Bloomsburg University Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Shippensburg

BLOOMSBURG –The Bloomsburg University baseball team split a doubleheader with Shippensburg University on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies lost game one by a score of 12-5, and won game two 8-4.

In game one, the Huskies raced out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Mike Austin (Dallastown/NW Shoals JC) and Kevin Ward (Clifton Heights/Monsignor Bonner) hit back-to-back doubles, and Tyler Gansner (Lampeter-Strasburg/UNC Charlotte) hit a one-out single to drive in Austin. Jarrod Kramer (Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) would then single to drive in Ward to make the score 2-0 Bloomsburg. The Huskies continued their momentum in the second inning when Tony Donofry (Newtown/Council Rock North) hit a single up the middle to score Anthony Foreman (Richboro/Council Rock South) and Scott Kacelowicz (Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain/Kutztown Univ.) . Three batters later, Donofry would score on a Gansner sacrifice fly to give the Huskies a commanding 5-0 lead.

From there, though, Shippensburg’s bats would heat up, as the Red Raiders would score five runs in the fourth inning to take a 7-5 lead, and would add another three in the fifth inning to put the game out of reach.

Donofry and Gansner led the Huskies with two RBI apiece. Mike Rossetti (0-2) picked up the loss for the Huskies.

In the second game, Bloomsburg took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Gansner hit a bases-loaded sacrifice grounder to score Donofry. On the next at-bat, Austin scored on a wild pitch to give the Huskies an early advantage. After Shippensburg responded to take a 3-2 lead midway through the third, Donofry and Ward both scored in the bottom of the third to make the score 4-3. Bloomsburg would break the game open in the fourth when Donofry and Corey Eisenhart (York/Dover/Hagerstown CC) scored on a wild throw to make the score 6-3, followed by a Kramer single that drove in Ward and Austin, giving the Huskies an 8-3 lead. Shippensburg would add a run in the bottom of the fourth, but Mitch Troy (Elkton, MD/Cecil College) and Chris Carter (Bartonsville/Pocono Mountain East) allowed just one hit over the final three innings to secure the victory.

Kramer led the way for Bloomsburg with three RBI, while Donofry scored three runs for the Huskies. Troy (2-1) was the winning pitcher for the Huskies.

With the win, the Huskies improve to 10-9 this season.

Bloomsburg returns to action on Friday when they travel to Millersville. The first game of the doubleheader starts at 1:00.