Grand Valley State dropped a 3-2 decision to Parkside Friday afternoon at the Laker Baseball Field in 12 innings. The teams will square off in a GLIAC doubleheader Saturday beginning at 1:00 p.m.

The Lakers got on the board in the bottom of the first with a solo HR to right off the bat of LF Kyle Nott. Parkside tied the game in the fourth, but the Lakers regained the lead with a run in the bottom half of the inning. CF Spencer Nelson walked and moved to third on a bunt single from 1B Nate Logan. Nelson then scored on an error by the pitcher during a failed pickoff attempt. Parkside tied the game in the eighth with a solo HR and then scored in the top of the 12.

Nott was 2-for-5 with a homerun, a run scored and an RBI, while Logan, SS Christian Faust, C Brendan Guciardo and 2B Connor Schuman each collected a hit. RHP Collin Bradley yielded two earned runs on five hits in eight inning of work. RHP Ben Thomas pitched two hitless innings and LHP Nick Shaw went the final two innings.