Baseball Falls In 10 Innings to Wingate

WINGATE, N.C. - The Shippensburg University baseball team fell in extra innings to Wingate University on Friday afternoon, 3-2.
 
Down 2-0 in the seventh inning, the Red Raiders (3-2) came back to tie the game at 2-2.
 
Junior Eric Perlozzo (Cumberland, Md./Bishop Walsh) led off the seventh inning with a triple, and he scored on junior Nick Erdman's (Leola, Pa./Conestoga Valley) sacrifice fly.
 
Shippensburg tied the game in the top of the ninth. Senior Chad Stecker (Saylorsburg, Pa./Pleasant Valley) reached base when he was hit by a pitch, and Perlozzo's sacrifice bunt moved him to second. He scored when Erdman singled to left field for his second RBI of the game.
 
In the bottom of the tenth inning, Wingate (3-8) loaded the bases with two hit batters and a walk. Wingate's Jon Svanda hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score the winning run for the Bulldogs.
 
Sophomore Nathan Jones (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) recorded the loss for Shippensburg after pitching two innings in relief. Sophomore Ross Buckwalter (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) got the start, giving up two runs on five hits. Sophomore Stephen Slatcoff (Windber, Pa./Windber) struck out four in four innings of relief. Matt Trent was the winning pitcher for Wingate.
 
Shippensburg will play Wingate again tomorrow, February 19. First pitch is scheduled for Noon.

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