EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. – The Lock Haven University baseball team (9-29, 2-19 PSAC East) dropped an afternoon doubleheader on the road at East Stroudsburg (32-13, 13-8 PSAC East) in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division match-up.
 
Game 1: L, 3-0
 
Lock Haven battled out game one, but fell to the Warriors as ESU got a strong performance from the mound. Getting the start for Lock Haven was RJ Kruse (Milford, Pa./ Delaware Valley (Lackawanna)) who went five innings for the Bald Eagles. Kruse recorded a single strike out and allowed three earned runs.
 
Blaise Zeiders (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove) went 1-2 in game one. Lock Haven recorded four hits as a team. Jake Mastillo (Roaring Brook Twp, Pa./North Pocono), Zeiders, Zach Kaatz (Stafford, Va./Mountain View), and Camden Moors (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont) all recorded hits in game one.
 
Game 2: L, 7-2
 
In the second game, Justin Lichtenwalner (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) and Blaise Zeiders (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove) both recorded hits in the early innings to kick start the LHU offense.
 
In the sixth inning, Lock Haven got on the board when Joe Shannon (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) singled to drive home Mastillo. Mastillo scored once more in the eighth inning on a Zeiders ground out to notch the second LHU run of the day.
 
The score held at 7-2 as East Stroudsburg held on for the win in game two.
 
Next Up:
The Bald Eagles wrap up the 2022 regular season next weekend in a home doubleheader against Bloomsburg. First pitch of game one is set for 12 p.m.