutsos each finished the doubleheader with three hits and two RBIs.
 
Senior Cole Backenstose got the Game 2 victory on the mound, scattering three runs on five hits over 4.2 innings with four strikeouts. Sophomore Dalton Oates pitched 2.1 shutout innings of relief.
 
Senior Zack Sims pitched into the seventh in Game 1, allowing three earned runs and striking out seven over six innings.
 
UP NEXT: Sunday, 1 p.m. vs. Bloomsburg (DH).