The Shippensburg University baseball team lost both games of a PSAC Eastern Division doubleheader at Bloomsburg on Sunday, falling 5-4 and 10-8.
Shippensburg is now 17-10 overall and 4-4 in the PSAC East. Bloomsburg improved to 15-6 overall and 5-3 in conference play. The Huskies completed their first conference series sweep of the Raiders and moved ahead of Shippensburg in the division standings.
Despite the losses, Shippensburg out-hit Bloomsburg 20-10 on the day. The Raiders also committed five errors, walked 11 batters and left 15 runners on base.
In Game 1, Bloomsburg built a 4-0 lead through four innings. Shippensburg answered with three runs in the fifth, including a two-run home run by Thomas Cano-Piszel, his second of the season. The Raiders tied the game in the seventh when AJ Wenrich’s fielder’s choice brought home Will Oates. Bloomsburg won 5-4 in the bottom of the inning after an error allowed the winning run to score.
Jake Pope doubled twice and drove in a run for the Raiders in the opener. Cano-Piszel finished with two RBIs. Kaleb Maksimik pitched six innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on four hits with four walks and four strikeouts.
In Game 2, Bloomsburg scored two runs in the first inning without a hit and later broke the game open with six runs in the fourth to take a 10-2 lead.
Shippensburg scored once in the third on an RBI double by Pope and once in the fourth on an RBI single by Lucas Ream. The Raiders then mounted a comeback in the seventh. RBI singles by Cano-Piszel and Ty Sherman made it 10-4 before Brady Harbach hit a grand slam to cut the deficit to 10-8. Wenrich later doubled as the tying run got to the plate, but Bloomsburg recorded the final two outs to end the game.
Brenden Anderson pitched 3.1 innings and allowed four runs, three earned. Bryce Amos worked in relief in the fourth inning, and Jacob Dennis recorded the final six outs, allowing one unearned run and striking out two.
Shippensburg returns to action at 1 p.m. Friday when it hosts Millersville for a PSAC doubleheader at Fairchild Field.
