Adrian, Mich. -- The Siena Heights baseball team split this afternoon with St. Francis.

THE BASICS

Final Scores: Game 1: Siena Heights 3, St. Francis (Ind.) 2,  Game 2: Siena Heights 2 , St. Francis (Ind.) 3

Location: Adrian, Michigan

Records: Siena Heights (6-6), Saint Francis (Ind.) (5-12)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game 1:

Saint Francis struck first against the Saints in the 5^th inning to go on a 1-0 lead. David Pietryga got the Saints going in the 5^th inning when he singled to left field and scored two runs. Later in that inning Brenden Baker tripled to right field adding another run to the Saints lead. With SHU looking to close out the game in the 7^th inning,  the cougars added a run to make it 3-2 but Trevor Willis came in for the save.

Top Saints:

• Brenden Baker went 1-3 with 1 RBI
• Tristan Roth got the W with 6 inning pitched, 1 ER, and 5 SO
• David Pietryga had 1 hit and 2 RBIs

Game 2:

Saints got on the board first when Connor McCoy singled to left field and score Brendan Green to make it a 1-0 game. SHU's starting pitcher Rob Oliver went 4 innings, 5 SO, and 0 ER to hold the Cougars offensive off.

Then St. Francis would score in the 5^th inning off back to back RBI singles to go ahead 2-1. That next inning SHU would score on a wild pitch to tie the game up. Into extras went the game where in the 9^th inning Saint Francis would score on a double to go ahead 3-2. Siena couldn't not score in the bottom half and took the extra inning loss.

Top Saints

• Brendan Green went 2-4
• Connor McCoy had 1 hit and 1 RBI

UP NEXT

The Saints will host Cleary on Friday, March 15^th, 2019. First pitch is set for 3:00 PM.