After the Lancaster Bible pitchers stole the show in Saturday's doubleheader sweep of Keuka, the hitters took their turn on Tuesday as the Chargers hit eight home runs and cracked 35 hits in a doubleheader sweep of Summit. Lancaster Bible won game one, 22-3 and took a rain-shortened game two, 12-1 in five innings. The victories, the fourth and fifth in a row for the Chargers, propel the team to a 20-14 overall record, while Summit dropped to 5-26-1.

Game 1
Lancaster Bible 22, Summit 3
How it Happened: Summit put the first two batters on base due to walks, but game one starter Gabe Yoder retired the next three hits via the strikeout and got the Chargers out of the inning. The offense wasted little time as Braden Elliott drew a walk and Justin Taylor followed with his 17th home run of the season over the right-field wall. Freshman Will Welsh hit the very next pitch over the center-field wall and gave the Chargers a 3-0 lead. 

Yoder got out of a jam in the second inning as well and the Chargers offense went right back to work as Hunter Gray smashed his second home run of the season over the left-field wall. Taylor came to the plate later in the inning with the bases loaded and hit a two-run single that gave him 55 runs batted in for the season and set a new program-record. Welsh and Erich Carroll collected RBIs later in the inning as Lancaster Bible led 8-0 after two innings. 

For the second time in three innings, Yoder struck out the side after allowing the first two batters to reach bases and Lancaster Bible plated six more runs in the bottom half of the inning and led 14-0 after three innings. During the third, Jensen King hit a three-run home run and Welsh hammered his second homer of the game as his two-run shot scored Taylor and made it 14-0.

Summit scored a run in both the fourth and fifth innings, but Lancaster Bible scored four more times in the fifth, highlighted by Gray's second home run of the day, this one a three-run shot that scored Josh Mayer and Jared Leopold. Mark Sheriff and Jacob Schenck also picked up singles in the inning as the Chargers had seven hits in the fifth inning.

The Defenders scored again in the sixth, but Lancaster Bible answered with four runs again in the bottom half as Tyler Newton's two-run single highlighted the four-run inning. Mitch Kumher pitched a scoreless seventh inning to clinch the 22-3 win.

Inside the Box Score: Yoder earned the game one victory as he struck out nine and scattered eight hits...Taylor finished 2-for-6 with four RBI and three runs scored...Welsh was a perfect 5-for-5 with four RBI and four runs scored...Gray was 3-for-3 with four RBI and four runs scored...Doug Gundlach was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI...Sheriff was 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored...Josh Mayer was 2-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored...Newton was 2-for-4 with two RBI...King finished 1-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored.

Game 2
Lancaster Bible 12, Summit 1 (F/5 inn.)
How it Happened: The Chargers picked up right where they left off as the home team scored eight runs in the first inning. Carroll had a two-run single in the inning, while Gray and Sheriff also added RBI singles in the first. King put the exclamation point on the inning in his second at-bat of the first as he crushed a three-run home run over the right-field wall to give Lancaster Bible a 8-0 advantage. 

Summit scored its lone run of game two in the third and the Chargers scored four more times in the fourth, led by Welsh's three-run home run that scored Newton and Braden Elliott. 

As the rain and lightning approached, Zach Bonick recorded the final three outs after taking over for game two starter Tyler Greenly who was brilliant over four innings. Greenly allowed just two hits and struck out three, while the run he allowed was unearned.

Inside the Box Score: Welsh was 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored...On Tuesday, Welsh was 7-for-8 with seven RBI and six runs scored...King finished game two 2-for-2 with three RBI and three runs scored...Carroll was 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored, while Gray and Sheriff were both 1-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI.

Extra Bases: Taylor became just the second player in program history to collect 60 hits in a season as he joins Matt Taliercio who had 69 hits during the 2014 season...Lancaster Bible is 11-5 at home this season with two games remaining...The Chargers are now 24-7 all-time against Summit...The Chargers are just the second team in the North Eastern Athletic Conference this season with 20 overall wins as Penn St. Abington is 20-18.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible wraps up NEAC play on Saturday as the Chargers host Penn St. Berks...Game one of the doubleheader is set to begin at 1 p.m...The Chargers will honor seniors Erich Carroll and Mitch Kumher prior to game one.