BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg baseball team scored 24 combined runs in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) doubleheader sweep against Mansfield on Friday afternoon.
 
Bloomsburg (18-24, 7-15 PSAC East) tallied 20 hits on the day while drawing 11 walks. Brady Ebbert (Etters, Pa./Red Land) led the Huskies with four hits on the day while recording five RBIs in game one. Jacob Reifer (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia Area) posted eight RBIs on the day, highlighted by a grand slam in the first inning of the series. A game two home run from Nathan Kress (Lansdale, Pa./La Salle College H.S.) capped off a three-hit day for the red-shirt freshman.
 
Game One – Bloomsburg 19, Mansfield 7
 
The maroon and gold started the day on a high note, as a pair of walks and a throwing error loaded the bases early. Drew Balestrini (Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy) brought in the first run of the day contest, drawing a walk to score Corey Daniels (Forest City, Pa./Forest City). In the subsequent at-bat, Reifer got a hold of a 3-1 pitch and sent it off the scoreboard in left field for a grand slam.
 
Bloomsburg managed to load the bases one more time in the first, allowing Ebbert to clear the bases with a right-field double. The Huskies scored eight runs in the first one three hits and an error.
 
Mansfield (13-26, 7-15) responded in the top of the second on a single down the right field line to make it 8-2.
 
The third saw Kress lead of the frame with a double down the right field line before Ebbert drew a walk. Mike Miller (Lafayette Hill, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh) then extended the Huskies lead with a three-run home run to left centerfield. Later in the frame, Reifer scored Greg Cristino (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) on a single to the shortstop.
 
A three-run fifth inning from the Mountaineers pulled the score to 12-5 before setting the stage for Bloomsburg to respond in the bottom of the fifth.
 
The Huskies scored seven runs in three hits, highlighted by a two-run home run from Ebbert. Mansfield scored one more in the sixth but ultimately dropped game one, 19-7.
 
Daniel Koppisch (Philadelphia, Pa./Central) got the start for Bloomsburg, allowing one earned run and one hit in two innings pitched. Riley Powers (Vidalia, Ga./Vidalia) went 2.2 frames with four strikeouts while giving up three runs. Overall, the Huskies bullpen combined for seven punch outs.
 
Game Two – Bloomsburg 5, Mansfield 1
 
Mansfield got on the board first in the nightcap, scoring on a single from the Cole Serfass. A ground-rule double from Balestrini in the bottom of the frame tied the contest before a two-RBI single from Reifer put the maroon and gold ahead, 3-1.
 
Balestrini brought in another run in the third on a sacrifice fly to score Ebbert.
 
The bottom of the fourth saw Nathan Kress (Lansdale, Pa./La Salle College H.S.) hit his first-collegiate home run, blasting a solo home run approximately 465 feet, landing on the other side of the road in the campus bus parking lot.
 
Rain and darkness forced the game to be called after the top of the sixth, leading to a 5-1 Huskies victory.
 
Landon Lorson (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport) pitched all six innings for Bloomsburg, striking out eight, and allowing just one earned run. Luke Raho went 5 innings and allowed five runs on eight hits.
 
Bloomsburg concludes the season series against Mansfield with a 1 p.m. doubleheader.