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Saints' Baseball Splits with Aquinas

WYOMING, Mich. -- The Siena Heights baseball team split a Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference doubleader at Aquinas, losing 6-4 in 10 innings before winning 4-2 on Saturday.

In the 4-2 win, Mike Lollo (Allen Park, Mich./Cabrini), Daniel Abbott (Plymouth, Mich./Lutheran Westland) and Corey Caldwell (Ypsilanti, Mich./Lincoln) contributed 3-for-4 games at the plate while Kyle Benschoter (Hudson, Mich./Hudson) scored two runs.

Lollo and Abbott had doubles while Caldwell drove in two runs for the Saints (13-26, 6-14), who took a 4-0 lead during the first three innings.

Abbott put SHU on the board with an RBI single in the first inning; Caldwell later added an RBI double in the frame.

In the third, Caldwell and Eric Henderson (Howell, Mich./Howell) smacked RBI singles.

Travis Mielcarek (Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic) was the winning pitcher for Siena Heights. He went five innings and allowed one run on four hits while compiling one strikeout and two walks.

Jake Kret (Wyandotte, Mich./Roosevelt) pitched the last two innings to earn the save. He recorded one strikeout.

The 6-4 opener ended when Aquinas' Elliott Drain crunched a walk-off two-run homer for the home team.

Lollo, Abbott (homer) and Caldwell (double) were SHU's leading hitters in the loss, also. Each batted 2-for-5.

Siena Heights took a 3-0 lead in the third as Benschoter ripped an RBI single and Abbott connected for a two-run dinger.

Aquinas answered with three runs of its own in the fourth before SHU took its final lead during the sixth on a single by Henderson.

The hosts tied the game at 4-4 in the seventh and the knot held until the decisive 10th.

Thomas McCarter (Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer East) started on the hill for Siena Heights and pitched seven innings. He allowed four runs on 10 hits while finishing with one strikeout and one walk. Ben Finn (Dexter, Mich./Dexter) was the losing pitcher in relief.

Siena Heights will wrap up its season on Sunday with another doubleheader at Aquinas