Shippensburg Baseball Takes Two From Wingate

WINGATE, N.C. - The Shippensburg University baseball team swept a doubleheader with Wingate University on Saturday afternoon, winning the first game, 5-2, and the second game, 6-5.
 
Shippensburg (5-2) took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning of game one when sophomore Jamie Mengle (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) singled to drive in junior Tyler Wise (Bedford, Pa./Bedford) who reached base with a double.
 
The Red Raiders scored again in the seventh and eighth innings. Junior Eric Perlozzo (Cumberland, Md./Bishop Walsh) hit a double in the seventh to score freshman Chad Griswold (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Altoona). Wise hit his second double of the game in the eighth, and scored on a single from Mengle for a 3-0 lead.
 
A two-RBI double from Wise in the ninth inning added two insurance runs for Shippensburg, scoring Perlozzo and senior Chad Stecker (Saylorsburg, Pa./Pleasant Valley). Wise went 3-for-5 in the game, with three doubles, two RBI and two runs scored.
 
Wingate (3-10) got on the board in the ninth on a two-RBI single from Jon Svanda.
 
Senior Lee McClintock (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) earned his first win of the year, going the distance and striking out nine in the victory. Andy McKinney got the loss for Wingate.
 
In game two, the Red Raiders were able to take advantage of six Wingate errors to score several runs. Junior Nick Erdman (Leola, Pa./Conestoga Valley) scored the first run of the game on an RBI-single from Wise in the first inning and junior Brad Berner (Media, Pa./Penncrest) scored on an error in the second inning to give Shippensburg a 2-0 lead.
 
Wingate put its first run up in the fourth when Shaughn Neal scored on a Red Raider error to cut Shippensburg's lead to 2-1. The Red Raiders came back to score two runs in the fifth inning as senior Ryan Miscik (Mt. Pleasant, Pa./Mt. Pleasant) and Stecker each took advantage of errors to score.
 
Sophomore Jared Bucher (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) gave Shippensburg its largest lead of the game, 5-1, when he scored on an error in the top of the sixth after reaching base with a double.
 
Wingate scored twice in the bottom of the sixth off a two run homerun from Tim Bowman.
 
Shippensburg scored its final run in the top of the seventh. Miscik singled up the middle and a throwing error sent him to third. He scored when Stecker hit a sacrifice fly. Miscik went 3-for-3 in the game, scoring twice.
 
Wingate would mount a comeback in the final inning, scoring two runs with two outs, before relief pitcher freshman Kyle Warner (Berrysburg, Pa./Upper Dauphin) got Dan Brooks to ground out to first base to end the game. He pitched 1.2 innings, with two strikeouts. Starting pitcher junior Nathan Starner (Aspers, Pa./Biglerville) earned his second victory of the year, going 5.1 innings. He had three strikeouts.
 
Shippensburg plays Wingate again on Sunday, February 20 beginning at 1:00 p.m.

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