The Lancaster Bible College baseball team squared off against the Cairn Highlanders on a rainy Wednesday evening in their last non-conference game of the 2023 campaign. The Chargers ended up falling to the Highlanders 10-4. The Chargers fall to 13-23 overall while staying 9-9 in conference, and the Highlanders improve to 15-17 overall.
 
How It Happened: Both the Chargers and Highlanders got things going early as they came away from the 1^st inning tied 2-2. The Highlanders Spadea had a two-run shot in the first while a Blake Greenly double scored Dylan Witkowski and Evan Sareyka sent a sacrifice fly to center field to score Greenly in the bottom of the inning.
 
Cairn hit a grand slam in the next inning, to take a 6-2 lead. Senior James Toney hit his fifth home run of the week in the bottom of the 3^rd inning to bring it to within three runs, but the Highlanders answered with four more runs of their own through five innings of play. In the 7^th inning, Toney singled to right field to bring in Greenly, but the Chargers couldn't close the gap before the game was called due to lack of light, resulting in a 10-4 loss.
 
By the Numbers: The Chargers grabbed six hits for four runs and four RBIs… the Highlanders had 10 hits for 10 runs and nine RBIs… Toney went 2-3 on the day with a home run and two RBIs… Sareyka and Greenly added an RBI each… several players had two hits for the Highlanders including Meisel who grabbed four RBIs.
 
Up Next: The Chargers will finish off the regular season with an in-conference series with Wells which is still yet to be rescheduled due to forecasted weather this weekend.