The Lancaster Bible College baseball team wrapped up its 2017 regular season on Monday as the Chargers defeated Central Penn College, 14-3 at Charger Field. The victory moves the Chargers to 19-12 this season, while the Knights fell to 15-14.

Lancaster Bible still has a suspended game against Cazenovia that is in the ninth inning, but the Chargers must wait and see if that game will matter as far as the North Eastern Athletic Conference playoffs are concerned, and may still have to complete that game this weekend. Stay tuned to www.lbcchargers.com and the LBC Athletics twitter feed for updates. 

Game Notes: After a scoreless first, Lancaster Bible's Nate McFarland opened the scoring as his bunt single scored senior Brian Niedergall from third base to make it 1-0...Senior Justin Taylor highlighted a three-run third inning with an RBI double, as Lancaster Bible took a 4-0 lead...The Chargers scored four more times in the fourth as junior Braden Elliott had a two-run triple, his first three-bagger of the season...Central Penn got on the board in the fifth as Brandon Casiano hit a two-run double, but Lancaster Bible scored twice in the fifth as well, thanks to Elliott's two-run double...Lancaster Bible tacked on four more runs in the bottom of the eighth as Justin Taylor hit a three-run home run in his final at-bat at Charger Field...McFarland added an RBI single later in the eighth that scored Austen Smith.

Inside the Box Score: Taylor finished 3-for-5 with five RBI and two runs scored, while Elliott was 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored, falling just a home run short of the cycle...Sophomore Jensen King reached base four times as he was 2-for-3 with two walks and three runs scored...Niedergall was 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, while McFarland had his best collegiate game, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored...Jacob Schenck was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored...Freshman Ben Clarke collected his first collegiate hit and came around to score later in the inning as well...Pitcher Zach Bonick threw five solid innings, earning his third win of the season, while Jesse Carver, Jacob Alverez, Adam Cohick and Jensen King combined to give up just three hits in the final four innings.

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible finishes the year 9-5 at Charger Field...Taylor and Welsh have combined for 21 home runs and 73 home runs...Bonick is now 3-0 this season and lowered his earned run average by a full point on Monday...Taylor's home run gives him 40 for his collegiate career.

Up Next: There are many scenarios for the Chargers, including making the NEAC playoffs without having to play Cazenovia -- Not making the NEAC playoffs -- Having to play Cazenovia this weekend (most likely Sunday) to try and earn a berth to the NEAC playoffs.