BUTLER, Pa. -  The Clarion University baseball team dropped a double-header to Slippery Rock by scores of 4-3 and 13-4 Thursday afternoon at Pullman Park.  The losses move the Golden Eagles to 3-8 on the season (0-2 PSAC).  The Blue and Gold will return to action for another double-header against the Rock Sunday afternoon starting at 1 p.m.  

The first game of the afternoon treated fans in attendance to some free baseball as the Golden Eagles rallied from a 3-2 deficit to send it to extra innings.  After knocking in a pair of doubles off of SRU pitcher Alex Pantuso in the first-inning, the junior hurler managed to stifle the Clarion offense for most of the game, tossing five straight no-hit innings. 

Clarion would solve the Pantuso problem in the bottom of the sixth, however.  Trailing 3-2 with one out, Tyler Falk managed to draw a walk after Matt Kamenicky reached on a walk of his own one batter earlier.  A wild pitch advanced Kamenicky to third before a perfectly placed SAC bunt from shortstop Joey Lopez drove him home to tie the game at three all.  

Clarion would have a prime opportunity to walk it off in the bottom of the seventh, however a Kamenicky strikeout ended the inning and sent the game to extras.  One inning later Garrett Goslaw grounded into a double-play with runners on the corners that helped SRU out of another jam.  The Rock would take advantage managing a run in the top of the ninth to secure  4-3 extra-innings win.  

Game two was another barnburner early on, as both teams traded big big innings to start things off.  After allowing SRU to race out to an early 3-0 lead, the Golden Eagles responded with a three-run second of their own courtesy of big hits from Cole Shaffer, Austin Mike, Wes Lang, and Mitch Holmberg. 

However Slippery Rock managed a few more big innings at the plate, tacking on three more in teh fourth and six in the sixth to secure the 13-4 win.