OBERLIN, Ohio  – The Kenyon Lords baseball team had no issues scoring early and often in their doubleheader sweep against North Coast Athletic Conference foe Oberlin College, Saturday afternoon. The Lords evened up their conference record with two wins over the Yeomen in which they tallied a total of 29 runs on 32 hits while receiving quality pitching performances to support their 17-3 and 12-7 wins. Nate Lotze and John Nahra each went 5-for-8, and combined for seven runs batted in and 10 runs scored over the course of the day to lead Kenyon.

The Kenyon offense exploded for 14 hits over the first three innings to guide them to football-like lead over the Yeomen. The Lords mauled pitchers Mattie DeDoes (3-1) and Dan Baldocchi for 14 runs, 10 of which were earned. ­After Nahra reached on an error, Jesse Weiss plated the game's first run with a double to center field. Three more runs came around to score in the inning, all with two outs, courtesy of back-to-back RBI singles from Andrew Dunn and Sam Gillespie.

The Kenyon bats caught fire in the second frame when they posted their first of two consecutive five-run innings. The trend continued when the Lords strung together five straight run-scoring, extra-base the third inning before the Yeomen recorded an out. By the end of three innings of play, the Lords held a commanding 14-0 lead that carried them toward their 13th win of the season.

Dunn led the Lords with three hits and was one of four Kenyon players to record three RBIs. Kyle Hardacker, Gillespie, and Weiss joined him to combine for 12 of the team's 16 RBIs. Eight different Lords hitters recorded multiple-hits in the game one drubbing.

Senior Tyler Dierke (3-1) earned his first complete game of the season, going all seven innings and striking out six in his third win of the year. He allowed only three runs, two earned, on nine hits against.

The offense did not spare the second set of Yeomen pitchers in game two, slapping together seven unanswered runs through the first four innings of the nightcap. Lotze put the Lords ahead with a RBI double in the first but Kenyon rattled off its third five-run frame of the day in the third inning. The Lords batted around the order while Hardacker, Dunn, and Mike Danziger all unloaded run-scoring hits to put them up 7-0.

Weiss hit his third home run of the season in the sixth inning, a two-run shot to left field, and Lotze tagged on his third hit of the game to give the Lords their final two runs of the game, leading to a 12-7 final score. Lotze finished game two with four RBIs and posted a two-game performance of five hits, four runs scored, and six RBIs to lead the Lords in the sweep.

Freshman Spencer Byers (3-0) put together his fourth quality performance of the season with six strong innings of work to earn his third win of the year. He retired the first 14 batters he faced in order, going 1-2-3 in each of the first four innings in the process. Byers struck out three while allowing three runs on five hits.

The Lords (14-6, 3-3 NCAC) and the Yeomen (9-11, 2-2) will conclude their four-game series on Sunday, April 7, with their doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.