LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – One day after dropping a double-header away, the Lock Haven University baseball team (16-23, 6-10 PSAC West) turned the tables, taking two games from IUP (11-20, 4-12 PSAC West) in dominating fashion, 6-0, 9-1 today (April 23) at Foundation Field. The wins boost LHU out of the PSAC West cellar set the Bald Eagle sights on fourth place.

Sophomore lefthander Blake Barbini (Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area) dominated game one, allowing just two hits and walking one with a Bald Eagle season-high 10 strikeouts in the complete-game win. Barbini (5-3) allowed just one runner to reach second base.

The Bald Eagles did all of their damage late, as they finally broke the scoreless tie in the fifth.

Senior shortstop Brett Kelley (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) led off with a walk and promptly stole second. After a sacrifice bunt, an out and a walk, junior leftfielder Aaron Neideigh (Spring Mills, Pa./Penns Valley) singled home Kelley.

LHU added insult to injury in the sixth, putting up five more runs on five straight singles. Sophomore third baseman Chad Mix (Williamsport, Pa./S. Williamsport) ripped a single up the middle for two RBI, with a third run scoring on an error by the centerfielder.

LHU plated six runs, but not one Bald Eagle posted a multi-hit game. IUP’s Alex Gett (1-1) went five innings in the loss.

Game two was more of the same, as it took four innings for the Bald Eagle bats to warm up again.

Senior first baseman Dave Miller (Tyrone, Pa./Bellwood-Antis) snapped the scoreless tie with an RBI single, plating Neideigh, who singled to start the inning.

IUP tied it back up with a run in the fifth, but LHU answered with a five-run inning to jump back ahead.

Neil Herman (Coatesville, Pa./Delaware Valley C.C.), Neideigh and Travis Ruane (Hughesville, Pa./Hughesville) each had RBI singles, while Miller capped the inning with a big double, scoring two runs. Miller finished the game at 2-for-4 with three RBI.

Mix and Neideigh brought in two more runs with singles in the sixth, as LHU added three more runs, aided by five wild pitches in the inning.