The Lancaster Bible College baseball team dropped its sixth straight game on Tuesday, as the Chargers lost a non-conference affair to Penn St. Altoona, 12-9 at Charger Field. Lancaster Bible is now 8-16 overall this season, while the Nittany Lions improved to 21-13.
 
How it Happened: Penn St. Altoona scored twice in both the first and second innings, though the Chargers got a run back in the third, as Josh Saufley singled home Colin Myers who had walked earlier in the inning.
 
Lancaster Bible got another run back in the bottom of the third when senior Will Welsh hammered his ninth home run of the season over the centerfield wall. After a scoreless fourth for both teams, the Nittany Lions scored two runs in the fifth courtesy of a two-run home run from George Stiuso, his fifth of the season. Lancaster Bible answered right back in its half of the fifth, as Jacob Schenck hit a solo home run to left-center field, and Will Welsh scored on a sacrifice fly from Colin Myers later in the inning to make it 6-4 in favor of the Nittany Lions.
 
The Nittany Lions took advantage of six walks in the top of the seventh, and built a 12-4 lead after a six-run inning that included just two hits. Lancaster Bible junior Beau Heagy hit his third home run of the season in the bottom of the seventh to make it a 12-5 game, and the Chargers nearly completed the comeback in the ninth inning.
 
Lancaster Bible batted around in the inning, and scored five times on four hits, and also took advantage of two Penn St. Altoona errors. Zach Clemens, Colin Myers, Nate McFarland and Saufley had RBI hits in the inning, and the Chargers brought the tying run to the plate, but couldn't convert and lost by two.
 
Inside the Box Score: Lancaster Bible had 12 hits, while Penn St. Altoona had just four, but Lancaster Bible pitching gave up 16 walks to aid the Nittany Lion effort…Welsh finished 3-for-5 with three runs and an RBI for the Chargers…Saufley was 3-for-6 with two RBIs, while Schenck was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI…Beau Heagy was 1-for-4 with two runs and an RBI…Myers finished 1-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs.
 
Information Hodge Podge: Tuesday marked the first-ever meeting between the two schools…Lancaster Bible is now 3-3 at home this season…The 16 walks allowed by Lancaster Bible are a season-high, and the second time the Chargers have issued double-digit walks this season…Welsh has hits in 21 of 24 games for Lancaster Bible this season.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible will play its final non-conference game of the season on Wednesday, as the Chargers host Washington (Md.) at 3:30 p.m…The Shoremen defeated the Chargers, 6-2 on March 19 in Chestertown, Md.