JOPLIN, Mo. – The Lyon College Scots baseball team went 2-2 over the weekend at Redden Stadium in Joplin, Missouri.
The Scots (7-5) defeated William Penn, Tenn. 9-0 and Evangel University 8-2 on Saturday and lost a double-header to Central Methodist University 11-5 and 7-2 on Sunday.
In the win over William Penn, the Scots scored nine runs on 14 hits and had no errors. Senior Troy Strack was 2-for-2 with two runs scored, senior Alan West was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a run-batted-in, Senior Joe Weatherford was 0-2 with a run scored, senior Aaron Hurd was 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBIs. Junior Zane Wallace was 1-for-1 with a run scored and senior Tristan Buschow was 1-for 2 with an RBI.
With the Scots up 7-0 in the third inning, subs Jayden Cull came in and was 1-for-1 with an RBI, Jesse McGonigal was 1-for-2 with a run scored, while Chris Lara, Austin Shipman and Derek Underwood all had hits for Lyon College in the win.
On the mound, Clayton Burke was the winning pitcher for Lyon College, going five innings and giving up only two hits in shutout baseball. Cameron Gordon came in for the save, going two innings and allowing only two hits, as well.
 
Against Evangel, the Scots fell behind 1-0 after one inning, but in the bottom of the second, Logan Doody reached first on a throwing error, scoring Wallace to tie the game 1-1. In the third inning, the Scots scored four times. Alex White hit a sacrifice fly to score Alan West, then Wallace flied out to right field for a sacrifice fly that scored Hurd. Doody singled to right field and advanced to second on a throwing error that scored Hakeem Yatim and Weatherford for a 5-1 lead.
Lyon College added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning when Weatherford hit a sacrifice fly to score West to make it 6-1. Evangel scored a run in the top of the fifth inning, but the Scots came back to tack on another run when Hurd grounded out to third, scoring Strack. And in the bottom of the sixth inning, Wallace singled to right field to score Burrup.
Burrup had a double, West tripled and there were three sacrifice flies to score runs for the Scots.
Ayden Heitmann was the winning pitcher for Lyon College. He went five innings, gave up four hits and two unearned runs to go with five strikeouts of the 19 batters he faced.  Jordan Olivera came in to pitch one inning and gave up only one hit and Zach Blake pitched the sixth inning and struck out two batters.
 
In Sunday's first game of a double-header with Central Methodist played in Fayette, Mo., the Scots started out with a 4-0 lead. Weatherford singled to center in the top of the first inning to score West who advanced on a throwing error.
Haydn Finley singled to right field in the bottom of the fourth inning to score Weatherford and Hurd, then Doody singled to center to score Wallace for a 4-0 lead. But Central Methodist scored four times in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game 4-4.
Hurd doubled to left field to bring in West in the top of the fifth inning as the Scots retook the lead 5-4. Central Methodist scored three more runs in the bottom of the fifth and added four runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Andrew Pitts suffered the loss for Lyon after relieving Lex Meinderts in the fifth inning.
 
The Scots dropped the second game 7-2 after falling behind 6-0 to Central Methodist. Lyon College got its first run when Chris Lara singled to center field in the bottom of the sixth to score Weatherford. Evan Hylek singled to bring in Finley to make it a 6-2 game, but Central Methodist tacked on another run in the top of the seventh to go up 7-2.
The Scots had eight hits in the game. Weatherford was 2-for-3 with a run scored, White was 1-for-3, Wallace was 1-for-4, Hylek was 2-for-2, including a double, with an RBI, Lara was 1-for-2 with an RBI and Finley scored a run.
Alan West suffered the loss for the Scots going 4.2 innings and garnering six strikeouts. Dylan Baskins and Aidan Pantoya came in to pitch the final 2.1 innings for Lyon College.
The Scots will be at home this weekend for a three-game series against Loyola University of New Orleans beginning on Saturday with a double-header at 3 p.m. and a single game Sunday.