EPHRATA - East Stroudsburg University scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the nightcap at 5-5, but Millersville put the game away in the top of the seventh and took both ends of a PSAC East baseball doubleheader (4-3, 10-5) on Monday at Ephrata High School.

Millersville (16-6, 5-3) captured the series, 3-1, after the two schools split on Sunday. Millersville won the series opener, 4-3, before the Warriors posted an 11-5 victory in game two.

ESU (13-5, 4-4), which was coming off a 3-1 series win over defending PSAC champion Kutztown last weekend, will take on Shippensburg (8-12, 5-3) in a four-game conference series this weekend.

In the first game on Monday, sophomore pitcher Ian Allen (3-1) took his first loss of the season but helped his own cause with a three-run homer in the bottom of the third to cut ESU's deficit to 4-3.

Allen's fourth homer of the year accounted for the final runs of the game, as Millersville sophomore Brandon Miller threw a complete game (7.0 IP, 3 runs, 4 hits, 4 strikeouts, 1 walk) and ESU couldn't scratch out the tying run over the final four innings.

Sophomore Ben Bortz threw 4.2 innings of scoreless relief (3 strikeouts, 0 walks, 3 hits) for ESU after coming on for Allen in the third.

In game two, Millersville methodically opened a 5-0 lead going to the bottom of the sixth, before the Warriors scored five runs on five hits and an error to tie the game at 5-all.

Junior 1B Dylan Tamecki, named the PSAC East Athlete of the Week earlier Monday, capped the inning with a game-tying two-run homer. Redshirt sophomore 3B Jay Young and redshirt junior DH Matt Walewski had RBI doubles and ESU also plated a run on a passed ball before Tamecki's blast.

In the bottom of the seventh, Millersville scored five runs on seven hits, including a three-run homer by Jeremy Musser, and one ESU error.

Jim McDade got the win for Millersville with a complete game (7.0 IP, 5 runs, 4 earned, 6 hits, 4 strikeouts, 0 walks).

ESU sophomore Tyler Eckman allowed his first runs of the season in relief. Eckman (seven saves, tied for ESU's school record) hadn't allowed a run in 10.0 innings over his first eight appearances of the season.

Young (13) and Tamecki (10) both had hitting streaks ended in game one. Young's streak is ESU's fourth-best since 2007.
 
Redshirt sophomore OF Casey Saverio was 2-for-3 in the opener and 3-for-7 in the doubleheader. Saverio led ESU at the plate in the series, going 6-for-14 (.429) with two walks and two runs. Allen was 4-for-11 with four RBI, including his three-run homer, and Young was 5-for-15 with a double, six RBI and two runs.



NCBWA Atlantic Region poll (through Sunday)
1. Seton Hill (11) (19-4) - 119 points - previously 1
2. Mercyhurst (1) (14-0) - 99 - 3
3. Winston-Salem (22-6) - 95 - 4
t-4. Millersville (14-6) - 79 - 2
t-4. Shepherd (12-2) - 79 - 5
6. ESU (12-2) - 67 - 6
7. Kutztown (9-3) - 44 - 7
8. Concord (9-8) - 19 - 9
t-9. Slippery Rock (9-8) - 16 - 10
t-9. West Liberty (13-5) - 16 - n/a
 
Receiving votes: Virginia State, West Chester, IUP