GRANVILLE, Ohio– The Kalamazoo College baseball team topped Grinnell College in the NCAA III Regional Saturday at Denison University, 10-4. The win keeps the Hornets alive and gives Kalamazoo a program-record 32 wins on the season.
The Hornets got on the board first, putting the first two runners on base in the second inning before back-to-back sacrifices brought Austin Keur around to score. Grinnell answered with a run in the top of the third.
In the bottom half, Kalamazoo regained the lead as Logan Lockhart singled home Jackson Isaacs. Lockhart then drove in two more with a single in the bottom of the fifth to make it 4-1 Hornets.
After the Pioneers scored two in the top of the sixth to get back within one, Caleb Moore broke the game open with a three-run home run in the middle of a six-run sixth inning for Kalamazoo to make it 10-3. Grinnell added one run in the ninth, but the Hornets kept control through the finish.
Kalamazoo enjoyed strong performances all over the diamond in the win. Keur led the team with three hits, while Lockhart, Isaacs and Moore had two each. Lockhart's four RBIs led all players while Isaacs scored three runs on two hits and three walks.
Carson Orvis (6-1) earned the win on the mound with six innings allowing three runs on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Owen Schihl then dealt a scoreless seventh, with Cole Bronoel-Cuthrell (1 1/3 IP) and Parker Aten (2/3 IP) closing things out for the Hornets.
Kalamazoo will face the loser of Denison and SUNY Cortland later today, with the winner advancing to the Regional Championship on Sunday.
