Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Shippensburg, Pa. - Zach Stone broke a 0-0 tie with a RBI single in the eighth inning of Sunday's doubleheader opener against Shippensburg, and Chris Murphy completed an eight-inning shutout to lift Millersville to a 1-0 victory and a series win over the No. 18-ranked Raiders. Shippensburg salvaged the series finale by an 8-1 score in game two.

Millersville (26-11, 13-5 PSAC East) has now won four of the last five regular season series against Shippensburg (23-11, 10-8 PSAC East). And despite taking three of four from the nationally-ranked opponent, Millersville lost ground in the PSAC East standings as Bloomsburg took four from Kutztown to pull even with the Marauders in first place.

Millersville's success against Shippensburg started and ended with starting pitching. After Tad Barton and Jim McDade threw 13 consecutive scoreless innings on Saturday, Murphy added eight in Sunday's opener and game two starter Brandon Miller threw 4.1 before Shippensburg stopped the streak at 25.1 Murphy (7-2) bounced back from the rockiest outing of his career by scattering six hits and striking out four. Only two Shippensburg runners reached scoring position. In the eighth inning, the tying run reached third base but Murphy recorded the final out by getting Ship's No. 3 hitter, Jimmy Spanos, to pop out.

Despite being a Marauder for less than two full seasons, Murphy already ranks fifth on the school's career wins list with 19 and his 12 career complete games are just three shy of the school record.

In game two, Miller (2-3) provided the Marauders with five strong innings in which he allowed just one earned run on five hits. The score was tied at 1-1 entering the bottom of the sixth, and Miller was pulled after allowing a leadoff single to Spanos. That's when everything came unglued for the Marauders. In the bullpen's first appearance of the series, it gave up seven runs, including six earned. Matt Binder surrendered five runs on three hits and two walks and allowed the inherited runner to come across the plate as well. The generally lights-out Adam Zipko managed to get just one out and allowed a run on two hits. Jesse Mowen put out the fire but the damage was done, and the 8-1 deficit was far too much to overcome with only three outs with which to work.

The Marauder lineup mustered just seven hits in the doubleheader and managed to win three games in the series despite scoring only six total runs.

Tyler Orris reached base three times and stole two bases in the opener, bringing his season steals total to 30--already the third-most in school history with 11 regular season games remaining. Millersville had just one hit heading into the eighth inning. Dan Neff jump-started the Marauder rally with a single and advanced on a passed ball. With two outs and the bases load, Stone delivered the 144th RBI of his career, which moved him into a tie with Matt Knox for second in Millersville history.

Millersville's offense could manage no such heroics in game two. Despite totaling just four hits, the Marauders put at least one runner on base in all seven innings and had two runners reach base in each of the first five. They stranded the bases loaded in the first and fifth. Shippensburg starter Nick Massetti allowed just two hits and one run but walked seven in five innings.

Millersville's lone run came in the fifth inning and it momentarily gave them a 1-0 lead. It came on Mark Stuckey's RBI single that drove in Dan Johnson. That lead disappeared in the bottom of the inning and was wiped out in Ship's seven-run sixth.

Millersville hosts Kutztown for a PSAC East doubleheader on Tuesday.