FLUSHING, N.Y – The Bloomsburg baseball team dropped a non-conference twin bill to Queens College on Saturday afternoon.
 
Wyatt Metzger (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) hit a grand slam in game two to record his 25th career home run.
 
Game One – Queens 5, Bloomsburg 0  
 
Bloomsburg (13-30) and Queens (27-15) battled closely through a scoreless four innings to open the game.
 
A bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the fifth allowed the Knights to crack open the scoring. A fielder' choice brought in the second run of the innings for QC, before a triple brought in another two runs to make it 4-0.
 
Queens put a fifth run on the board in the sixth before closing out the shutout in the top of the seventh.
 
Will Dean (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area) got the start and the loss on the mound for the Huskies and allowed six hits and four runs in five-and-a-third innings.
 
Game Two – Queens 9, Bloomsburg 8  
 
The scoring in the nightcap began much earlier than game one. Phil Krpata stole third in the opening frame before making it home on a throwing error from Joe Levis (Fort Washington, Pa./Upper Dublin).
 
An RBI-double down the left-field line and an RBI-single through the left side brought the Knights' advantage to 3-0 early on.
 
Levis worked an eight-pitch at bat in the second to walk in a run with the bases-loaded. An RBI-single in the bottom of the inning allowed Queens to regain its three-run lead.
 
The Knights pulled away in the fourth with five runs to take a 9-1 lead.
 
Jonathan LaBarbera (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) was hit by a pitch in the fifth to bring Levis home with the bases loaded. Josh Wilson (Clinton, Md./Bishop McNamara) then drove in Judah Miller (Halifax, Pa./Halifax) for the Huskies third run of the game. An RBI-single to center field from Nico Ingalls (Newton, NJ/Kittatinny Regional) allowed LaBarbera to complete his trip around the bases.
 
Metzger brought the maroon and gold within one run with a grand slam. His 25th of the season and PSAC-leading 12th home run moves the first baseman to one run short of fifth all-time on the Huskies home run leaderboard.
 
Queens sent all three Bloomsburg batters down swinging to cut the Huskies comeback attempt short.
 
Scot Gilbert was tacked with the loss after pitching just two-thirds of an inning. Daniel Koppisch (Philadelphia, Pa./Central) went three innings with two strikeouts and just three hits. Mason Keene (Bear, Del./Appoquinimink) struck out three and gave up just one hits in two innings as the Huskies final reliever.
 
Bloomsburg returns to action on Tuesday, April 30 as it hosts Pitt-Johnstown at Danny Litwhiler Field