INDIANA, Pa. – The Lock Haven University baseball team (12-14-1) outlasted Indiana University of Pennsylvania (8-20), 18-17, on Tuesday afternoon in a wild 35-run affair.
 
The East-West Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) thriller saw its 35 runs plated via 36 hits and 17 walks.
 
Lock Haven got the party started in the top of the first inning, striking first after an error by the Crimson Hawks. IUP responded immediately in their half of the inning and jumped out to a 3-1 lead. That score held until the fourth inning when the Bald Eagles tied the game a 3-3.
 
In the top of sixth inning, LHU took a 7-5 advantage, but it disappeared quickly after a seven-run outburst by IUP. Lock Haven battled back over the next two innings to grab the 13-12 advantage in the eighth inning. IUP tied the game in the bottom of the ninth inning to force extra innings.
 
In the wild tenth inning, Lock Haven took back the lead in the top half of the inning. The Bald Eagles poured in five more runs to push the score to 18-13. The Haven weathered one final IUP onslaught to win 18-17.
 
The Haven racked up its 18 runs on 21 hits, including four from Brandon Miller (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain), and three each from Colby Hiddemen (Honey Brook, Pa./Twin Valley), Jimmy Webb (Montoursville, Pa/Loyalsock) and Cameron Kutchey (Smithsburg, Md./Smithsburg). Miller, Webb and Kutchey all notched two RBI's, and Hiddemen drove in one run.
 
Max Joseph (Marlton, N.J./Harford CC) and Miller led the Bald Eagles in RBI's with three. Jimmy Webb (Montoursville, Pa/Loyalsock) and Isaac Porter (Beech Creek, Pa./St. Bonaventure) drove in two runs each and both had crucial RBI's in the tenth inning.
 
The 21 hits and 18 runs are the most since 2018's 20 run and 21 hit explosion against California (Pa.) on March 14.
 
UP NEXT:
The Bald Eagles will open a four-game PSAC East series with Kutztown on Friday (April 12). LHU will open the league series on the road Friday at Kutztown with Game 1 of the doubleheader set for a 1 p.m. first pitch. Lock Haven and KU will do it again on Saturday, back in Lock Haven. Game 1 Saturday is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.
 
SATURDAY (April 13) PROMOTIONS:
Saturday is Youth Day, an Athlete Ally game, a showcase of PSAC Sportsmanship week and LHU President Robert Pignatello will throw out the first pitch before Game 1.