GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Wayne State University baseball team (15-12, 7-3 GLIAC) met Grand Valley State (14-10-1, 5-3 GLIAC) for a doubleheader at Davenport University on Monday after the two teams were unable to play in Allendale, Mich. due to poor weather conditions over the weekend.  The Warriors were unable to hold onto a 5-1 lead and GVSU took game one 9-6.  WSU pounded out 19 hits in game two to cruise to a 16-3 victory.

GAME ONE vs. GRAND VALLEY STATE (L, 6-9)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Wayne State started quickly with two runs on four hits in the top of the first inning.  Aaron Loconsole (Macomb, Mich. / Marine City) and Brad Baldwin (Troy, Mich. / Bishop Foley Catholic) began the game with back-to-back singles.  Justin Kelly (Wheaton, Ill. / Wheaton Warrenville South) delivered an RBI single to left field and Ryan Mergener (Grand Rapids, Mich. / Portage Central) put WSU up 2-0 with an RBI single to right field.  A two-out, solo home run by GVSU's Brody Andrews in the bottom of the second inning cut the visitors' lead in half, 2-1.  Two walks and a Lakers' throwing error led to WSU's third run of the game and Loconsole followed with an RBI single to right center.  Starter Jared Tobey (St. Clair, Mich.) (4-1) struck out the side in the bottom of the third inning.

- JT Conti (Trenton, Mich.) extended WSU's lead to 5-1 with an RBI double in the top of the fourth inning after a GVSU pitching change.  Tobey and the Warriors kept GVSU quiet in the bottom of the fourth inning with the help of a 6-4-3 double play.  A three-run triple in the bottom of the fifth inning cut WSU's lead to one, 5-4.  A passed ball charged to Kelly later in the frame tied the game at 5-5.  After a pitching change, GVSU added three more runs to take an 8-5 lead.  Griffin Harms (Bingham Farms, Mich. / Birmingham Groves) crushed a solo home run in the sixth inning to pull the Warriors with two, 8-6.

- GVSU added a run in the bottom of the sixth inning and the Warriors were unable to create any momentum in the top of the seventh inning as the Lakers completed the comeback and won 9-6.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
- Loconsole and Mergener both collected two-hit games, while six Warriors drove in a run.

ON THE MOUND
- In his first loss of the season, Tobey struck out seven batters in four and 1/3 innings and allowed seven earned runs on four hits and five walks.
- Tyler Tompson (Farmington, Mich.) allowed two earned runs on three hits in an inning and 1/3.
- Taylor Horn (Leo, Ind.) allowed a hit but did not allow a run in his 1/3 of an inning.

HOME RUN NUMBERS
- With Harms' home run in the sixth inning, WSU surpassed its home run total from last season (14).

GAME TWO vs. GRAND VALLEY STATE (W, 16-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Lakers scored three runs on two hits and a WSU error in the bottom of the first inning but that would be all the scoring GVSU could muster in the finale.  Wayne State was quick to answer in the top of the second inning with six runs on five hits.  Daniel Peake (Mississauga, Ont.) and Devin Rose (Farmington Hills, Mich. / Orchard Lake St. Mary's) connected for consecutive triples to tie the game at 3-3.  Baldwin singled home a run and Harms added two more runs with a single to left center, giving the Green & Gold a 6-3 advantage.

- Alex Kinch (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Pioneer) (4-3) settled in and retired 12 of the next 14 batters after GVSU scored its third run of the game.  WSU scored four runs on four hits and two GVSU errors to blow the game open in the top of the sixth inning.  Peake highlighted the frame with a two-run triple.  A passed ball in the top of the seventh inning allowed Tristen Jorah (Clinton Twp., Mich. / Stevenson) to score and give the Warriors an 11-3 lead.

- A two-run single to right center from Loconsole extended WSU's lead to 13-3 in the top of the eighth inning.  The Warriors scored three more runs in the ninth inning including an RBI double from Mergener.  Nick Cowen (Tecumseh, Mich.) used a game-ending double play to secure the doubleheader split.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
- Peake powered the dangerous WSU offense with a 4-for-6 performance, driving in four runs.
- Harms and Rose both turned in three-hit games.
- WSU totaled six extra-base hits.

ON THE MOUND
- Kinch earned the win by allowing just two earned runs in seven innings and striking out four batters.
- Addison Pawelek (Shelby Twp., Mich. / De La Salle) pitched a scoreless inning and Cowen tossed a scoreless final frame.

UP NEXT
- WSU's busy week continues with a doubleheader at Saginaw Valley State on Wednesday at 2 p.m.