FULTON, Missouri - The Lyon College Scots baseball team split an American Midwest Conference double-header with the William Woods Owls in Fulton, Missouri on Saturday afternoon.
The Scots, 30-19 overall and 13-5 in the AMC, won the first game of the twin-bill 6-4, but the Owls came back to win the second game 2-1.
In the top of the first inning for the Scots in the first game,
Alan West singled to center field to bring in
Aaron Hurd for a 1-0 lead.
In the third inning,
Joe Weatherford reached first on an error by the William Woods third baseman and he advanced to third base, while
Troy Strack scored on the play. West singled to left field to bring in Weatherford for a 3-0 Lyon College lead.
William Woods came back to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth 3-3, but in the Scots half of the seventh, West doubled to right field to score Strack and Weatherford.
Alec White laid down a bunt single to bring in West to make it a 6-3 Lyon College lead.
Clayton Burke picked up the win for the Scots.
In game two, neither team scored until the fifth inning when Weatherford hit a sacrifice fly to bring in
Kaden Doan to give Lyon College a 1-0 lead.Â
William Woods took the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning when a run scored on a double-play and then a run-scoring single made the score 2-1.Â
West suffered the loss on the mound for Lyon College, but had 15 strike outs in the process.
The Scots will be in action next weekend at Fred Wann Field for the final home-stand of the regular season when Hannibal-LaGrange comes to Batesville beginning on Friday afternoon with a single game and a double-header slated for Saturday.Â