The Stidfoles showed up in all their doppelganger glory for the Penn State baseball team this weekend.

The Nittany Lions (9-7) took James Madison (7-13) for two out of three games this weekend, splitting Saturday's doubleheader, a 12-3 loss and 3-2 win, and cinching a 1-0 shutout yesterday.

Junior left-hander Alan Stidfole got the start, working 6 1/3 innings and downing enough Dukes for a career-best 10 strikeouts.

Stidfole's win-loss record crept above .500 at 2-1.

And he even notched his first picked-off base runner of the year, too.

"I had a lot of rest from the last game," Stidfole said.

"I felt fresh out there. Not the last game, but the two before that I wasn't getting any strikeouts, and to put up 10 was a big step up."

Stidfole didn't do it alone yesterday either, getting serious help in relief from Josh Palm, who picked up his fourth save in a hitless 2 2/3 innings, and the game-winning solo home run from junior Aaron Greenfield.

The Dukes couldn't even get the ball out of the infield yesterday with 13 strikeouts, 11 groundouts, one runner caught-stealing, one double play, and one pop-out.

"We were hoping to come down here and sweep through," Penn State coach Robbie Wine said. "But a full week of practice while losing games to weather, we'll take it at this point."

The "other Stidfole," right-hander Sean Stidfole, got the job done Saturday.

Recovering from the game one breakdown, Stidfole (3-2) let only one earned run slip by in his second consecutive complete game for the Lions.

Senior Michael Milliron's hit safely in game one to stretch his hitting streak to 14 games, but came up empty in game two.

The Dukes slammed straight into the Lions in the first game, with Craig Clark picking up the loss.

All nine Dukes in the starting lineup hit safely, and the team combined for 18 hits, compared to Penn State's 10.

"We came out rusty," Wine said.

"We came out sluggish and not as sharp as we've been. After guys get their second and third at-bat they start coming around a little bit."

"We got some relievers out there, people who haven't pitched in a week or two. If it's a closer game, those guys might not see the mound, but that's important when you're trying to prepare a whole pitching staff, we need to get everybody involved."

Aaron Markowitz, Matt Ogrodnik, Paul Hawkins and Clint Eury all got time on the mound in the loss.

"We came out with two wins and that's what counts," Wine said.