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NON-LEAGUE

Shippensburg 6, James Buchanan 5

Thursday, at Mercersburg

Non-league game

Shippensburg fought back from a 5-3 deficit in the last 2 innings to steal a win from James Buchanan ... The Lady Hounds (13-6) tied the game in the sixth when Rachel Shumway tripled in a run and scored on a wild pitch and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh on a fielder's choice groundball by Christine Boyd ... Laura Dell had a triple and 2 RBIs, while Boyd and Brooke Varner each had a pair of hits for Shippensburg ... Megan McCracken had 2 hits and Laken Beers drove in 2 runs for the Rockets (12-7) ... JB coach Ken Kauffman said, "We made too many mental errors that really, really hurt us."

Shippensburg 6, James Buchanan 5

Shippensburg 201 002 1 -- 6-7-2

James Buchanan 220 100 0 -- 5-8-1

Shippensburg Pitching

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Brittany Reese (W,8-4) 7 8 5 3 4 1

James Buchanan Pitching

Laken Beers (L,10-7) 7 7 6 4 3 1

3B--(Ship) Laura Dell, Rachel Shumway.

Next game: Shippensburg: District 3 playoffs, TBA ... JB: District 3 playoffs, TBA. SIDELING HILL