The Shippensburg University baseball team rallied in both of its games on Saturday to complete a series sweep of Lock Haven, defeating the Bald Eagles by scores of 6-1 and 9-5 in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division action at Watkins Field.
 
Shippensburg (13-17, 8-4 PSAC East) totaled 23 hits in the doubleheader, but 20 of those hits came in the fifth inning or later of each game. SU trailed 1-0 through four innings of Game 1 (seven-inning game) and 3-0 through six innings of Game 2 (nine-inning game).
 
Junior Lake Lloyd had four hits, including a key three-run double in Game 1. Graduate Matt Shilling had four hits, including a double and an RBI. Redshirt-sophomore Justin Byler had two hits, including a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning in Game 2.
 
The Raiders will be back on Wednesday for a single game against Frostburg State at 3 p.m.
 
Game 1: Shippensburg 6, Lock Haven 1
 
Lock Haven (7-19, 1-11) took the lead in the second inning with an unearned run on a fielder's choice. It was the only blemish against junior Noah Nabholz, who threw a complete game and allowed just three singles and a walk while striking out three in an efficient 76-pitch effort.
 
SU scored three times in the fifth and the sixth to take control. In the fifth inning, freshman Carter Hinds tied it with an RBI-single. Senior Ben Werkheiser gave the Raiders a 3-1 lead with a two-run double.
 
Lloyd hit a bases-clearing, three-run double in the sixth to create the final score of 6-1. Sophomore Joe Barbera, Hinds and Shilling each finished the game with multiple hits.
 
Game 2: Shippensburg 9, Lock Haven 5
 
Shippensburg trailed for much of the game and did not score until the seventh inning. Graduate JuJu Cason got the Raiders started with a triple to right field and was brought home on an RBI-single by Lloyd that made the score 3-1.
 
SU tied the game in the top of the eighth inning after an RBI-double by Shilling and an RBI-single by Byler, but the Bald Eagles retook the lead with two outs in the bottom of the eighth on a two-run home run by Joe Shannon.
 
The resilient Raiders scored six times in the top of the ninth inning to come from behind and win. Sophomore Andrew Chronister hit a two-run double to tie it at 5-5 as Werkheiser and junior Justin Darden scored almost simultaneously on a bang-bang play at home plate.
 
Cason then snuck in a single that gave the Raiders a 6-5 lead. Lloyd added another run on an RBI-double and then Byler hit a no-doubt two-run home run to cap the scoring.
 
Sophomore Gabe Stotler started on the mound for the Raiders and threw six innings, allowing three runs on four hits with one strikeout. Sophomore Jackson LoBianco came in as the relief pitcher and threw two innings, allowing two runs on three hits. Sophomore Kaleb Sophy got the final three outs, including two via strikeout.