The Clarion University baseball team played a rare tripleheader this past Saturday at Lock Haven University.

On Friday afternoon, the two teams were scheduled to play a doubleheader at Clarion.
After a rain shortened game one on Friday that saw the Golden Eagles fall to Lock Haven 8-2 in six innings, the rain started to come down hard, forcing game two to be postponed.

In the first game of the tripleheader on Saturday, Clarion was the home team due to the makeup of the second game on Friday.

Being the home team didn’t help them that much as the fell to Lock Haven by a score of 13-2.
Eric Panko (0-5) continued his struggles by recording the loss.

Panko went 6.1 innings, while allowing nine runs (eight earned) on eight hits, and recording nine walks and six strikeouts.

Leading hitter for the Golden Eagles was Scott Berkes with a 2-4 day at the plate.

Sean Zimmerman and Ken Morgan recorded the only two RBI’s for Clarion.

Clarion was looking to put up more of a fight in the second game of the doubleheader.
Lock Haven got out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first.

Clarion pitcher Brandon Slater got off to a rough start as he let up a leadoff home run to Mark Strouse.

The Golden Eagles strike back quickly with two runs of their own in the top of the second.

Clarion took advantage of the Lock Haven pitcher struggling to find the strike zone.

Zimmerman led off the second inning with a walk. After a strikeout by Jason Krimsky, Morgan and Spencer White worked back to back walks to force the bases loaded.

Freshmen Jordan Labue reached on a fielder’s choice to third base, scoring Zimmerman to tie the game at 1-1.

With two outs in the inning, Chad white got another clutch hit with an RBI single, plating Spencer White for a 2-1 lead.

The threat would end soon after Labue would get caught stealing home.

With Slater settling in over the next few innings, Clarion was able to add onto their lead in the top of the fourth.

For the second time in the game, Zimmerman led off the inning reaching base, this time via a single.

Krimsky then followed with a walk.

Morgan followed with a single, loading the bases for the second time in the game.

After a pop out by Spencer White, Labue recorded his second RBI of the game, via another groundout to third base.

Clarion seemed to all but seal the victory, by tacking on three more runs in the sixth inning.

After the first two hitters were retired, Labue delivered again to start the rally with a double.

The next batter was Chad White who singled in Labue for his second RBI of the game.

The bases were loaded once again after Nate Weiss was hit by the pitch and Tom Briley walked.
With the bases loaded, the Golden Eagles received a break when Berkes was also hit by the pitch to bring in a run.

Clarion tacked on one more run via a wild pitch that scored Weiss to take a 6-1 lead.
With a good lead in tact, it was all up to the pitching to get the job done.
Slater hit a rough patch in the game, allowing seven runs in the bottom of the sixth to blow the game.

Clarion was not able to threaten in their last at bat to lose the game 8-6.

Slater (0-5) took the loss going 5.1 innings. Slater allowed seven runs (three earned) on seven hits, while recording four walks and seven strikeouts.

Chad White led the offense with a two hit game.

White and Labue also recorded two RBI’s each to lead the team.

Clarion was not able to rebound from the tough loss, as Lock Haven completed the sweep in the third game by a score of 14-3.

Clarion traveled to Seton Hill University yesterday for a non conference doubleheader.
The Golden Eagles woes continued as they lost both games, 6-2 and 4-3 respectively.
Kevin Gnacinski took the loss in game one for Clarion.

Gnacinski went 5.1 innings allowing five runs (two earned) on nine hits, while recording two walks and two strikeouts.

Five players on Clarion paced the offense with one hit each.

Clarion was looking for a split in game two of the doubleheader.

Berkes was pitching a gem through the first five innings, as Clarion held a 3-0 lead.
Everything fell apart in the sixth when Berkes surrendered four runs. Clarion failed to comeback in their last at bat.