Instead of playing back-to-back doubleheaders at Cazenovia and Wells this weekend, the weather in New York forced changes to the schedule and the Lancaster Bible College baseball team made a quick trip to Aurora, N.Y. on Sunday to take on Wells, before heading home to face Cazenovia on Monday. The Chargers, needing conference wins to help their playoff resume, completed the first leg of the odd Sunday-Monday setup, by defeating Wells twice on Sunday, 4-3 in game one, and 10-4 in game two. 

Lancaster Bible is now 16-11 overall, and 6-5 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play, while the Express dropped to 12-18 overall, and 2-12 in conference action.

Lancaster Bible 4, Wells 3 -- Game 1
Game Notes:
-Lancaster Bible opened the scoring in the top of the first, as Braden Elliott ripped a single to center field that scored Sam Taylor who had singled earlier in the inning
-Later in the first, Josh Mayer hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored Colin Myers who reached on an error prior to Elliott's single
-Chargers' game one starter, Zack Leonard breezed through his first three innings, sitting the Express down in order in each of the first three innings
-Wells finally got to Leonard in the bottom of the fourth and scored three times, though Leonard got out of a bases loaded jam with just one out, and limited the damage…Wells' three hits in the fourth would be its only hits of the game
-Lancaster Bible re-took the lead in the top of the fifth as Elliott, Will Welsh and Mayer each had hits to open the inning…Mayer's double scored Elliott, and Beeu Heagy, batting fourth in the inning, drove in Welsh with a sacrifice fly to center field to make it 4-3
-Leonard went back to his dominant self in the final three innings and sat the Express down in order in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, the final two outs of the game coming via the strikeout
 
Inside the Box Score:
-Lancaster Bible had 13 hits in game one, as five different players had multiple hits
-Sam Taylor was 2-for-4 with a  run, while Elliott was 2-for-4 with a run and RBI
-Mayer was 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Heagy was 2-for-3 with an RBI
-JJ Sanchez also posted two hits, as he was 2-for-3 with a walk
-Welsh finished 1-for-4, while Myers and Jacob Schenck also posted a hit
-Leonard went all seven innings, as he allowed just three hits and two earned runs, while striking out seven
 
Lancaster Bible 10, Wells 4 – Game 2
Game Notes
-After the first two innings were scoreless, the Chargers got on the board in the third as Elliott had an RBI groundout, followed by Myers scoring on a run when a fly ball was dropped by the Wells' third baseman
-The Chargers scored three more times in the fourth, as Schenck doubled to left-center and scored Adam Cohick who singles to lead off the inning…Sam Taylor doubled down the line following Schenck, and Sanchez and Schenck scored making it 5-0
-Welsh had an RBI single in the sixth, and the Chargers scored twice more in both the seventh and eighth innings to take a 10-0 lead
-While the Chargers offense was cruising along, freshman pitcher Noah McMullen kept the Express bats quiet and allowed just one hit through seven innings…McMullen ran into a bit of trouble in the eighth, but got through the inning and Nate Staffieri pitched the ninth inning and clinched the win for the Chargers
 
Inside the Box Score:
-Lancaster Bible had 15 more hits in game two, led by Myers who was 4-for-6 with two runs scored
-Sam Taylor had another strong game, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run
-Mayer was 2-for-4 with a run, while Cohick was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run
-Schenck finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run, while Sanchez was 1-for-4 with two runs
-McMullen threw eight innings, allowing just four hits and one earned run, while striking out six
 
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 3-1 all-time against the Express…The Chargers are batting .338 as a team this season, and had 28 hits over two games on Sunday…Five players have 30 or more hits for the Chargers this season, including team-leader Sam Taylor who had 44
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible is right back on the diamond on Monday, as the Chargers host Cazenovia for a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.