FULTON, Missouri - The Lyon College baseball Scots split a doubleheader with the Westminster Blue Jays in SLIAC action on Tuesday afternoon.

The Scots (13-15, 4-6) won the first game 9-5 and lost the second 16-6.

With Westminster leading 2-0 in the first game, Lyon College scored when Slade Inman hit a sacrifice fly to score Caleb Collins. Braden Bramlett singled in Eli Marcotte and Ashton Compton singled to score Kooper McCoy in the top of the third inning to put the Scots up 3-2.
Westminster came back to tie the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the third and took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. 
In the top of the sixth, McCoy grounded out to second base with the bases loaded to score Collins, then Inman singled in Andrew James to give Lyon College a 5-4 lead. 
In the top of the seventh inning with bases loaded, Marcotte walked to bring in Braden Hendrix to make it 6-4. In the eighth, Landon Swallow grounded out with the bases loaded to bring in Misael Santiago for a 7-4 lead.
Westminster picked up a run in the bottom of the eighth, but the Scots rallied for two more runs in the top of the ninth when McCoy walked with the bases loaded to bring Collings and Logan Lightner hit a sacrifice fly to center field that brought in James to make it 9-5.
Aiden Connolly picked up the win for the Scots on the mound. He went 6.0 full innings and gave up three hits and four runs, while striking out four of the 27 batters he faced. Braden Anderson pitched 1.1. innings and gave up two hits and one run from the seven batters he faced. then Kenny Jennings came on for the save by pitching 1.2 innings. He gave up only one hit to the seven batters he faced.

In the second game, the Scots took a 2-0 lead when Andrew James walked in the top of the second inning with the bases loaded to bring in Hendrix. Afterwards, James advanced to second on a wild pitch that allowed Collins to score.
Westminster came back to score five runs in the bottom of the second and added eight runs in the bottom of the third to lead 13-2.
Marcotte hit a two-run homer for the Scots in the top of the fourth inning that scored Collins, as well, and make it a 13-4 game.
Westminster added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth to go up 15-4.
In the top of the fifth, Hendrix singled to bring in Bramlett and Lightner walked with bases loaded to score Compton to cut the score to 15-6.
Westminster added another run in the bottom of the seventh inning to win by 10.
Blair Francis suffered the loss for Lyon College, giving up three hits, five runs, walked two and struck out two of the 10 batters he faced. Jonah Wilkerson pitched 0.2 innings and gave up a hit, two runs and walked two of the five batters he faced. Tyler Campbell came in to pitch and allowed a hit, three runs and walked one of the three batters he faced. Swallow came in for 0.2 innings and gave up two hits, three runs, walked one and struck out one batter of the five he faced. Joe Galay came in for 0.1 innings and gave up one hit, two runs and walked two of the four batters he faced. Parker Paschal was the last pitcher for the Scots and he went 3.2 innings, gave up five hits, one run, walked one and struck out two of the 17 batters he faced.

The Scots will be at home for a doubleheader against Fontbonne on Saturday beginning at 12 p.m.