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The Rock pounded out 21 hits in Friday's first game and rolled to a 20-5 victory, but then managed only two hits in the second game and lost a 2-1 decision.

The split was The Rock's fifth in their last five doubleheaders after they swept the first three twinbills this spring and gave SRU a 16-7 overall record and a 3-3 mark in PSAC-West action.

With the second-game win Friday, Clarion improved its season records to 1-15 overall, 1-5 in division action.

The Rock and Golden Eagles close out their four-game season series Saturday with a noon doubleheader at Critchfield Park. The starting time was moved up one hour Friday by mutual consent of the two head coaches.

Although the contests were played at Critchfield Park, Friday's games were officially home games for Clarion, which was unable to get its home field into playable condition. Saturday's games are regularly-scheduled home games for SRU.

Junior outfielder Graeme Zaparzynski and junior shortstop Will Kengor (pictured) led The Rock's hit parade in Friday's first game.

Zaparzynski was 4-for-5 with a double, collected four RBIs and scored three runs, while Kengor was 3-for-3 with a double, a triple and three sacrifice flies and collected five RBIs.

Sophomore third baseman Jake Nogalo and senior designated hitter John Shaffer each slapped a double and picked up two RBIs. Shaffer was also one of six players who had two hits as part of the winning effort.

Junior right fielder Brandon Myers smacked a solo home run in the third inning and junior center fielder Jake Weibley had a double to round out the list of seven extra-base hits recorded by SRU.

The Rock exploded for seven runs on seven hits in the top of the first inning off Clarion starting and losing pitcher Brett Whitman (0-5). The Green and White added four runs in the second inning, one in the third, three in the fourth, four in the fifth and one in the seventh to complete the rout.

SRU had a 15-0 lead before Clarion scored its first hit of the game, a bunt single by Mike Lockhart leading off the fourth inning, and were sitting on a 19-0 cushion before the Golden Eagles scored their first run in the fifth inning.

Rock starting and winning pitcher Lou Trivino (4-2) breezed through the first six innings but ran out of gas and could not complete his complete-game bid. The lanky junior right-hander wound up allowing five earned runs on 10 hits, struck out nine and walked one in six and two-thirds innings.

Junior right-hander Anthony Naso struck out the only batter he faced to close out the game.

In Game 2, Shaffer spoiled a no-hit bid by Clarion pitcher Caleb McGary by slapping a single up the middle to open the top of the fourth inning, but that proved to be the extent of a Rock rally that inning.

That was also the only Rock hit until Kengor smacked a leadoff triple to straightaway center field and scored on a sacrifice fly by Nogalo in the top of the sixth inning to draw The Rock even at 1-1.

Clarion had scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth, when it got three hits off Rock starting and losing pitcher Kyle Schneider. The key hit was a two-out, RBI double by Derek Danver down the left-field line.

The Golden Eagles won the game with three more hits in the bottom of the seventh. Danver started the rally with a one-out single, moved around to third on a double by Jordan Mesoraco and scored on Joey Lopez's game-winning single up the middle through a drawn-in Rock infield.

The loss was Schneider's first in five decisions this spring. The sophomore right-hander finished the game with two runs allowed (one earned) on nine hits, struck out five and did not walk a batter.