The Lancaster Bible College baseball team earned a key split of a doubleheader in upstate New York on Tuesday, as the Chargers lost game one to Wells, 13-4, but rebounded for a 6-1 victory in game two. The doubleheader split moves the Chargers to 5-5 overall and 5-5 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play, while the Express are now 9-8 overall and 3-5 in conference action.
 
Game 1
Wells 13, Lancaster Bible 4
How it Happened: Wells got on the board early in the opener, as the Express sent 11 batters to the plate in the second inning and scored seven runs. Lancaster Bible got two runs back in the third, as Kaden Hunt and Josh Saufley had RBI hits for the Chargers.
 
Lancaster Bible scored two more times in the fourth and trimmed the deficit to 7-4, as Jacob Stong had a two-run double that scored Blake Greenly and Jaden Pinkney who had gotten on base earlier in the inning.
 
The score remained the same until the fifth when Wells had another big inning and sent nine more batters to the plate en route to six runs, and built a 13-4 advantage. The Chargers went down in order in the sixth and seventh innings, and suffered their fifth straight defeat.
 
Inside the Box Score: Greenly led the Chargers by going 2-for-3 with a run scored…Hunt, Saufley, Ethan Varricchione, Matthew Shaeffer, and Stong also had hits for the Chargers…Stong took the loss, as he pitched four innings and gave up six hits and seven runs, while striking out three…Josh Noll and Nick Bair also pitched for the Chargers in game one.
 
 
Game 2
Lancaster Bible 6, Wells 1
How it Happened: Lancaster Bible left runners on base in the first and second innings, before going down in order in the third. Wells scored their lone run of the game in the bottom half of the third, but tremendous starting pitching from Greenly gave the Lancaster Bible offense time to wake up, and they did just that beginning with the top of the fourth.
 
Saufley led off the inning with a walk and moved to second on a groundball out by Varricchione. Pinkney reached base on an error with one out, and Saufley came around to score to tie the game. Greenly got the Express in order in both the fourth and fifth innings, and the Chargers' bats broke out in the fifth.
 
Hunt doubled to lead off the inning, and advanced to third on a ground out by Saufley. Varricchione singled home Hunt, and then stole second base with Pinkney batting. Varricchione advanced to third on a sacrifice fly by Pinkney, and Greenly helped himself with two outs, as he tripled to score Varricchione. Stong capped the three-run inning with a single to score Greenly, and the Chargers took a 4-1 lead into the seventh inning.
 
Brian Coburn stole home in the seventh to make it 5-1, and Saufley singled home Hunt later in the inning to extend the lead to five. All the while, Greenly was fantastic on the hill, as he faced just one batter over the minimum over the final three innings en route to his first victory of 2021.
 
Inside the Box Score: Greenly pitched a complete game, as he allowed just seven hits over nine innings, and struck out six, while walking just one…Hunt finished 3-for-4 with two runs and a walk, while Stong was 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI…The Chargers drew six walks during game two, and stole four bases.
 
News & Notes: Lancaster Bible is now 6-2 all-time against Wells…The Chargers defeated Wells, 4-0 and 15-3 to open the 2021 season on March 27 in Lancaster…Lancaster Bible is 3-1 on the road this season…Four Lancaster Bible players have double-digit hits this season, as Varricchione (16), Hunt (14), Saufley (13), and Greenly (12) have hit the mark…Greenly is the third Lancaster Bible pitcher to pitch a complete game this season, joining Trevor High who has two, and Stong.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible is scheduled to face Penn St. Abington on Saturday at 1 p.m.