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MANSFIELD, Pa. – Runs were easy
to come by today (March 31) at Shaute Field, as the Lock
Haven University baseball team (10-9) picked up a split
against Mansfield University, 10-9, 13-8. The Bald Eagles
used a 10-run sixth inning to get the win in game one.
The
Mountaineers held a commanding 7-0 lead heading into the
sixth, but the Bald Eagle bats ignited for six consecutive
hits and all of their 10 runs in the game to jump out in
front.
Junior
leftfielder
Aaron Neideigh
(Spring Mills, Pa./Penns Valley)
smacked a grand slam, while sophomore designated hitter
Blake Barbini
(Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area)
got a three-run shot and a double in the inning. Junior
centerfielder
Kyle Elbin
(Bedford, Pa./Delgado C.C.)
finished 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored.
The
Mountaineers nearly forced extra innings, as they got
their first two runners on and cut the LHU lead to 10-9
with two out. Senior reliever
Kenny
Janiszewski (Tunkhannock, Pa./Tunkhannock)
got the last batter to pop out to second for the win.
Sophomore
Kyle Wentz
(Schuylkill Haven,
Pa./Blue
Mtn)
went five innings, giving up five earned runs and striking
out two, evening out to 1-1 on the season.
Mansfield
first baseman D.J. Hoshauer hit three home runs. Reliever
Ryan Mantua (0-2) went 1.2 innings in the loss.
Game two
ended early on account of darkness, with Mansfield earning
the win 13-8. Mansfield hit two more home runs in game
two, including a grand slam of their own.
After a
sacrifice fly and a
Derek
Megargell (Orangeville, Pa./Alleghany College(Md.))
single brought home two runs in the third, the
Mountaineers answered with six runs, four coming on a
grand slam by Colby Rickabaugh.
LHU
followed up with two home runs in the fourth, a leadoff
shot by Neideigh and a two-run jack by sophomore
designated hitter
Travis Ruane
(Hughesville, Pa./Hughesville),
cutting the lead to 6-5.
Mansfield
would spread their final seven runs over the next three
innings to put the game out of reach. Neideigh finished
game two at 2-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI,
while Ruane had a 3-for-4 nightcap with three RBI and a
run scored.
Senior
Mike Frederick
(Williamsport, Pa/S. Williamsport)
picked up the loss in going just 1.1 innings as the
starter, falling to 0-1. Mansfield’s Justin Ferguson (1-1)
grabbed the win with a complete-game effort.
Neideigh, Barbini, Elbin, Janiszewski,
Wentz, Megargell, Ruane, Frederick and the rest of the
Bald Eagles are back in action Friday, April 1 at 1 p.m.
as they travel to Clarion University. |
