The Lancaster Bible baseball team lost its fourth straight game on Tuesday as the Chargers fell to Cairn, 3-1 in Langhorne, Pa. Lancaster Bible is now 8-10 this season, while Cairn improved to 9-8. 

How it Happened: Cairn got on the board in the bottom of the first, after Lancaster Bible loaded the bases in the top half of the inning, but couldn't score, as the Highlanders scored on a wild pitch to make it 1-0 and Chase Hunt singled later in the inning to double the home team's lead to 2-0. The Chargers had base runners in the second, third and fourth innings, but couldn't push any runs across the plate. 

Cairn extended its lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the fourth as Brett Marks hit a two-out single that scored Keith LeNoue. Lancaster Bible finally got on the board in the seventh inning as Josh Mayer doubled home Braden Elliott to make it 3-1. 

The Chargers brought the tying run to plate later in the seventh inning, the eighth inning and the top half of the ninth inning, but couldn't convert any chances and lost, 3-1. 

Inside the Box Score: Lancaster Bible left eight runners on base, while the Highlanders stranded nine...Justin Taylor, Erich Carroll and JJ Sanchez each finished 2-for-4...The Chargers used a pitcher-by-committee format on Tuesday as Zack Leonard, Nate Burns and Frank McCreary each threw two innings and Zach Bonnick and Gabe Yoder each threw an inning in relief...Because of the early runs, Leonard was credited with the loss, which drops him to 3-2 this season...The five pitchers combined to scatter 10 hits as they struck out seven and walked three.

Extra Bases: This is the final contest between Lancaster Bible and Cairn across all sports for the 2015-16 academic year and the Chargers came away with a 5-3-1 advantage...Cairn was victorious twice in men's volleyball and Tuesday in baseball, while the Lancaster Bible women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's basketball and softball (twice) teams defeated the Highlanders...The men's soccer game ended in a 1-1 draw...Lancaster Bible's Justin Taylor continues to lead NCAA Div. III in slugging percentage, home runs and runs batted in per game...Lancaster Bible drops to 22-51 all-time against Cairn.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible returns to North Eastern Athletic Conference play this weekend as the Chargers will face Penn St. Abington on Friday at 1 p.m. and host Gallaudet on Saturday at 1 p.m...Both dates will be doubleheaders with a nine-inning game one, followed by a seven-inning game two.