Box Scores
Game 1 - L 7-3
Game 2 - L 9-5

WEST CHESTER – No. 8-ranked West Chester collected 18 hits, including a 10-for-19 day from the top three hitters in the order, to improve to 20-1 overall and 6-0 in the PSAC East after taking a doubleheader from East Stroudsburg University on Friday afternoon at Serpico Stadium.

Joe Gunkel threw a complete game for West Chester in a 7-3 win in the first game, and the Golden Rams scored three runs in the sixth inning to put away a 9-5 win in the nightcap.

West Chester, ranked No. 1 in the NCBWA Atlantic Region poll, and ESU (18-9, 3-3), ranked No. 5, will play the second half of this weekend's doubleheader on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Mitterling Field. Saturday's doubleheader was postponed due to the likelihood of inclement weather.

Six of West Chester's seven runs in the opener were unearned off ESU junior Brian Ernst, who took his first loss of the season after earning the NCBWA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Week with a 3-0, three-hit shutout against Mansfield last week.

All four of WCU's runs in the first were unearned, as were two of its three in the third. The Warriors scored twice in the second and got a solo homer from sophomore OF Chris Knott, his third of the season, in the sixth.

ESU took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning in the second game off West Chester starter Fred Breidenbach, but the Golden Rams came back with three in the bottom half. All-America candidate Joe Wendle hit a two-run homer, his eighth of the year, to give West Chester a 3-2 lead.

WCU added another run in the second on an RBI single by Wendle before ESU scored two in the third, on an RBI single by junior OF Eric Boyer and sacrifice fly by Ernst, to tie the game at 4-4.

West Chester took the lead for good in the bottom of the third on a base hit by Josh Heyne and made it 6-4 before ESU got out two bases-loaded situations in the fourth.

The Warriors got one run back in the top of the fifth as Boyer had a two-out single and scored on a double by Ernst.

Kyle Weary came on the pitch the last two innings for the save for West Chester and the Golden Rams padded their lead with three unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth.

Breidenbach went 5.0 innings on the mound to improve to 4-0 in his fourth start of the season for West Chester. He allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits with two strikeouts and one walk.

Sophomore Keenan Stare was hit for six runs in the first 3.0 innings for ESU to fall to 5-3 on the season. Junior Colin Kelly went 2.0 innings, sophomore Colin Taylor got the first two outs in the sixth and senior Ryan Beck struck out the only batter he faced to end the inning.

Ernst went 4.0 innings in game one, struck out three and walked one while giving up seven hits. Taylor threw 2.0 scoreless innings, struck out two and gave up one hit.

Leadoff hitter Mike Raimo was 2-for-6 with two walks, Jack Provine was 5-for-8 and Wendle was 3-for-5 with two walks in the first three spots in the order for West Chester.

Four Warriors had two hits on the day in senior 2B Ryan Guarino (3-for-6), redshirt senior 1B/DH Jason Kelmer (2-for-4, double, two walks), Boyer (2-for-6, two walks) and junior OF Zac Menendez (2-for-6, two walks).