The Lancaster Bible College baseball team split its final two regular season games of the season on Saturday, as the Chargers defeated SUNY Cobleskill, 12-9 in game one, and then dropped game two, 5-2 in Cobleskill, N.Y. The 1-1 day sends the Chargers record to 18-13 overall and 8-7 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play, though the team's record improved later in the evening with word that the Chargers would be gaining another victory from earlier in the season.

The April 6 game two contest against Penn St. Abington, which the Chargers led, 11-2 heading to the seventh inning, before the game was suspended, has been ruled a victory for the Chargers, as the teams could not find a date to complete the game prior to the end of the regular season. With the victory, the Chargers improved to 19-13 overall and 9-7 in NEAC play. 

The 9-7 conference record clinches the fifth seed for the Chargers in next week's NEAC Playoffs. Lancaster Bible will play a NEAC Quarterfinal contest on Tuesday at the fourth seed, which will most likely be Keuka. The official opponent and time of the game will be released Sunday evening.

Lancaster Bible 12, SUNY Cobleskill 9 -- Game 1
Game Notes:
-Lancaster Bible got on the board in the top of the first as Will Welsh hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored Colin Myers who has singled earlier in the inning
-SUNY Cobleskill got two runs in the bottom of the first, but the Chargers regained the lead in the top of the third as Josh Mayer hit a sacrifice fly that again scored Myers, and Welsh followed with a single that scored Sam Taylor who had doubled earlier in the inning
-The Fighting Tigers tied the game, 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth, but Lancaster Bible exploded for eight runs in the top of the sixth, to take an 11-3 lead
-Jacob Schenck doubled home JJ Sanchez to give the Chargers a 4-3 lead in the sixth, and Lancaster Bible took advantage of Fighting Tigers errors to build a 7-3 lead
-Welsh knocked in two more runs with a double to make it 9-3, and Adam Cohick followed with a single that scored Welsh
-Tommy Croke scored later in the inning on a balk to make it 11-3
-A single from Mayer that scored Nate McFarland in the seventh inning made it 12-3, and the Chargers ended up needing many of their runs in the final two innings, as SUNY Cobleskill scored six times in the bottom of the seventh, but couldn't complete the improbable comeback
 
Inside the Box Score:
-Lancaster Bible had 13 hits, including a 3-for-4 effort from Taylor who also scored two runs and drew a walk…Welsh was 2-for-4 with four RBI and a run…Myers was 2-for-4 with three runs, while Mayer was 1-for-2 with two RBI and a run…Cohick was 3-for-4 with an RBI, while Schenck was 1-for-4 with a run and RBI…Kyle Ebersole started the game for Lancaster Bible and allowed just two hits in 2 1/3 innings, and Nate Staffieri came in during the third inning and pitched 2 2/3 innings, and earned the win, his third win of the year…Cohick pitched the final two innings for the Chargers.
 
SUNY Cobleskill 5, Lancaster Bible 2 – Game 2
Game Notes:
-The game was scoreless through three innings, before SUNY Cobleskill scored once in the fourth and twice in the fifth inning for a 3-0 lead
-Lancaster Bible cut its deficit to one, 3-2 in the sixth inning, as Cohick singled home Welsh, and JJ Sanchez singled later in the inning to bring home Braden Elliott
-The Fighting Tigers extended their lead to 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh, and Lancaster Bible had a chance to tie the game in the eighth with three straight singles with two outs, but couldn't convert and wound up losing by three
 
Inside the Box Score:
-Sanchez led the Chargers in game two with a 3-for-4 effort, while Cohick was 2-for-4…Taylor finished 2-for-5, while Schenck, Elliott and Mayer also had hits…Dan Zimmerman took the loss, though he pitched quite well, allowing just three hits and one earned run over 5 2/3 innings, while striking out six.
 
Information Hodge Podge: This was the first-ever meeting between the teams, as SUNY Cobleskill added baseball prior to this season…Lancaster Bible is 6-6 on the road this season, and 5-1 in conference play, as the game two loss was the first NEAC road loss of the season for the Chargers…Taylor leads the Chargers with 55 hits this season, while Welsh holds the team-lead with 45 RBIs.