The Shippensburg University men’s baseball team had back-to-back doubleheaders this Friday and Saturday, as they took on West Chester University in a home-and-home series.

In the first game of the four-game series, the Shippensburg Red Raiders fell to West Chester 14-9.

The high-powered offense of West Chester accumulated 13 hits in the game.

The Raiders matched the Rams’ 13 hits, but were only able to generate nine runs.

The Raiders committed two errors, as opposed to West Chester’s three errors.

For the Raiders, Ryan McMillen went 3-for-5, with one RBI and one score. Grant Hoover went 2-for-5 with one RBI two runs.

In the second game and final game of the day, the Red Raiders triumphed at last over their Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference foe, West Chester University.

Shippensburg defeated West Chester on Friday 12-3.

The Raiders accumulated 15 hits, which featured 12 runs batted in, in contrast to West Chester’s seven hits and three runs batted in.

Dalton Hoiles performed well for the Raiders by going 3-for-5 in batting, scoring twice and forcing three RBIs.

Nick Spangler also showed up on the weekend, as he was 3-for-4 at the plate, causing one RBI and scoring once.

Shippensburg baseball coach Matt Jones also picked up his 400th career win in the victory.

In Game 3 of the weekend series against West Chester University, the Shippensburg University baseball team was unable to close out an early lead as they fell 6-4.

The Raiders had four runs batted in off of six hits, while West Chester totaled six runs off nine hits, alongside three errors.

At Fairchild Field in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, both teams wore shirts for Vs. Cancer Day to raise awareness and funds for cancer.

The Raiders took an early 4-1 lead after two innings, but did not score again for the entirety of the game as they lost 6-4.

Shippensburg scored one run in the first inning, three in the second and were scoreless for the remaining five innings.

West Chester slowly battled back after going scoreless in the first inning, scoring one run in the second, third and fourth innings, then finally three runs in the fifth inning to secure a Rams’ victory.

Grant Hoover impressed again as he went 2-for-3 at bat and crossed over the plate once, scoring for his team.

Tommy Baggett played well going 2-for-3 at the plate and scoring once.

The Raiders worked together offensively and fought for a victory but could not overcome the close deficit by the time the game ended.

In the final game of the doubleheader between Shippensburg University and West Chester University, the Raiders fell 9-5 to West Chester.

The Raiders scored early, taking the lead in the second inning after scoring one run both in the first and second innings.

At the beginning of the third inning, West Chester scored five runs to Shippensburg’s one run.

West Chester then went on to score two runs in the sixth and seventh innings, while Shippensburg scored one run in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.

The offensive barrage by Shippensburg was not enough as the Rams had 13 hits that drove in nine runs.

Shippensburg had only eight hits that drove in five runs and unfortunately could not overcome the five-run inning by West Chester.

After the weekend series, Shippensburg University’s record falls to 8-13. West Chester jumps up to 12-4, taking hold of the PSAC early in the season.

Austin Allison went 2-for-4 and scored once, alongside Nick Spangler, who went 2-for-3, and also scored.

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