Eastern University Baseball used five home runs and a pair of strong pitching outings to sweep a doubleheader at Lancaster Bible College. Sophomore shortstop Scott Renauro stretched his hitting streak to 20 games with a single in the 10-1 opening game win and a solo home run to lead off the third inning in the 7-0 game-two victory.

The Eagles (15-10, 6-6) struggled out of the gate in the opener. In the first inning, Renauro got hit by a pitch and stole a couple bases before scoring on a Dan Garcia single. The host Chargers tied the score in the bottom of the inning and the Eagles managed just a single run on a third inning home run from Matt Horican until the sixth inning.

That single run would have proved to be enough as McNulty did not allow another run in his five innings of work. The junior right-hander allowed six hits and one run to pick up the win. 

The Eastern offense finally picked up in the sixth inning. Joel Rios led off with a single, and he scored on Dan Garcia's third home run of the year. André Butler drove in a third run in the inning with a walk. Rios sparked a second rally of the game with a lead-off double in the seventh. The Eagles plated five runs in their final at bat. Renauro drove in a pair with a two-out single.

The Eagles cracked three more home runs in the second game. Ernie Stiegler drove in the first run of the game with a second-inning single. Renauro and McNulty homered in the third to put separation in the game.

Lukasik used an overpowering fastball and a good change up to keep the Chargers off balance. He allowed just four hits and struck out eight in six innings of work.Eastern pitching coach Dave Lorber was really pleased with Lukasik's command on the mound. He said, "Greg's fastball was the best I've seen it. He was overpowering today, and he had a good change up as an out pitch as well. It is good to see him pitch with confidence."

Lorber also commented on the importance of Rios' recent offensive surge. The sophomore third baseman hit a three run home run to cap the scoring for the day. He has quietly hit .538 (14-26) with nine RBIs and ten runs scored in the last seven games. 

With the win, the Eagles reached the 15 win plateau for the first time since 2001. In that year, the Eagles won a program-best 18 games. Even with the remarkable turnaround from last year's 3-29 campaign, Coach Midkiff and the rest of his staff have bigger goals for their second campaign. "We really feel good about the group we have," he stated, "but we also know that we need to continue to work on consistency to become a playoff team." 

The Eagles sit in a tie for the final playoff spot in the Freedom Conference with nine games to play. They resume league play this weekend with a three game set against FDU- Florham. The two teams will play a single game in St. Davids on Friday before traveling to FDU for two on Saturday.