INDIANA, Pa. – The bats came alive for the Bloomsburg University baseball team in a 19-7 game one victory at IUP on Tuesday, but the offense dried up in a 12-5 setback in the nightcap of the non-conference twin bill as the Huskies settled for a road doubleheader split.
 
Bloomsburg stands at 13-19 overall on the season after Tuesday's action while IUP moves to 20-19-1.
 
GAME ONE – Bloomsburg 19, IUP 7  |  Box Score
 
The Huskies cranked out a season-high 19 runs with an offensive explosion that started from the very first inning of the early game.
 
Bloomsburg's offense left its mark on the contest right away, sending 11 men to the plate in the first inning. Eric Frain (Philadelphia/Archbishop Ryan) got the scoring started with an RBI double to center and Tim Ravel (Sinking Spring/Wilson) followed with a single up the middle for the second run of the game. A wild pitch and walk drawn by Brady West (Harleysville/North Penn) made it a 4-0 score, leaving the bases loaded for leadoff man Tyler Benson (Montville, N.J./Montville Township). The freshman continued his recent hot streak by making the most of his second at-bat of the inning, ripping a bases-clearing double to right center for a 7-0 cushion after half an inning. 
 
IUP homered twice in the home half of the first and cut the lead to 7-3, but the Huskies stayed hot at the plate.
 
Bloomsburg scored twice in the second when Brian Almand (Haddon Township, NJ/Paul VI) brought a pair of runs in with a single through the left side and then added another run on an Almand sacrifice fly in the fourth with a third inning RBI ground out from Frain sandwiched in between.
 
The Huskies blew the game wide open with an eight-run fifth. Bloomsburg played long ball in the inning with two home runs – Cy Treaster (Lewistown/Mifflin County) drilled his first career grand slam before West delivered his first career home run, a two-run shot to give the Huskies 19 runs on the afternoon.
 
Benson went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles with Damin Muth (Breinigsville/Parkland) also posting a 3-for-4 line along with three runs scored. Treaster went 2-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs scored while both Almand and West drove in three runs apiece, each also stealing a base.
 
The run support was more than enough for Zach Newmyer (New Cumberland/Red Land) (1-2) who picked up his first collegiate victory in his first start as a Husky. Newmyer allowed seven runs on seven hits but struck out a career high eight batters.
 
Ryan Uhl had five RBIs including two home runs for IUP.
 
GAME TWO – IUP 12, Bloomsburg 5  |  Box Score
 
IUP grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first with an unearned run, but the Huskies evened the score with a home run off the bat of Almand for a 1-1 tie in the second.
 
The Crimson Hawks scored another run in the bottom of the inning for a 2-1 edge, but the Huskies tied the game again in the fourth when Treaster delivered his second home run of the day with a shot to left center and a 2-2 deadlock.
 
The hosts answered again in the home half of the frame, though, taking the lead for good on a two-run homer from Zac LaNeve.
 
An eight-run inning in the sixth from the Crimson Hawks effectively put the game away with the biggest blow coming in the form of a grand slam from Uhl who continued a tremendous day at the plate.
 
Bloomsburg scored three times in the seventh on an RBI double from Shane Woelfel (Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah) and a two-run single by Muth.
 
Mike Vranesich (Wyckoff, N.J./Ramapo) (0-1) started and worked 5.1 innings, striking out five and allowing eight runs on nine hits.
 
Michael Klingensmith (1-0) got the win for IUP with six innings of two-run ball with six punchouts.
 
Muth was the lone Huskies player with multiple hits in the nightcap, going 2-for-4 at the plate.
 
Bloomsburg returns to action in a crucial four-game set with East Stroudsburg beginning at home on Friday. The season-ending series will determine the No. 4 seed from the Eastern Division in the upcoming PSAC Tournament.