SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va. -- Shepherd College and West Liberty split in doubleheader baseball action at Fairfax Field on Tuesday afternoon. The Rams earned a 10-9 win in the first game, while the Hilltoppers took a 6-4 triumph in the nightcap.
Mike Spry (Kent County/Chestertown, MD) drove in five runs with a pair of homers in the first game. Lucas Taylor (Keyser (Potomac State/Davis & Elkins)/Keyser, WV) and Brian Powell (Allegany (Allegany College)/Cumberland, MD) added three hits each.
Shepherd starter Preston Miller (Turner Ashby/Harrisonburg, VA) improved to 5-1, while reliever Jimmy Jackson (Old Mill/Millersville, MD) set a new Shepherd single season saves mark with his eighth of the year. He breaks the old mark of seven that he shared with Jason Walter.
Cory Del Guzzo went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs to lead the Hilltoppers to a 6-4 win in the nightcap.
Charlie Drummond (Strasburg/Strasburg, VA) and Spry each had a pair of hits for the Rams.
West Liberty's Justin Ferrell improved to 2-1 with a complete game win. Ram starter Brian Renner dropped to 4-3 with the loss.
Shepherd moves to 18-5-1, 7-1 in WVIAC play, while West Liberty goes to 11-14, 6-6. The Rams return to action on Saturday when they travel to face Concord for a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader.
Game One
West Liberty 000 214 2 9 12 0
Shepherd 150 202 X 10 15 2
Taylor, Steenstra (2) and Nash; Miller, Fitzwater (6), Jackson (6), and Drummond.
HR: SC - Spry (3rd, two on; 6th, one on) WL - Calvert (4th, one on), Pealer (7th, one on)
LP: Taylor
Sv: Jackson (8)
Game Two
West Liberty 030 201 0 6 8 0
Shepherd 010 100 2 4 9 2
Ferrell and Nash; Renner, Collins (4) and Drummond.
HR: WL - Del Guzzo (6th, one on)
WP: Ferrell
LP: Renner (4-3)
Preston Miller improved to 5-1 on the year with a win in game one.
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