Lancaster Uses Final Inning Rallies to Take Two from Baptist Bible
Clarks Summit, PA – Baptist Bible College dropped a doubleheader against Lancaster Bible College by the score of 6-9 and 1-3 Tuesday afternoon.
In the first game, the Chargers grabbed two runs in the top of the first after T.J. Horn (Mechanicsburg, PA) got on with an infield single and Dan Jacques (Norristown, PA) homered to straight away center.
Down 3-0 in the fourth, the Defenders rallied, scoring six runs on five hits and batting around. The big hit of the inning came from the bat of Matt Owlett (Annville, PA) a double that scored Zach Dawson (Batavia, NY) from second and kept the rally going. The Defenders led 6-3.
Lancaster chipped in a run in the fifth but waited until their final at bat in the seventh to score five including two on a two out double by Aaron Greenhalgh (Schenectady, NY) that capped the rally. The Defenders could not respond in the bottom.
Zach Dawson led the Defenders in hitting with a 2 for 3 first game performance. Dan Jacques had two hits for the Chargers and tallied three RBI.
A turn around from the early game, the second game went into extra innings with a 1-1 tie.
Lancaster scored in the fourth when Carl Edwards doubled, scoring Dan Jacques from first. Edwards was then thrown out trying to stretch his hit into a triple.
Baptist Bible manufactured a run in the sixth when Seth McDonald (Chesapeake, VA) hit a two out single to right. After McDonald stole second, Ken Kirby (Byesville, OH) drove him in with a RBI double.
The teams were scoreless until the ninth when Andrew Pry (Mount Joy, PA) singled in Edwards and Greenhalgh from second and third base respectively to give Lancaster a 3-1 lead. Once again the Chargers were able to keep the Defenders from scoring in the bottom of the inning to get the win.
The Defenders fall to 9-13 on the season and will travel to Philadelphia Biblical University Thursday in an important NEAC doubleheader. The Chargers improve to 13-10 and will stay home to play Penn State Berks College Thursday.
