The Lancaster Bible College baseball team won its 10th straight game on Tuesday, defeating Eastern, 7-4 in St. Davids, Pa. The victory sets a new program-record for consecutive wins, breaking a tie with the 1980 squad that won nine straight games. The Chargers are now 10-5 this season, while the Eagles dropped to 5-7.
Game Notes:
-Lancaster Bible got on the board in the top of the second, as Adam Cohick doubled down the right-field line that scored Will Welsh
-Jacob Schenck followed with a single that scored Beau Heagy, while Cohick scored a batter later when Sam Taylor hit an RBI single
-The Chargers scored once in the fourth, as Schenck was at it again, when he singled home Heagy again to give the Chargers a 4-0 lead
-After Braden Elliott scored on a throwing error to make it 5-0 in the fifth inning, Cohick hit a sacrifice fly that scored Welsh to make it 6-0 after 4 1/2 innings
-Eastern got two runs back in the sixth inning to cut its deficit to four, but Schenck gave Lancaster Bible a 7-2 lead with his third home run of the season
-The Eagles scored twice in the eighth to make it a 7-4 game, and loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth, before Trevor High shut the door and earned his fourth save of the season
Inside the Box Score: Lancaster Bible had 13 hits, while Eastern had just eight...Schenck finished 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored...Elliott, Welsh and Cohick each went 2-for-5...Welsh scored two runs, while Cohick knocked two in...Heagy was 0-for-2, but drew three walks and scored twice...Josh Mayer, JJ Sanchez, Colin Myers and Taylor each had a hit as well for the Chargers...Starter Dan Zimmerman went 5 2/3 innings, allowing just five hits, while striking out five and walking none...David Heuman, Tyler Greenly and Nate Staffieri held down the fort, before High could enter and earn his NEAC-leading fourth save...Britton Lawrence and Tommy Strazza each had two hits to lead Eastern.
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 4-10 all-time against Eastern...The victory over the Eagles is the first for the Chargers since the 2008 season...Eastern defeated Lancaster Bible, 10-6 last season...The Chargers have hit 15 home runs this season, and have a long ball in each of their last seven games...Lancaster Bible is batting .357 as a team this season, and has scored 159 runs, while giving up just 76.
Up Next: Lancaster Bible will head to Langhorne, Pa. on Monday for a doubleheader against Cairn...First pitch is set for 12 p.m.
