The Lancaster Bible College baseball team began North Eastern Athletic Conference play on Saturday, as the Chargers dropped a doubleheader to Penn College at Central Columbia High School in Bloomsburg, Pa. The Chargers lost game one, 6-4, and then suffered a 17-3 setback in game two. Lancaster Bible is now 3-8 overall and 0-2 in NEAC play, and will look to salvage a game of the opening series with a win on Sunday back in Bloomsburg.
 
Game 1
Penn College 6, Lancaster Bible 4
Game Notes:
-Penn College put four runs on the board in the bottom of the second, as the Wildcats hit back-to-back home runs in the inning
-The Wildcats scored again in the third, but the Chargers finally plated a run in the fourth, as Jacob Schenck singled to right field and scored Luis Padilla Jr.
-Padilla homered to lead off the sixth inning to bring the Chargers to within three, and the Chargers looked to be adding more runs in the inning, as they loaded the bases, but they couldn't score, and left three runners on base
-Penn College restored its four-run lead in the bottom of the sixth, but Lancaster Bible scored twice in the top of the seventh thanks to one swing from Will Welsh, as he connected on a two-run home run that scored Padillia
-The Chargers brought the tying run to the plate later in the inning, but couldn't score again, and lost, 6-4
 
Inside the Box Score: Padilla finished 3-for-4 with three runs and an RBI…Welsh was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored…Schenck was 3-for-3 with a walk and an RBI…All of the other Chargers were 0-for-20 from the plate in game one…Starter Tyler Greenly went five innings and allowed seven hits and six runs, while striking out one…Zach Clemens pitched the sixth inning and didn't allow a hit…Lancaster Bible batters struck out 10 times in game one.
 
Game 2
Penn College 17, Lancaster Bible 3
Game Notes:
-Nothing seemed to go right for the Chargers in game two, as they committed seven errors and Penn College scored in every inning but one
-Lancaster Bible did open the scoring in game two, as Welsh singled home Josh Saufley, but Penn College scored twice in the bottom of the inning, and once in the second, and three times in the third and fourth, as the home team led, 9-1 after four innings of play
-Padilla had a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning, and he singled again in the top of the ninth to score Jacob Stong
 
Inside the Box Score: Lancaster Bible had 13 hits in game two, as Saufley was 3-for-4 with two runs, while Padilla was 3-for-4 with two RBI…Welsh finished 2-for-5, and Colin Myers was 2-for-4…Jake Hahn, Beau Heagy, and Stong also had hits for the Chargers…Kyle Ebersole started for the Chargers and went 2 2/3 innings, and allowed four hits and four earned runs, while striking out one…Adam Cohick and Josh Noll also pitched for the Chargers, as eight of Penn College's 17 runs were unearned.
 
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is 3-8 all-time against Penn College…Padilla and Welsh are both hitting over .400 for the Chargers, with Padilla leading the way at .436…The 13 hits in game two were the fourth time this season Lancaster Bible has had double digit hits in a game…Lancaster Bible is just 2-2 in those four games.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible wraps up its three-game series at Penn College on Sunday at 1 p.m.