Greaney

Pitchers Brent Francisco, Nick McAuliffe and Ryan Dewees all rationed the few walks they allowed — thus keeping the Rams off the scoreboard for the most part.

Francisco and his fellow starters seemed to always find a strikeout whenever they found any trouble. In the opener last Friday in East Stroudsburg University, Francisco struck out nine in his six innings of work. A three-run Shepherd third was his only real problem, but his teammates quickly gave him a four-run rally of their own . . . and the Warriors won, 6-4.

The Rams had two base runners thrown out at home, struck out a total of 11 times and could only watch as their three pitchers combined to walk 10 and hit two more Warriors with pitches. The win was Francisco’s fourth of the season, as the Warriors were on the way to improving their record to 15-3 by the completion of Saturday’s Game Two victory.

McAuliffe bettered Francisco’s Game One effort when he allowed no runs and just two hits in his five shutout innings of a comfortable 6-0 win. He fanned eight, before Carson Renner completed the blanking of the Rams with two scoreless innings of relief. The Warriors showed off their reliance on crisp base running, by stealing a combined five bases in the sweep of the Rams. McAuliffe’s win was his fourth of the year.

Dixon

Back in Shepherdstown for Saturday’s two games, the Warriors sent out 6-foot-5, 240-pound Ryan Dewees to be their starting pitcher. Dewees authored four shutout innings to begin his afternoon, leaving after being staked to a six-run lead in what was a 7-4 win by the Warriors.

Shepherd’s three pitchers allowed nine walks and East Stroudsburg stole another five bases to augment its nine hits.

The Rams rallied in mid-game behind Collin Snyder’s three-run home run.

East Stroudsburg went for a four-game sweep, with freshman Gavin Sopko as their starter. Tanner Dixon began for the Rams. Dixon lasted 3.2 innings, leaving after a three-run Warrior fourth that featured five hits and Mike Kelly’s three-run home run.

With additional runs off Nate Mikulski, Brenden Lewis and Oliver Leonard, the Warriors held a 9-4 lead, before the Rams did scoring damage against their last four pitchers — only falling 10-8 when beleaguered closer Caden Parker fanned Aidan Greaney with two runners aboard.

Borges

East Stroudsburg had homers from Jeremy Piatiewicz and Kelly, and benefitted greatly from seven walks and a hit batsman in still leaving 11 runners stranded.

Shepherd left 10 runners on base in the two-run loss.

The Rams struck out 12 times, but did get home runs from Corey Jamison and Greg Borges.

Shepherd suffered its sixth straight loss and takes a 5-11 overall record against PSAC opponent Mansfield in a doubleheader scheduled this afternoon at 1 p.m. Mansfield comes in with a 6-11 overall record and 2-6 conference mark.

Jamison

Snyder