SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University baseball team swept Holy Family, 8-2 and 4-0, on a cold, grey and windy Friday afternoon at Fairchild Field.
 
Shippensburg (6-3) out-hit Holy Family (3-3), a first-year program, by a 15-5 margin. The two teams played at a brisk and efficient pace: the seven-inning Game 1 lasted 1:55 and the nine-inning Game 2 was done in 1:58.
 
Senior Austin Baal reached base six times in the doubleheader, going 2-for-4 with a solo home run, an RBI-double, four walks and two runs scored.
 
Junior Gio Calamia reached base five times, finishing the day 3-for-6 with three RBIs, two walks and two runs. Calamia delivered RBIs in each of his first two at-bats of the day – a two-run single and an RBI-triple.
 
Senior Andrew Chronister hit a two-run double as part of a three-RBI day; freshman Brady Harbach recorded his first collegiate hit with a bases-loaded, two-run single, and junior Carter Hinds was 3-for-8 with two doubles and a triple atop the batting order.
 
The Raiders used six pitchers on the day and none allowed more than two hits. SU struck out 24 batters over the course of 16 innings.
 
Saturday's games vs. Holy Family have been canceled. SU is next in action at noon Friday when it opens Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division play at Mansfield. The doubleheader at Shaute Field begins at noon.
 
Game One: SU 8, HFU 2
 
SU used six runs through the first three innings to build a comfortable lead and cruised to an 8-2 victory over the Tigers.
 
A quick rally started with a Hinds leadoff double that got the Raiders on the board in the bottom of the first. SU loaded the bases with one out to set up a two-run single by Calamia.
 
The Raiders picked up a big 6-0 lead after a four-run third inning. Byler singled and Baal walked to get two runners on base. A double by Chronister brought home both runners, and a triple by Calamia in the next at-bat scored Byler. Graduate Morgan Wyatt brought home Calamia with a groundout to second base.
 
Holy Family chased junior Jaxon Dalena with two runs in the fourth inning but the Raider starter had a strong outing; he struck out eight over 3.2 innings and allowed just one hit and walked three. The Tiger runs came on a throwing error and a wild pitch.
 
Hinds doubled again to leadoff the fourth inning. Walks from graduate Justin Byler and sophomore Mike Heckman loaded the bases. The Tigers rolled a double play for two quick outs but scored Hinds. An infield hit by Chronister brought Heckman home for an 8-2 lead.

Senior Gabe Stotler earned the win out of the bullpen, allowing one hit over 2.2 innings with five strikeouts in relief of Dalena. Stotler struck out four batters over the fifth and sixth innings to keep the momentum in SU's favor.
 
Freshman Conner Barto came in for the seventh inning, tossing a three-up, three-down inning with a strikeout to close out the win.
 
Hinds was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a triple out of the leadoff spot. Chronister and Calamia each went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored. Byler was 1-for-2 with two walks.
 
Game Two: SU 4, HF 0
 
Shippensburg pitched a shutout in Game 2, allowing just three hits from the Tigers in the game. Graduate Ryan Gleason got the win on the mound, tossing six innings in his start. Gleason allowed just one hit and struck out seven batters.
 
Senior Austin Baal was 2-for-3 in the game with two RBIs and a run scored. Baal blasted his second home run of the year, a solo shot in the seventh inning. Freshman Brady Harbach brought in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the seventh.
 
Calamia got the first inning started with an infield single and advanced to second on a groundout. Baal stepped up with two outs, blooping a double down the left-field line to bring in Calamia.
 
Gleason allowed an infield single to leadoff the third inning before retiring 12 straight batters to end his day. Sophomore J.T. Weaver (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) came on in the seventh to relieve Gleason, stranding two runners in the seventh to keep the Raiders in front.
 
Baal led off the seventh inning, demolishing a solo shot to right field to put SU up 2-0. The Raiders looked for more insurance, loading the bases with their next three at-bats. Harbach came up to bat, singling through the middle to bring in two more runs for a 4-0 advantage.
 
Weaver stranded two more runners in the eighth inning, and senior Ethan Miller tossed a clean ninth with a strikeout to end the ball game.