Box Scores
L 2-0
L 6-2

MILLERSVILLE – Eli Nabholz and Cordell Shannon were strong on the mound as Millersville topped East Stroudsburg University, 2-0 and 6-2, in a PSAC East baseball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore Connor Johnson threw his first career complete game in the opener for ESU, going 6.0 innings and allowing two runs on three hits with four strikeouts and two walks.

Nabholz improved to 6-3 in 10 starts and lowered his ERA to 1.84 for Millersville, throwing a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts and two walks.

In the nightcap, Shannon went the first 5.0 innings (2 runs, 8 hits, 4 strikeouts) for the Marauders to improve to 5-2 with a 3.54 ERA in 10 starts. After Liam Grande got two outs and walked two, Christian Wingard retired the final four batters for the save.

Sophomore Evan Steele (4.0 IP, 4 runs, 2 earned, 5 hits, 3 strikeouts, 5 walks) and redshirt senior left-hander Mike Pepio (2.0 IP, 2 unearned runs, 2 hits, 1 strikeout) handled the mound for ESU, which surrendered four unearned runs on four errors.

ESU (17-18, 6-12) will host Millersville (24-13, 12-6), which has made five straight NCAA Division II Tournament appearnaces, in the second half of this weekend's four-game PSAC East series on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Mitterling Field.

Redshirt junior 1B Mike Sulcoski had two of ESU's three hits in the opener, and freshman 3B Brock Kauffman was 3-for-4 with an RBI and redshirt junior OF Christian Rishel was 2-for-4 with an RBI in the nightcap.

Game 1

Johnson threw his first career complete game in his 16th start, including 10th this season, and 29th appearance for the Warriors overall.

ESU's three hits off Nabholz were singles by Sulcoski in the second and seventh innings, and a two-out single and stolen base by freshman 2B Brainy Rojas in the fifth.

The Warriors threatened in the second as Rishel was hit by a pitch and Sulcoski singled to start the inning, but Nabholz got two strikeouts and a fly ball to get out of it.

The Marauders scored in the bottom half on a leadoff single by Dominic Hardway, who stole second, moved to third on a fly ball and scored on an RBI E3 by Ted Williams.

Kaylor Kulina singled and Ben Snyder walked to start the fourth, followed by a sacrifice bunt and RBI groundout by Jimmy Cain, to give Millersville a 2-0 lead.

Sulcoski's leadoff single in the seventh got the tying runner to the plate, but Nabholz retired the final three batters.

Game 2

Millersville scored an unearned run in the second, two in the third including doubles by Snyder and Cain, a solo homer by Cain in the fifth and a pair of unearned runs in the sixth.

ESU closed within 3-2 in the top of the fifth as Rojas and Freeman both singled with one out. Kauffman had a two-out RBI single, Freeman stole third and Rishel had an RBI single.

Cain led off the fifth with a homer to extend Millersville's lead to 4-2. He finished 2-for-3 with a double, homer, two RBI and two runs.

ESU left eight runners on base, including two each in the first, fifth and sixth innings.