BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - The 2023 Lyon College Scots baseball team had an exciting debut in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the ninth, but host Oklahoma Wesleyan University ended up changing pitchers and secured a 3-1 victory on Friday afternoon.

Hayden Hargrave was hit by a pitch with two outs to bring in Logan Lightner and move up Devin Lipford and Jayden Cull in the top of the ninth inning for the Scots only score of the game. Cull had walked and Kyle Carver walked and Ligthner was hit by a pitch to load the bases. OKWU changed pitchers and got a pop out to first base before Hargrave was hit by a pitch. The game ended on a catch in left field. 

The Scots had one run on three hits and made one error. Garrett Graef was 2-for-4 at the plate for Lyon and Austin Shipman had the other hit. The Scots left six men on base and 12 struck out. 

Ayden Heitmann suffered the loss for the Scots from the mound. Heitmann went five innings, gave up six hits, two earned runs, walked four and struck out one in 26 batters he faced. Jesse McGonigal came in to pitch the final three innings and allowed three hits, zero runs and had a strikeout among the 12 batters he faced.

The Scots (0-1) fell behind 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning on a run-scoring single to right field. Graef singled to left field with one out, but only advanced to second base in the top of the second inning. OKWU scored two more runs in the bottom of the third inning on 2-run homer. 

Graef singled up the middle with two outs in the top of the fourth for the Scots and Cull singled in the top fo the sixth, but was also left stranded on base. Shipman's hit came in the top of the eighth with one out on a single to center. He was later caught stealing second base.

The two teams play on Saturday in a double-header at 12 and 3 p.m.