Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

East Stroudsburg, Pa. - The race for the third and fourth playoff spots from the PSAC Eastern Division became much more interesting after East Stroudsburg took two games from Millersville Friday afternoon at Mitterling Field by scores of 4-1 and 5-1.

Millersville (9-21, 9-9 PSAC East) entered the weekend with what appeared to be a firm grip on division's No. 3 seed with two series remaining. East Stroudsburg (20-16, 7-11 PSAC East), however, pulled itself to within two games of the Marauders and Mansfield, and can gain any tiebreaker advantage over Millersville with one win in Saturday's doubleheader at the Millersville University Baseball Stadium.

The suddenly red-hot Warriors--winners of seven of eight--stifled a Millersville squad that has now dropped four in a row after winning 10-of-12. In game one, Brian Ernst (4-2) out-dueled Millersville senior #Ryan Stauffer (4-3) by allowing one run on three hits and three walks and striking out seven.

The two pitchers kept the game scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when ESU led off with a single and a double, sparking a three-hit, two-run inning. The Marauders got one run back in the next half inning on an RBI single from Kent Gerdes. But the Warriors countered with two more in the sixth on four hits.

Derek Kline accounted for two of Millersville's three hits.

The Marauders couldn't solve ESU's game two starter Christian Saveri (4-3), either. Saveri held Millersville to four hits in a complete game effort. Brooks Rothschild (2-1) allowed just two runs on seven hits and two walks in four innings but received little help from his offense.

Despite leaving one runner on base in six of the seven at bats, Millersville trailed by only one run entering the bottom of the sixth. The defense, however, committed three errors that led to three ESU runs. Saveri, working with a four-run lead in the top of the seventh, allowed only a walk to Jeff Heisey before closing the door on the Marauders.

Ryan McCormick led Millersville at the plate with two hits and a run.

Millersville will try to even the series in Saturday's home doubleheader. Game one is scheduled for 1 p.m.