Game 1 boxscore
Game 2 boxscore

INDIANA, Pa. -- The Slippery Rock University baseball team scored a split in Friday's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division doubleheader against hosting Indiana U. of Pa.

The hosts won Game 1 by a 5-1 score before The Rock roared back behind a one-hit pitching effort by senior southpaw Mark Tanner to record a 12-1 victory in Game 2.

The split gave SRU an 18-8 overall record and a 6-4 division mark, while Indiana stood 11-9 overall and 4-6 in PSAC-West action.

The teams will conclude their four-game season series Saturday with a 1 p.m. doubleheader at SRU's Jack Critchfield Park.

Indiana rode the complete-game pitching effort of Colby Betz to its Game 1 win Friday. The lanky right-hander blanked SRU for the first five innings before an RBI single by junior catcher Matt Adams with one out in the top of the sixth inning ruined his shutout bid.

Betz allowed five hits, struck out five and walked three in his route-going effort.

Prior to Adams' RBI single, Betz had not allowed an earned run in 25 1/3 innings this season and had blanked foes for 14 2/3 consecutive innings.

Rock Game 1 starting and losing pitcher Scott Dunn struck out 11 batters in five innings of work, But he wound up with little to show for it as he allowed five earned runs on six hits and walked three and was tagged with his first loss in five decisions this spring.

In addition to Adams" RBI single, The Rock's offensive attack in Game consisted of two singles by senior third baseman Billy Herman, a double by senior right fielder Scott Bender and a single by junior left fielder Jacob Oswalt.

The Rock made up for lost time in Game 2 as they pounded out a total of 17 hits and collected eight runs in the first three innings against Indiana starting and losing pitcher Eugene Offerman.

Sophomore designated hitter Adam Jury led the winning attack with two hits, including a double, and three RBIs. Bender, Oswalt and junior second baseman Billy Messer each added three hits and two RBIs. Adams, Oswalt and senior shortstop Kyle Smith each slapped a double in the game.

The Rock scored two runs after two outs had been recorded in the top of the first inning of Game 2 and never looked back. Key hits in the opening-innning rally were a double by Adams and RBI singles by Bender and Messer.

Indiana got one run back in the bottom of the first inning, keyed by a leadoff single by Paul Bingham, but that would prove to be the extent of any Crimson Hawks' comeback effort.

SRU put the game away with five runs in the top of the second, single runs in the fourth and fifth frames, two tallies in the sixth and one in the seventh.