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Tiffin University defeated conference foe Hillsdale in a doubleheader 7-3 and 10-6.
The Dragons improve to 19-10 overall and 14-8 in the conference, while the Chargers fell to 14-16 overall and 10-12 in the conference.
Game One:
The visitors jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, scoring three in the second inning, but that would be the only time Tyler Wehrle let them cross the plate.
The Chargers held a 3-0 lead until the bottom of the eighth inning when TU scored seven runs. With Kyle Vance and Ricky Havrilla on first and second Thomas Auth pinch hit for Marino Pugnetti and hit a three-run homer to left field to tie the game at 3-3. That sparked the Dragons' offense as Jake Shier and Danny Donnelly singled, then Griffin Stevens singled to left field and advanced to second on an error by the left fielder that allowed Shier and Donnelly to score giving Tiffin their first lead of the game. With a runner on third Zach Campbell hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Stevens. Vance doubled down the left field line to advance Nich Green to third and would score on a passed ball at the next at bat to give the Dragons a 7-3 lead.
Kyle Vance hit well for the Dragons as he went 3-for-3 and scored one run and teammate Thomas Auth came in as a pinch hitter, going 1-for-1 and hitting a home run to score three runs.
Reigning pitcher of the week Tyler Wehrle was great on the mound, pitching 8.0 innings, allowing six hits, three runs, and recording eight strikeouts.
Game Two:
In the second game of the doubleheader the Dragons' offense stayed hot, scoring two runs in their first at bat. With Shier at second Donnelly reached first on an error by the catcher, allowing Shier to score. Two batters later with Donnelly on third, Nich Green singled through the left side to score Donnelly to go up 2-0.
Shier was hot this game, hitting a triple then scoring on a throwing error by the cut off man. With the bases clear Donnelly and Stevens singled the next two at bats to put runners on first and second. Green then flied out to left field to advance the runners. Tim Orr flied out after Green to score Donnelly from third to lead 4-0.
Tiffin scored one more in the fourth to score five unanswered runs. With Tommy Thamann on third, Donnelly singled through the left side to score.
Hillsdale answered in the fifth with a home run to get on the board 5-1.
Tiffin wasn't done yet as they added five more runs in the bottom of the fifth. With the bases loaded Auth pinch hit and singled to right field to scored Vance from third to force a pitching change. Then, Shier singled to left field to score Campbell. Stevens was hit by a pitch to score a run, then a passed ball allowed Kole Klasic to score from third and Shier scored on a throwing error by the catcher to home plate to give the Dragons a 10-1 lead.
Hillsdale had a late surge in the seventh inning where they scored five runs on four hits, but it wasn't enough to catch the Dragons as they won 10-6.
The Dragons were led by Jake Shier in game two as he went 3-for-4, scored three runs, and had one RBI. Danny Donnelly went 2-for-4, scored two runs, and had one RBI.
Alan Meadows got the win as he pitched 4.2 innings, allowed one run, four hits and struck out two.