GAMBIER, Ohio – Kenyon College (11-7, 1-1 NCAC) split a North Coast Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader against Hiram College (5-12, 1-1 NCAC) Sunday afternoon at McCloskey Field. The Terriers won a 17-14 hit-and-error fest in game one before the Lords captured a 15-2 win in game two.
 
GAME ONE
 
The NCAC opener for both teams featured some big numbers: 31 combined runs, 26 hits, and 10 errors over the course of the seven-inning game.
 
Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the first, Kenyon took the lead on a grand slam from Kyle Hardacker who lifted a shot to left center.  Three batters later, Max Warren extended Kenyon's lead to 6-2 with a two-run double plating Cormac Jewell and Tyler Roldan.
 
Hiram followed suit the next inning as it tied the game at 6. Jeff Segal singled up the middle and a throwing error in centerfield allowed Jaren Bell to score the Terriers' first run of the inning. Phil Ward, Trevor Foster, and Mark Leone represented the next three Hiram batters and they all doubled plating three more runs.
 
With the score tied at 6, Kenyon added a single run in the bottom of the second while Hiram came back in the top of the third and plated a run that tied the game again, this time at 7.
 
The bottom of the third saw Kenyon go up again as they scored three more times.
 
Matt Von Roemer hit a double to center field scoring two and Hardacker delivered a sacrifice fly to push Kenyon ahead 10-7.
 
The Terriers battled back again though. A throwing error with two outs in the top of the fourth scored Eric Martin and two batters later Ty Walchanowicz scored on a wild pitch. That brought the score to 10-9 Kenyon.
 
Kenyon added a single run in the bottom of the fourth before Hiram took control.
 
After a scoreless fifth, the Terriers exploded for five runs and went up 14-11 in the sixth. They tied the game at 11 when Martin singled and scored Ron DeAmicis. The next at-bat saw Walchanowicz drive in Kyle Watson on a groundout.  The scoring was capped off by Jaren Ball's RBI double and Ward's RBI single.
 
Hiram pitcher Clayton Torok (1-1) retired the Kenyon side in the bottom of the sixth before the Terriers added three more runs in the seventh on a bases-clearing double by Segal.
 
The Lords made things interesting in the bottom of the seventh as Andrew Petersdorf's run-scoring single through the left side cut the score to 17-14. Two batters later, Kenyon had loaded the bases on a double from Jono Chafe and a walk from Max Warren, but Bell got a strikeout in the final at-bat and preserved victory for Hiram.
 
GAME TWO
 
Thomas Morris (3-1) tossed seven innings, scattered five hits, and struck out six for the Lords who settled down on the defensive end en route to a 15-2 win in game two.
 
After Hiram scored a pair of runs in the first inning, Morris clamped down on the Terriers bats and let the Kenyon offense continue its impressive play.
 
The Lords took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the first as Jake Dunn reached on a fielder's choice which brought in Von Roemer.  Two batters later, Phillip Nam singled through the left side and drove in John Nahra and Dunn.
 
Kenyon never lost the lead again.
 
Between the second and seventh innings, Morris allowed just three Terriers to get on base.
 
Meanwhile, the Lords offense continued to pile up runs including laying a nine spot in the bottom of the fourth. Hardacker, Chafe, and Warren each had RBI singles while Von Roemer roped a bases-clearing triple to center field which pushed Kenyon's lead to 13-2.
 
Two more runs crossed home plate for Kenyon after that and pushed the score to 15-2.
 
The game was later called at the start of the bottom of the seventh due to darkness.
 
Over the course of the day, Hardacker and Von Roemer led the Lords with four hits each and combined for 13 RBI.  

Kenyon will be back in action March 31 when they face Hiram again for a 1 p.m. doubleheader.