KENOSHA, Wis. – The Grand Valley State baseball team split a Saturday doubleheader with Parkside, winning game one 9-2, before dropping game two, 8-5. The Lakers are now 10-11 overall and 6-5 in GLIAC play. The two teams will meet again tomorrow for the final game of the series at 3:00 PM ET.
GAME 1 – W, 9-2
The Lakers took an early 1-0 lead on a
Kyle Nott sac fly, scoring
Jake Rydquist. In the fourth inning,
Carter Smith,
Parker Murdie, and
Joe Laudont all recorded two-run hits with Laudont's leaving the yard, his second in as many days. Leading 7-2 in the seventh, Nott belted a triple to score Rydquist and
Zachary Collins ensued with an RBI single to increase the GVSU lead to 9-2.
Mark Scannell (2-0) earned the win on the mound, tossing 5 1/3 inning, allowing just three hits and two runs, while striking out six.
Nathan Wargolet entered and recorded the save, throwing 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Rydquist and Collins each recorded multi-hit games for the Lakers. Nott finished 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBI in his collegiate debut and Laudont launched his second homer of the season.
GAME 2 – L, 8-5
The Lakers built a 5-1 lead through four innings of play on an RBI single by Rydquist, a
Parker Murdie two-run home run, and a
Nathan Logan RBI groundout. Parkside would answer and score seven unanswered runs to salvage the split on the day.
Austin Brown started on the mound and went 4 1/3 innings before
Nick Shaw relieved him and threw the final 3 2/3 innings.
