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MANSFIELD, Pa. – Bloomsburg erupted for five runs in each the fifth and sixth innings of game one to come from behind to beat Mansfield 10-4, but the Mountaineers avoided the sweep by defeating the Huskies 10-6 in the nightcap.
The loss halted Bloomsburg's nine-game win streak, but the Huskies have still won 15 of the squad's last 19 games. The win streak was the longest for the Huskies since the 1999 team won nine straight and just two games shy of the school record of 11 consecutive wins set by the 1995 club that won the NCAA Atlantic Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships.
In the opener, Mansfield scored once in the second and three times in the fourth inning to take a 4-0 lead before the BU bats went to work.
Corey Baiada (Harleysville/LaSalle) and
A.J. Stump (Reading/Antietam) walked to start the inning. RBI singles by
Aaron Russell (Montoursville/Montoursville) and
Brian Almand (Haddon Township, NJ/Paul VI) trimmed the Bloomsburg deficit to 4-2 with one out.
Nickolas Eversole (Lewistown/Indian Valley) tied the game when he pounded an RBI double that brought both Russell and Almand across home plate.
Joey Casselberry (Eagleville/Methacton) knocked Eversole in later in the frame for a 5-4 lead.
It was Baiada and Stump again reaching base to lead off the next inning as both players singled to put runners on first and second.
Brad Smith (Morgantown/Twin Valley) hit a comebacker to the mound, but the throw to first got away, allowing Baiada score for a two-run lead. A pitching change followed before Stump scored on a wild pitch. Almand picked up his second RBI base hit of the day, with a bunt single that drove in Smith for an 8-4 lead. A pair of hit batsmen loaded the bases and
Nick Mazza (Carbondale/Carbondale) stroked a two-run single to left, making it 10-4 in favor of Bloomsburg.
Kyle Hunter (Lehighton/Lehighton) picked up the win with three innings of one-hit relief, striking out three. Starter
Casey Cooperman (Allentown/Parkland) took a no decision after throwing four innings and allowing four runs on six hits and one walk, while fanning four.
Almand went 2-for-5, drove in two and scored twice. Casselberry, Baiada and Russell were each credited with two hits in the contest. Baiada and Russell also walked in the game to reach base three times each.
Joel Worthington took the loss for the Mounties. He allowed five runs on six hits and two walks over 4.2 innings as the first of five Mansfield pitchers in the game. Jon Taddeo drove in three of the team's four runs.
The Mounties avoided a four-game sweep in game two with nine runs in the first three innings.
Bloomsburg took a 1-0 lead in the game on a wild pitch and a throwing error that allowed Almand to score, but MU scored four runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead for good.
After Mansfield scored seven over the first two innings, an RBI single by Casselberry put Bloomsburg back on the scoreboard.
Almand drove in Baiada and Smith with a single in the fourth that cut Mansfield's lead to 9-4.
Trailing 10-4 heading into the seventh, Bloomsburg rallied. Mazza and Baiada singled to lead off the inning and
Brad Smith (Morgantown/Twin Valley) walked to load the bases with one out. Russell proceeded to drive in a run with a base hit to left and a wild pitch let a second run score for the Huskies before Mansfield escaped the inning.
Almand, Casselberry, Mazza and Russell each had two hits for the Huskies. Almand walked to reach base three times in the contest and also drove in two runs. Russell also reached base three times, getting on via a hit by pitch. Baiada scored twice.
Eric Geedey (Elverson/Twin Valley) took the loss, allowing four unearned runs. He allowed three hits and a walk while striking out one in an inning of work.
Danny Brown got credit for the win, allowing six runs on 10 hits and four walks in 6.1 innings.
Bloomsburg wraps up the regular season on Sunday, April 28 when Clarion visits Danny Litwhiler Field for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
