THE DETAILS
Bloomsburg (21-13, 13-5 PSAC East) vs. No. 18 Shippensburg (23-11, 10-8 PSAC East)
Wednesday, April 16 – 2 p.m.
Bloomsburg, PA (Danny Litwhiler Field)
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STORYLINE
The Huskies and Raiders finish their season four-game series with a doubleheader at Danny Litwhiler Field on Wednesday in a meeting that was originally scheduled for Tuesday but postponed due to rain in the forecast. Bloomsburg enters the twinbill in a tie for first atop the PSAC East with a 13-5 divisional record along with Millersville. Though nationally-ranked for the entire season to this point, Shippensburg slipped to fifth in the East standings at 10-8 after dropping three of four games vs. Millersville last weekend. The Huskies, meanwhile, have won five straight games.

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IN THE RANKINGS
Both Bloomsburg and Shippensburg are ranked in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Atlantic Region poll – Shippensburg ranks third while the Huskies are No. 10.
 
SCOUTING SHIPPENSBURG
-The Raiders will try to turn the tide on Wednesday after losing three in a row vs. Millersville before salvaging an 8-1 game two win on Sunday. The first three games were all difficult losses by two runs or less – Shippensburg dropped Saturday's doubleheader on the road by scores of 2-1 and 2-0 before losing game one at home on Sunday, 1-0.

-Shippensburg has been much better at home than on the road this year, posting a 14-3 mark at its home Fairchild Field but has gone 6-7 on the road.

-Four Raiders are hitting better than .300 this season – junior infielder Jimmy Spanos (.367), senior infielder/pitcher Pat Kregeloh (.345), senior outfielder Michael Douglas (.333) and junior first baseman Cody Ezolt (.327). As a team, the Raiders are batting .290 on the year. Spanos leads the team in multi-hit games with 15.

-Shippensburg has a 3.25 team ERA led by top two starters Marcus Shippey (2-3, 1.84 ERA) and Kregeloh (3-2, 3.28).
 
LAST MEETING
The two teams met on April 1 at Shippensburg when the Raiders were then ranked No. 11 in the nation. Bloomsburg dropped a heartbreaker, 3-2, in the first game when Shippensburg scored the game-winning run on a Cody Ezolt single through the left side in the sixth inning. Casey Cooperman (Allentown/Parkland) was tagged with a tough-luck loss, allowing only two earned runs in his six innings of work with one walk and five strikeouts.

In the nightcap, the Huskies bounced back for a 7-6 victory. Nick Mazza (Carbondale/Carbondale) went 3-for-4 with two runs while Joey Casselberry (Eagleville/Methacton), Brad Smith (Morgantown/Twin Valley) and Brady West (Harleysville/North Penn) all had an RBI. Matt Jaskolka (Warren/Warren Area) earned the win with four innings of work, allowing four runs on five hits and Tyler Hill (Lehighton/Lehighton) picked up the save with two innings out of the bullpen, allowing a run on one hit with three strikeouts.
 
HUSKIES TRIO ROLLING AS OF LATE
The following Huskies have been hot at the plate over the past 10 games:
-Nick Mazza (Carbondale/Carbondale) is hitting .394 over that span with a team-high 13 hits.
-Brian Almand (Haddon Township, NJ/Paul VI), last season's PSAC East Freshman of the Year, has found his groove by hitting .357 with a home run and nine RBI
-Brady West (Harleysville/North Penn) is coming into his own during his freshman season, hitting at a .333 clip with five RBI.
 
FRAIN PACING BU CONFERENCE LEADERS
Junior Eric Frain (Philadelphia/Archbishop Ryan) is making the most of his first season in the PSAC, leading the Huskies with a .359 batting average against PSAC East competition. Brad Smith (Morgantown/Twin Valley) and Nick Mazza (Carbondale/Carbondale) are second and third in batting average at .354 and .350 respectively while freshman Damin Muth (Breinigsville/Parkland) has a team-best 12 RBI vs. divisional opponents.
On the pitching side of things, the Huskies have a 2.57 team ERA in divisional play with Cody Heane (McClure/Indian Valley) (0.90), Casey Cooperman (Allentown/Parkland) (1.09), Eric Geedey (Elverson/Twin Valley) (1.12) and Tyler Hill (Lehighton/Lehighton) (1.88) all posting ERAs under 2.00.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
1.10: The WHIP (walks+hits per innings pitched) of Cody Heane (McClure/Indian Valley) this season, lowest on the team.
13: The 13 PSAC East wins are the most for the Huskies since winning 16 in 1997. Bloomsburg still has 10 conference games remaining on the schedule – two with Shippensburg and four each with East Stroudsburg and Mansfield.
17-0: The Huskies have won all 17 games in which they have led after six innings this year.
19: Damin Muth (Breinigsville/Parkland) has reached base in 19 straight games. 
1.107: Muth's OPS (on-base + slugging) this year, highest on the Huskies.