LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Lock Haven baseball team opened its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West schedule with a 4-3 victory over visiting Clarion on Saturday afternoon at Watkins Field. The Haven fell 12-3 in game two for the split.
Game 1: Lock Haven 4, Clarion 3
In game one, Clarion struck first with two runs in the top of the third, but Lock Haven answered quickly with four runs over the next two innings, led by a three-run homerun by
Cayden Robertson.
Clarion cut its deficit to 4-3 in the sixth, but
Caleb Zimmerman shut the door in the seventh to earn the save for Lock Haven.
Andrew Kramer got the start for LH and went six-complete innings, while allowing just one earned run and striking out four hitters.
Robertson homered and
Tom Rohan drove in a run to headline the Lock Haven offense.
Game 2: Clarion 12, Lock Haven 3
Despite only outhitting The Haven 11-10 in the nightcap, the Golden Eagles took advantage of four Bald Eagle errors to plate 12 runs to run away with game two, 12-3.
Lock Haven scored all of its runs with a rally in the third inning, led by two RBIs by
Jerry Lambert and the fourth RBI of the day by Robertson.
Jackson Bower and
Cayde McCloskey also added a pair of base knocks.
Next up for The Haven:
The Bald Eagles wraps up their series with Clarion on the road tomorrow afternoon.