The Shippensburg University baseball team totaled 21 hits and scored in six different innings on Friday to win on the road at Mansfield, 18-6, in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division game at historic Shaute Field.
Shippensburg (23-20, 13-6 PSAC East) built a 9-2 lead through six innings before Mansfield (20-20, 11-8) scored four runs against three different Raider pitchers in the seventh to make it 9-6. SU countered with a seven-run eighth inning and two more in the ninth inning to gain the lopsided victory over the Mountaineers.
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All 10 Raiders that came to bat on Friday had at least one hit. Sophomore
Joe Barbera was 4-for-5 with a double, RBI, walk and two runs scored out of the No. 2 spot in the batting order. Senior
Justin Darden was 2-for-5 with three RBIs, including a two-run homer in the first inning. Redshirt-sophomore
Justin Byler had three hits and an RBI.
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The SU shortstops combined for four hits and seven RBIs. Freshman
Carter Hinds was 2-for-4 with three RBIs before having to leave the game, his replacement, senior
Andres Garcia, hit two-run singles in both the eighth and ninth inning.
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Redshirt-junior
Nick Zegna improved to 7-3 on the season, allowing five runs (four earned) over 6.2 innings. Zegna scattered seven hits, walked three and struck out seven. Redshirt-freshman
Cameron Goble faced two batters in the seventh, and sophomore
Austen Labarre got the final seven outs, including three strikeouts.
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Shippensburg will host the Mounties at noon tomorrow for a Senior Day doubleheader at Fairchild Field. The senior ceremony will take place between games.
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