FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mounties Drop Twinbill to Bloomsburg in PSAC East Opener
 
SUTHERLAND, Va. – Mansfield baseball dropped both ends of its PSAC East-opening doubleheader against Bloomsburg on Friday at the Dinwiddie Sports Complex in Virginia, falling 9-3 in the opener and 6-3 in the nightcap.
 
Westyn Baylor led the Mountaineers offensively in the doubleheader, going 4-for-7 at the dish with a home run, three RBIs and a walk.
 
In the opener, both sides got runners on with hits through the first and second innings, but were unable to push home a run. In the top of the third with one out, Eric Schanzenbacher reached after being hit by a pitch before Baylor stroked the first pitch he saw over the fence in right field to score a pair of runs. Anthony Renz made it back-to-back opposite field homers to put Mansfield (1-9, 0-2 PSAC East) out in front 3-0.
 
In the bottom of the fourth, Bloomsburg's (3-2, 2-0 PSAC East) Damin Muth went opposite field as well with a two-run homer to cut the Huskies' deficit to 3-2. An Eric Frain RBI single in the fifth evened the score before Joey Casselberry hit a three run blast to right to give Bloomsburg the 6-3 lead.
 
The Huskies added three more runs in the sixth inning.
 
Tyler Hill earned the win after allowing six hits and three earned runs in 5.0 innings with five Ks. Cody Hearne picked up the save. Matt Engler was hit with the loss for MU.
 
In the nightcap, Mansfield put runners on base in the first and second to no avail. The Huskies got on the board first with Frain's two-run round-tripper in the bottom of the third.
 
In the top of the sixth, Taylor Hillson started off the inning by reaching on a throwing error, before Schanzenbacher placed and RBI double just out of reach of the left fielded to bring in the Mounties' first run. Walks by Baylor and Jacob Molison loaded the bases. Owen Lukens drew a two-out walk to bring in another run to knot the game at 2-2. Bloomsburg wouldn't allow any more damage to be done in the inning, forcing the final out to end the threat.
 
The wheels fell off for Mansfield in the bottom of the sixth however as the Huskies capitalized on three errant plays and a controversial call at third to hang four runs and jump out to a sizeable lead.
 
Mansfield scored a run in the top of the seventh when Baylor drove in Dave Glueck, who reached on a lead-off single, but the comeback effort would fall short.
 
Alex Carpenter earned the win in relief while Cody Heane added another save. Matt Zielen had a solid outing for the Mounties, allowing just two earned runs on two hits while striking out six in 5.0 innings.
 
Mansfield will play another twinbill against the Huskies tomorrow.