LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University baseball team (16-25, 6-12 PSAC West) got off to a pair of good starts, but didn’t have good finishes today (April 29) in dropping a double-header to Slippery Rock University (30-12, 11-7 PSAC West) 7-1 and 8-3 at Foundation Field. Senior Brett Kelley (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) was 4-for-5 with three RBI on the day.

The first game started on the right note, as LHU posted a run in the first. After a leadoff walk by junior Kurt Elbin (Bedford, Pa./Delgado C.C.) and a pair of outs later, sophomore Travis Ruane (Hughesville, Pa./Hughesville) put the Haven on the board with a sacrifice fly.

Junior starter Bryan Stamm (Mifflinburg, Pa./Temple University) was burned by the timely hit all day, as SRU answered with seven runs over the final six innings of the game, the big inning coming in the third, as they brought home four.

Stamm (2-6) went the distance in the loss, fanning six, while Rock starter Roccy D’Angelo (7-1) allowed just three hits in the win.

Game two started the same way, as Kelley celebrated senior day with an RBI single, plating Elbin. SRU answered with two unearned runs off LHU starter Jason A. Brindle (James Creek, Pa./Huntingdon Area) in the third, but the Bald Eagles jumped back in front in the bottom half.

Back-to-back singles by Elbin and junior rightfielder Neil Herman (Coatesville, Pa./Delaware County C.C.) preceded a sacrifice bunt, giving Kelley two runners in scoring position, as he promptly doubled them both home for the 3-2 lead.

SRU then got the final six runs of the game, three each in both the fifth and sixth, for the 8-3 win. Brindle (3-5) went 5.2 innings in the loss, while the Rock’s Dan Herisko (5-1) got the complete-game victory.