BATESVILLE, Arkansas - The Lyon College baseball Scots split a SLIAC doubleheader with the Blackburn Beavers on Friday afternoon at Fred Wann Field in Batesville.
The Scots (18-16, 7-7) lost the first game to Blackburn 6-3 and won the second game in seven innings 12-2.

In game one, Blackburn led 1-0 after the top of the first inning, but the Scots came back to score a run in the bottom of the second game. With two outs, Caleb Collins beat out a bunt single and Landon Swallow singled down the third base line. Andrew James was hit by a pitch to load the bases, then Eli Marcotte walked to bring in Collins and tie the game at 1-1.
Blackburn added two runs in the top of the fourth to lead 3-1. 
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Braden Hendrix singled up the middle with one out, but was caught stealing for the second out of the inning. Kooper McCoy doubled to right field and Braden Bramlett was hit by a pitch. Ashton Compton singled through the left side and McCoy scored to make it 3-2.
Blackburn added another run in the top of the fourth to increase its lead by two runs.
In the bottom of the sixth, Swallow tripled to center field and James singled him in to make it 4-3.
Blackburn added two more runs in the top of the eight to lead 6-3. Conrad Muir suffered the loss for the Scots from the mound. He pitched four innings, gave up four hits and three runs, walked one and struck out one. Taylor Conner came in for 3.2 innings and gave up six hits and three runs, while striking out two batters. Kenny Jennings came in for the last 1.1 innings and struck out one batter.


In the second game, Lyon College scored six times in the bottom of the first inning
Marcotte led off the bottom of the first inning by reaching on an error. McCoy doubled to left field to score Marcotte, then Compton doubled to right center to bring in McCoy. Bramlett was hit by a pitch, then Hendrix beat out a bunt single to load the bases. That set up a two-run single from Swallow, then Walker Smith singled up the middle to bring in Swallow and Hendrix for a 6-0 lead.
The Scots added another run in the bottom of the second when McCoy led off with a long single to left field and with one out, Bramlett singled to left field to score McCoy to make it 7-0.
Blackburn scored a run in the top fo the third inning, but the Scots got a solo homer to left field from McCoy to make it an 8-1 Lyon College lead in the bottom of the fourth.
Blackburn added another run in the top of the fifth, but the Scots answered with a run in the bottom of the fifth. Swallow walked, then Smith singled to left field. With two outs, Smith advanced to third on a throwing error by the Blackburn pitcher and Swallow scored on the play to make it 9-2.
In the bottom of the sixth, Bramlett doubled down the left field line and advanced to third on a throwing error by Blackburn. Hendrix grounded out to short, but Bramlett scored on the play to make it 10-2 Scots.
Finally, in the bottom of the seventh inning, Garrett Graef walked with one out and advanced to third base on a wild pitch. Marcotte doubled to right-center field to score Graef and Marcotte advanced to third on a wild pitch. McCoy walked to put runners at the corners, then Compton singled up the middle to walk off the game and score Marcotte for a 12-2 win.
Patrick Babcock was the winning pitcher for the Scots. He went five innings, gave up four hits and two runs, while striking out five and walking four. Parker Paschal came in and pitched two innings and had two strike outs.

The Scots will host the Hendrix Warriors at Fred Wann Field on Tuesday afternoon in a single game.