The Lancaster Bible College Baseball team took on Valley Forge in a United East double-header on Saturday in Ephrata, Pa. at Ephrata High School, earning a split as they took game one 11-10 and dropped game two 16-9. The Chargers move to 8-9 overall and 3-1 in conference while the Patriots move to 10-10 overall and 2-2 in conference.
 
Game 1: 11-10 Win
 
How it Happened:
Valley Forge attacked right away with two runs on two hits in the 1st inning, but the Chargers had an answer in the bottom frame. After a leadoff walk by Dylan Witkowski (Sr.), Evan Sareyka (Sr.) reached on an error that scored Witkowski to get LBC on the board, then after a Sareyka steal of second base, Donavan Boles (So.) lined a single to center field to tie the game at 2-2. The Patriots took the lead back with another run in the 2nd, but the Chargers had a big response in store with five total hits in the bottom of the 2nd. With two runners on and one out, Witkowski launched a 3-run home run to right center to get LBC the lead at 5-3. Then after two more hits for LBC, Boles struck again with a ground-rule double to right center, scoring Tanner Smith (Sr.) for a three-run lead after just two innings. Valley Forge got one back in the 4th, but LBC punched right back with another four-run inning, seeing RBI-hits from Sareyka, Malachi Sloane (Jr.), and Joey Stein (So.) en route to a 10-4 advantage through four. The Patriots, however, began to chip away as the game went on, adding runs in the 5th, 6th, and 8th innings as they scored six unanswered runs, fighting back to tie the game at 10-10. With two outs in the bottom of the 8th, the Chargers rallied to put two runners on base for CJ Peterson (So.), poking an infield single to third as Daniel Peña (Fr.) came home to score the go-ahead run as LBC led by one. The defense slammed the door in the 9th inning as LBC earned the one-run victory in game one.
 
By the Numbers:
- The Chargers scored 11 runs on 13 hits and 10 RBI with two errors while the Patriots had 10 runs on 10 hits with nine RBI and committed three errors
- Dylan Witkowski led the Chargers, going 2-3 from the plate with two walks and three RBI on a home run
- Joey Stein had a game-high three hits with a run scored
- Donavan Boles added two hits and two RBI with a single and a double
- Noah Robinette pitched 5.0 innings for the Chargers as the starter with six earned runs on six hits with two walks and one strikeout, while Evan Sareyka (W, 2-1) got the win as he pitched the final 2.0 innings with just one earned run on two hits and two strikeouts
- The Patriots were led by Juan Lopez with three hits on 3-6, one RBI, and a game-high three runs scored

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 Game 2: 9-16 Loss
 
How it Happened:
The Patriots began game two the same as game one, scoring two runs to start including one hit and one error, but this time the Chargers could not answer in the bottom frame despite two hits. Valley Forge then added three more runs in the 2nd including a two-run home run, then two more in the 3rd as the Chargers fell into an early 7-0 scoring deficit through three innings. After UVF added another in the 4th, the Chargers got on the board in the bottom frame as Nate Rosenzweig (Jr.) knocked a RBI-single into right center to cut it to 8-1. After a defensive stand, the Chargers tacked on a couple more in the 5th inning on a sacrifice fly by Shane Stephan (Jr.) and a fielder's choice by Evan Sareyka, cutting the lead to 8-3 through five. After a scoreless 6th and 7th for both teams, Valley Forge put the game away as they tallied five runs in the 8th to go up 13-3 on the Chargers. LBC did answer that burst, however, with four hits and four runs in the bottom of the 8th, with Tanner Smith and Stephan each lining singles through the infield for runs and Donavan Boles knocking in two more runs on a double to right field, making it 13-7 Patriots. Three more runs by Valley Forge added to their lead, then the Chargers added two more for good measure in the bottom of the 9th on a Witkowski sacrifice fly and a RBI-single by Sareyka, falling by a score of 16-9 as the Patriots took game two for a double-header split.
 
By the Numbers:
- The Chargers scored nine runs on 14 hits and nine RBI with four errors, while the Patriots had 16 runs off 16 hits and 14 RBI with three errors
- Evan Sareyka led the Chargers on a 2-5 game with two RBI and a run scored
- Donavan Boles and Shane Stephan added one hit and two RBI each
- Joey Stein went 2-4 with a double, a run scored, and a walk
- Trevor Bertsch (Fr.) (L, 2-3) started the game for LBC with 3.2 innings pitched, allowing six earned runs on nine hits with two walks and two strikeouts, while Aidan Schwalm (Fr.) pitched the middle 4.0 innings with just one earned run on six hits and two walks, adding two strikeouts
- The Patriots were led by Gabriel Murphy with three hits and three runs scored
 
Information to Know:
The Chargers are now 22-3 all-time against Valley Forge while splitting the past four meetings with the Patriots. The Chargers reached their first 3-0 United East start since 2024 after their game-one win before falling in game two.
 
Up Next:
The Chargers are back in action on Wednesday, April 1 as they travel to Chambersburg, Pa. for the first of two United East games against Wilson at 3:00 p.m.