BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg baseball team dropped both games of its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) doubleheader with No. 13 East Stroudsburg at Danny Litwhiler Field on Sunday afternoon.
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Three Huskies recorded multiple hits on the day but the nationally-ranked Warriors tallied 18 hits en route to the twin bill sweep.
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Game One, East Stroudsburg 5, Bloomsburg 3
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Jack Rothenhausler brought Shanley Wall across the plate on an RBI single to second base in the first to give East Stroudsburg (34-6, 22-2 PSAC East) the early lead.
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A sacrifice-fly from Jeremy Piakiewicz in the second scored Chaise Albus for the Warriors' second run.
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Rothenhausler posted his second RBI of the day on a fielder's choice to bring Cam Hubbard across home plate.
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An RBI-double from Hubbard helped extended the lead for ESU before Wall made it 5-0 on a balk.
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Bloomsburg (12-27, 8-20) broke the shutout in the bottom of the fourth, with
Jeremy Cawley (Duryea, Pa./Pittston Area) being brought across the plate on a balk. A sacrifice-fly from
Josh Wilson (Clinton, Md./Bishop McNamara) made scored
Wyatt Metzger (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) to bring the Huskies within three.
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The maroon and gold held the Warriors hitless for the remainder of the game while
Ryan Flury (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) closed the gap in the seventh with an RBI to bring
Eli Riley (Harrisburg, Pa./Mercersburg Academy) in from third. The Huskies were unable to complete the comeback in game one as the Warriors picked up win number 33 on the season.
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Scott Gilbert (Scranton, Pa./Abington Heights) was tacked with the loss, striking out four while allowing 3 hits and three runs in two-and-two-thirds innings-pitched.
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Brian Walsh (Scranton, Pa./Scranton Prep) pitched three-and-a-third hitless innings of relief while recording three strikeouts.
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Game Two, East Stroudsburg 15, Bloomsburg 3
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A bases-loaded walk opened the scoring in game two as the Rothenhausler was brought across the plate in the top of the second. A two-out, bases-clearing double from Mike Keely brought three runs in to score for an early 4-0 East Stroudsburg lead.
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An RBI-single from Parker Frey in the third scored Cam Hubbard before Albus launched a two-run shot over the right-center field wall to give ESU a 7-0 advantage.
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The Warriors posted five runs on three hits in the fourth to extend their lead before tallying another three runs in the fifth.
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After a lead-off double the fell just short of a home run,
Nico Ingalls (Newton, NJ/Kittatinny Regional) advanced on a wild pitch that saw the catcher overthrow third. Ingalls was able to quickly get to his feet and make it home to score the Huskies' first run in the fifth inning.
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A pair of RBI-singles in the sixth from Wilson and Ingalls brought the game to its, eventually final score of 15-3.
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Daniel Koppisch (Philadelphia, Pa./Central) was nailed with the game two loss after allowing five runs on five hits in two-and-a-third innings.
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Cole Coolbaugh (Wyoming, Pa./Wyoming Area) went two-and-a-third innings of relief with no hits and three strikeouts.
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Riley and Metzger each went 3-for-6 on the day while
Nico Ingalls (Newton, NJ/Kittatinny Regional) went 2-for-3 in game two.
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Wilson went 2-for-5 in the doubleheader with a pair of RBIs.
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The Huskies will play under the lights for its next contest, as they travel to Chestnut Hill for a 6 p.m. match up with the Griffins.
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