KINSTON, N.C. - Matt Shamany tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen, and
Chase Simmons homered for a 5-1 Millersville win over Indiana (Pa.) in game one of Sunday's doubleheader. IUP, however, salvaged a split with a 13-9 win in game two.
Millersville rallied from behind in both games The one run allowed in game one was the fewest runs allowed by Millersville it its six games this season.
Jimmy Losh totaled three hits and scored four runs on the day. 2021 PSAC East Pitcher of the Year
Jeff Taylor made his season debut in game one as well.
The Marauders are now 3-3 while IUP is 3-4.
GAME ONE
• Taylor struck out five and allowed just two hits in his season debut before handing the ball to Shamany (1-0). Shamany picked up his first career win by striking out five and allowing just one hit and one walk in his 3 2/3 innings of relief work.
• With Shamany keeping the Crimson Hawks in check, Millersville took the lead on sacrifice flies from
Thomas Caufield and
Justin Taylor in the fourth. The Marauders broke open the game in the top of the seventh with a
Jimmy Kirk RBI double and Simmons' second home run in as many days.
• Eight different Marauders accounted for the team's eight hits. Losh reached base twice with a single and a walk.
Christian Wingard got the game's final out with a strikeout.
GAME TWO
• IUP scored its 13 runs on just six hits, taking advantage of 13 walks, two hit batsmen and three errors. The Crimson Hawks scored six runs in a first inning that included two Millersville errors. The first five batters that came to the plate all reached and all scored off
Conor Cook.
• Millersville stormed back, though, and in the fourth inning,
Luke Trainer doubled in Losh to tie the game at 8-8, and an IUP error with two outs put the go-ahead run on the board. IUP tied the game in the fifth with two passed balls and a wild pitch. Then, in the sixth, a leadoff walk turned into two runs on Torrey Roper's home run. IUP scored another run on a passed ball later in the inning. The Marauders went down in order in the sixth and seventh innings.
• Trainer drove in three runs, and
John Seibert drove in two.
Tyler Wright and Losh each had two hits. Wingard entered in the final inning and struck out the side.
NOTES
• Millersville has walked 29 and hit eight batters in its three losses, compared to 12 walks and three hit batters in the three wins.
• Wright has recorded a hit in all six games this season.
UP NEXT
• Millersville and IUP meet again on Feb. 25 in Glenville, W.Va.
