SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University baseball team braved rain, snow, sleet, and hail to score a season-high 15 runs during a wild win over the No. 6 ranked West Chester Golden Rams in the series finale Friday at Fairchild Field, 15-10.
 
Shippensburg (13-7, 1-2 PSAC) twice rallied for five or more runs, erasing a three-run deficit with a six spot in the bottom of the fifth, then breaking a 10-10 tie with a five-run outburst in the eighth to win it.
 
The Raiders pounded out 12 hits on the afternoon. Sophomore centerfield Gio Calamia was at the center of both big rallies, going 3-for-5 on the day with five RBIs.
 
West Chester (10-4, 2-1 PSAC) pitching aided the Ship rallies by issuing eleven walks after being staked to an early 7-3 lead. Designated hitter John DeMucci went 3-for-4 for the Golden Rams with two runs scored and two driven in.
 
Shippensburg began to chip away at the 7-3 deficit in the bottom of the fourth, with junior Joe Barbera scoring on a wild pitch to make it a three-run game.
 
The first four SU hitters reached to start the fifth, including three walks, with sophomore Jaxon Dalena drawing a free pass with the bases loaded to drive in a run. Barbera added another bases loaded walk later in the frame to trim the deficit to one, before Calamia lofted a bloop single to center that plated the tying and go-ahead runs, 8-7.
 
A grounder off the bat of senior Andrew Chronister resulted in a costly two-run error that capped the Raiders' six-run fifth.
 
Shippensburg pitchers had their own struggles with command in the wet weather during the top of the seventh, as the Golden Rams countered with three runs to even the score. A balk, a bases loaded walk, and a bases loaded hit by pitch resulted in West Chester runs.
 
After a quick top of the eighth from redshirt-freshman Eric Bohenek, the Raiders broke the 10-10 tie with a five-run rally in the bottom half of the frame.
 
Dalena came through with the biggest hit, stroking a two-run single to center to give the hosts the lead. A perfectly placed bunt single from Barbera drove in an additional run, and Calamia broke the game open with a sharply hit single to right center that plated two more.
 
Junior Austen LaBarre struck out two during a 1-2-3 ninth inning to wrap the victory for Bohenek, who pitched two scoreless in relief of starting pitcher graduate Noah Nabholz (2.2 IP) and junior Jackson LoBianco (3.1 IP).
 
Graduate Justin Byler tallied three hits, giving him seven total in the three-game set.
 
Dalena (1-for-3) finished with three RBIs and three runs scored.
 
Up next, the Raiders return to Fairchild Field Tuesday for a nine-inning contest against the Wilmington (De.) Wildcats. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m.