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Millersville Splits Twinbill with ESU; Warriors Come Back for Game Two Win

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Millersville, Pa. - Millesville took game one with East Stroudsburg 5-2 thanks to a go-ahead three-run home run off the bat of Maria Spinosa but the Warriors came back from a 4-0 deficit in game two to win by a score of 5-4.

The Marauders (14-10, 4-2 PSAC East) did most of their damage with two outs in the first contest as four of their five runs came with just one out left in the inning. However, ESU (6-13, 1-3 PSAC East) scored five unanswered runs in the rematch, all of which came in the sixth and seventh frames.

GAME ONE RECAP
East Stroudsburg scored one run in both the first and third innings to take a 2-0 lead but Millersville didn't let the Warriors score again and the Marauder bats just needed some time to warm up.

Maria Spinosa led off the bottom of the third with a single before Jordan Sheffield walked to put runners on first and second. Danielle DiFilippo then singled on a bunt, Spinosa advanced to third and scored thanks to a fielding error by the second baseman. 

In the home half of the sixth, Spinosa came to the plate again, this time with runners on first and second and the Marauders trailing 2-1. The Horsham, Pa. native proceeded to blast her first career home run, a three-run shot to left field that put Millersville ahead, 4-2. That same inning, Sheffield restarted the hit parade with a single and DiFilippo brought her in with an RBI double to give the Marauders a three-run padding, 5-2.

At the plate, Spinosa led the way as she was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs while DiFilippo was a perfect 3-of-3 with an RBI. In the circle, Brianna Andraos (9-4) was dominant once again and tossed seven shutout innings with two earned runs given up on five hits. The Malvern, Pa. native struck out seven batters and walked two in the game-one win.

GAME TWO RECAP
The home team struck first in game two with four runs in the bottom of the second, none of which were earned. It all started with a one-out single from Stephanie Kulp before Heather Lutz reached on an error by the left fielder and Spinosa singled to load up the bases. Mandy Hammond then reached on a fielding error by the second baseman that scored the first run of the game. Sheffield then brought in Lutz on an RBI single and advanced to second on the throw home. Next, Hammond crossed the plate on a wild pitch before a DiFilippo single that scored Sheffield put the Marauders up 4-0.

In the top of the sixth, the visitors cut the margin to 4-1 with an RBI single before the Marauders lead evaporated the very next inning.

The first two batters for ESU in the seventh reached on errors by Sheffield and one out later, East Stroudsburg's Becca Smith singled in the first run of the game for the Warriors. ESU then hit a two-run triple and an RBI single that put the guests up 5-4 and that is where the final score stood as Millersville was retired in order in its half of the seventh.

In the batter's box, Sheffield and DiFilippo were a combined 3-for-8 with a run scored and two RBIs. Andraos took her first loss since March 21 and gave up five runs, just one earned, on eight hits in 6.1 innings. The sophomore hurler walked a season-high five batters and tallied only one strikeout. In relief, Ashley Cantiello went the final two-thirds and didn't allow a run on one hit with one strikeout and one walk.

The Marauders are at West Chester for a doubleheader on Wednesday (2:30 p.m.) and Shippensburg for two on Friday (2:30 p.m.).
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