Offense Explodes for 18 Runs in Doubleheader Sweep of Lock Haven

April 8, 2005

Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - The Shippensburg University baseball team totaled 18 runs and 20 hits Friday afternoon in a doubleheader sweep against Lock Haven University, 3-0 and 15-6, at Fairchild Field. The Red Raiders' 15 runs in game two were a season-high.

Shippensburg (16-18, 2-4 PSAC West) received another stellar pitching performance from senior Lee McClintock (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) in game one who threw his fourth complete game of the season, striking out 11. In the second game, the Red Raiders had nine players with at least one hit and one run while the Bald Eagles used six pitchers.

The win was the third this season for McClintock and the second by shutout. He has struck out at least 10 batters in two games this season and has totaled 30 of his 45 strikeouts this year in his three complete games. For his career, McClintock has 214 strikeouts, third on the school's all-time list, only one behind Jason Kanovich, who totaled 215 from 1996-98, in second.

In the first game, Shippensburg scored all the runs it needed in the third inning when senior Chad Stecker (Saylorsburg, Pa./Pleasant Valley) and senior Ryan Miscik (Mt. Pleasant, Pa./Mt. Pleasant) scored when sophomore Jared Boger (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) reached on a Lock Haven error.

Boger scored the team's final run in the sixth on a RBI-walk with the bases loaded by junior Scott Goss (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop).

In game two, the Red Raiders scored at least one run in five out of six innings, sending 10 batters to the plate in both the bottom of the second and third. After three innings, the Bald Eagles (11-14, 1-5 PSAC West) trailed 9-1.

As a team, Shippensburg batted .517 (15-for-29), totaling 12 RBI and seven walks. The Red Raiders also went 9-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

Goss and junior Nick Erdman (Leola, Pa./Conestoga Valley) each went 3-for-3 in the game with Goss totaling three RBI and Erdman two, while Miscik was 2-for-2 with two triples and two runs. Sophomore Frank D'Agostino (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove) picked up his team-leading fifth win of the season, going six innings, scattering six hits and allowing four runs while striking out eight.

With Shippensburg leading 15-4 heading into the top of the seventh, junior Jeremy Hess (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg), who normally plays left field and is a designated hitter for the team, made his first career pitching appearance, facing eight batters. He retired the first two batters he faced before allowing two earned runs and four hits.

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