GOLDEN BEARS FALL
9-2 TO SHIPPENSBURG
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa.
—
The Kutztown University baseball team fell 9-2 to Shippensburg, which
was led by starting pitcher Tim Freshour.
Freshour pitched a complete-game seven-hitter, allowing only two Golden Bear runs and striking out four.
The Golden Bears got on the board with a
run in the first and another in the third, but were kept scoreless
the rest of the way. Shippensburg responded with three runs in the
first and one in each of the next three innings. The Red Raiders
capped the scoring with three runs in the fifth.
The Golden Bears' offense was led by
Corey
Buletza (so. St. Claire/Pottsville) and
Shayne
Houck (fr. Boyertown/Boyertown) who both finished 2-for-3.
Houck drove Buletza in with an RBI single in the first inning.
Jared Frey
(so. Mohrsville/Schuylkill Valley) drove in the other KU
run, scoring
Brett
Wigder (so. Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull) after he singled and
advanced to third on a double by Buletza.
Ryan
Cassidy (jr. Langhorne/Archbishop Wood) pitched 2 1/3
innings and gave up five runs to take the loss.
Kevin
Morganti (sr. Reading/Muhlenberg) pitched two innings of
relief, allowing four runs.
Jordan
Smith (so. New Milford/Blue Ridge) pitched 1 2/3 innings of
scoreless relief.
SHIPPENSBURG FINISHES
OFF SWEEP OF KU
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa.
—
Shippensburg took advantage of four Kutztown errors to finish
off the sweep, with a 3-2 win in the second game of the Pennsylvania
State Athletic Conference Eastern Division doubleheader.
The Golden Bears fell into a 3-0 hole after the Red
Raiders scored once in the second inning and twice in the third. All
three runs were unearned against losing pitcher
Adam Maini
(jr. Macungie/Emmaus).
Maini pitched all six innings for the
Golden Bears, allowing only three hits and striking out four.
The Golden Bears' threat in the sixth
inning came up just short, as they were only able to score two runs
and cut the lead to 3-2.
James
Quigley (so. Bensalem/Bensalem) had an RBI double to score
Shayne
Houck (fr. Boyertown/Boyertown), who reached on a walk. A
single by
Mike
Kacelowicz (jr. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) and a sacrifice
fly by
Jared Frey (so. Mohrsville/Schuylkill Valley) plated
Quigley.
Kacelowicz represented the tying run on
second base, but was stranded.
Chad
Lightcap (sr. Boyertown/Boyertown) singled in the seventh,
but KU could not get anything else going, as Kody Kibler picked up
the save.
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