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Last updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:44 AM EST

ANDERSON, S.C. — Shippensburg earned its first win of the season on Saturday after winning the second game of its doubleheader against Anderson, 14-4.

The victory was sandwiched between a pair of losses — the Raiders fell 4-3 in Saturday’s opener and lost 5-2 on Sunday afternoon.

Shippensburg turned 12 hits and six Anderson errors into a season-high 14 runs in Saturday’s victory.

The Raiders (1-6) raced out to a 10-0 lead after three innings and got big hitting efforts from Ship high school grad Rick Shumway (2-for-4, 3 runs, RBI), Kevin Scholly (2-for-4, 2 RBIs), Kevin Miller (2-for-4, RBI) and Justin Garber (2-for-6, 2 RBIs).

Tim Freshour earned the complete-game victory, scattering nine hits for four runs (two earned) while registering five strikeouts.

The Trojans (5-13), however, owned the weekend, getting a pair of come-from-behind wins.

Ship started off strong enough on Saturday, jumping ahead 3-0 on an RBI single from Tyler Redick (2-for-4, RBI), a Scholly sacrifice fly and an RBI groundout from Kasey Kuhns.

That shutout remained intact until the sixth inning, when Anderson scored four runs with two outs and a runner on first; Ship ace Matt Wright (10 strikeouts) surrendered four hits in the inning, including a triple, while also hitting a batter — the Trojans had the lead and the Raiders never recovered.

Sunday’s game was another tough loss for Shippensburg.

The Raiders overcame a 1-0 deficit by scoring on a Miller RBI triple in the fourth and an RBI groundout from Redick in the fifth inning to ahead 2-1.

But Anderson battled right back in the seventh, taking advantage of a wild pitch and an error to score two runs to reclaim a 3-2 lead. The Trojans got two insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth and held on for victory.

Top hitters for Ship on Sunday were Kyle Rhoades (3-for-4) and Garber (2-for-4, run).

The Raiders play Georgia College & State on Saturday and Sunday for a three-game series. Games will be played at 1 and 4 p.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m. on Sunday.

SUNDAY

TROJANS 5, RAIDERS 2

Shippensburg 000 110 000 — 2 9 3

Anderson (S.C.) 001 000 22X — 5 11 1

SHIPPENSBURG (2)

Justin Garber, cf, 4/1/2; Kyle Rhoades, 2b, 4/0/3; Tyler Redick, rf, 4/0/1; Kevin Scholly, 3b, 4/0/0; Rick Shumway, dh, 3/0/1; Kevin Miller, 1b, 4/1/1; Kasey Kuhns, lf, 4/0/1; Kris Kullman, c, 3/0/0; Sean Killian, c, 1/0/0; Eric Dezell, ss, 4/0/0; Andrew Burke, p, 0/0/0; Jason Kelly, p, 0/0/0; Brandon Geib, p, 0/0/0. TOTALS 35/2/9.

ANDERSON (5)

B.J. Smith, 2b, 5/1/3; A.Roberson, rf, 5/0/0; M.Hill, 3b, 3/0/1; B.Carson, p/dh, 4/0/0; Neville, c, 3/0/2; Easterlin, c, 0/1/0; E.Johnson, c, 0/0/0; T.Still, lf, 4/0/1; J.Grubbs, lf, 0/1/0; D.Ballard, 1b, 4/0/1; Hipp, cf, 4/1/2; P.West, ss, 4/1/1; Welch, p, 0/0/0. TOTALS 36/5/11.

Doubles: A — T.Still, P.West. Triples: Ship — Miller. Winning pitcher — Welch 2 inn., 0 runs, 1 hit, 1SO, 0BB; B.Carson 7 inn., 2 runs, 8 hits, 5SO, 1BB. Losing pitcher — Burke (0-2) 6.1 inn., 3 runs, 6 hits, 5SO, 2BB; Kelly 1 inn., 2 runs, 4 hits, 0SO, 0BB; Geib 0.2 inn., 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 SO, 0BB.

SATURDAY

GAME ONE

TROJANS 4, RAIDERS 3

Shippensburg 300 000 0 — 3 5 0

Anderson 000 004 X — 4 7 2

SHIPPENSBURG (3)

Justin Garber, cf, 3/1/1; Kyle Rhoades, 2b, 2/1/1; Tyler Redick, rf, 4/1/2; Kevin Scholly, 3b, 2/0/1; Kasey Kuhns, lf, 2/0/0; Tim Freshour, dh, 2/0/0; Jason Kelly, dh, 1/0/0; Steve McCardell, 1b, 3/0/0; Sean Killian, c, 2/0/0; Alex Hartman, c, 0/0/0; Eric Dezell, ss, 2/0/0, Matt Wright, p, 0/0/0. TOTALS 23/3/5.

ANDERSON (4)

B.J. Smith, 2b, 3/0/0; A.Roberson, rf, 3/0/0; M.Hill, 3b, 3/1/2; B.Carson, 1b, 3/1/1; Neville, dh, 2/1/0; T.Still, lf, 3/0/2; Hipp, cf, 0/0/0; E.Johnson, c, 3/0/0; J.Grubbs, cf/lf, 2/0/1; P.West, ss, 2/1/1; Pitts, p, 0/0/0; Scarborough, p, 0/0/0. TOTALS 24/4/7.

Triples: A — M.Hill 2. Winning pitcher — Pitts 6.2 inn., 3 runs, 5 hits, 1SO, 2BB; Scarborough (Save) 0.1 inn., 0 runs, 0 hits, 0SO, 0BB. Losing pitcher — Wright (0-1) 6 inn., 4 runs, 7 hits, 10SO, 0BB.

GAME TWO

RAIDERS 14, TROJANS 4

Shippensburg 046 040 0 — 14 12 1

Anderson 100 300 0 — 4 9 6

SHIPPENSBURG (14)

Justin Garber, cf, 6/1/2; Jason Kelly, dh, 5/2/0; Tyler Redick, rf, 3/1/1; Kevin Scholly, 3b, 4/1/2; Kasey Kuhns, lf, 4/1/1; Rick Shumway, 2b, 4/3/2; Kevin Miller, 1b, 4/2/2; Kris Kullman, c, 5/2/1; Eric Dezell, ss, 3/1/1; Tim Freshour, p, 0/0/0. TOTALS 38/14/12.

ANDERSON (4)

A.Roberson, rf, 3/1/1; Hipp, cf, 4/0/1; M.Hill, 3b, 3/0/2; B.Carson, 1b, 3/0/0; Neville, c, 3/1/1; T.Still, dh, 3/1/2; Quattlebaum, ss, 3/0/0; Easterlin, 2b, 0/0/0; J.Grubbs, lf, 3/1/1; P.West, 2b/ss, 3/0/1; Martinez, p, 0/0/0; Peele, p, 0/0/0; B.Roberts, p, 0/0/0; Kowalski, p, 0/0/0.

Doubles: Ship — Garber, Miller, Kullman. Winning pitcher — Freshour (1-1) 7 inn., 4 runs, 9 hits, 5SO, 1BB. Losing pitcher — Martinez 2 inn., 6 runs, 6 hits, 2SO, 3BB; Peele 0.2 inn., 4 runs, 4 hits, 0SO, 1BB; Roberts, 1.2 inn., 4 runs, 2 hits, 2SO, 3BB; Kowalski 2.2 inn., 0 runs, 0 hits, 3SO, 0BB.