The Lancaster Bible College baseball team had to wait a day to start its spring break trip in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina due to poor weather, but the wait was worth it, as the Chargers scored 49 runs over their first two games, defeating Pine Manor (Mass.) twice in two days. In addition to the Lancaster Bible bats coming alive, the pitching was stingy as well, giving up just six hits over the two contests. The two victories improve the Chargers to 5-5 this season, and extend Lancaster Bible's winning streak to five.

Lancaster Bible 23, Pine Manor 2 (Tues., Mar. 13)
Game Notes: Lancaster Bible scored in seven of the nine innings, including the top of the first, when junior Will Welsh clubbed a grand slam to get the Chargers on the board...In full control, and leading 8-0 in the fourth inning, senior Jacob Schenck tripled to right field to extend the Chargers' lead to 11-0...Lancaster Bible scored six runs in the seventh inning, highlighted by junior Jacob Alvarez's three-run home run...Senior Zack Leonard pitched five innings, and earned his first win of the season.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible had 17 hits, including four off of the bat of sophomore Sam Taylor, who finished 4-for-7 with three RBI and two runs scored...Senior Braden Elliott was 3-for-5 with three runs scored, three RBI and two walks...Junior Adam Cohick added two hits as well for the Chargers...Leonard allowed just one hit in five innings of work and struck out four...Four relievers pitched an inning each to close out the game for Lancaster Bible.

Lancaster Bible 26, Pine Manor 3 (Wed., Mar. 14)
Game Notes: Lancaster Bible jumped on the Gators again on Wednesday, scoring six runs in the first and a whopping 13 in the second...Junior Colin Myers had an RBI to get things started for the Chargers who also got RBI from Welsh, Cohick and Taylor in the team's first at-bat...Welsh was at it again in the bottom of the second, as he hit a grand slam for the second straight game...Sophomore Matt Taylor added a two-run double in the second inning as well...Freshmen CJ Halloran and Jake Hahn had RBI singles in the fourth inning, as did sophomore Mike VanDame...Freshman Trevor High pitched the first three innings of the shortened five-inning game, and didn't allow a hit, while striking out five.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible had 23 hits in the game, including 13 in the second inning...Welsh finished 3-for-3 with six RBI and four runs scored...Welsh was one of eight players with multiple hits, as Matt Taylor and Schenck joined Welsh with three hits...Schenck, Myers, and both Matt Taylor and Sam Taylor, each drove in three runs...The RBI for Halloran was the first of his collegiate career, while Hahn picked up his second...Sophomore David Heuman pitched the fourth and fifth innings for the Chargers and scattered four hits, while giving up three runs.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible faces Albertus Magnus for a doubleheader on Thursday, beginning at 12 p.m.