Illinois Wesleyan 7, Mississippi College 5 (10 inn.) - Box Score

Millsaps 15, Illinois Wesleyan 4 - Box Score

JACKSON, Miss. - The Illinois Wesleyan baseball team split a pair of games on its southern trip, claiming a 7-5 10-inning win at Mississippi College before losing by a 15-4 score at Millsaps College.

The first game victory at Mississippi College (a make-up of Monday's rain out) was No. 599 in the 24-year career of head coach Dennis Martel, whose record now stands at 599-369-3.

In the first game at Mississippi College, with one out in the 10th, freshman Bobby Czarnowski doubled to left field and sophomore catcher A.J. Nathan walked. After Czarnowski advanced to third on a wild pitch, senior Jeff Grodecki pinch hit for freshman Jonathan Erickson and hit a double to right center that scored Nathan and Czarnowski.

Nick Mehn (1-0) pitched a 1-2-3 inning to close the game out and was the winning pitcher as he went 4 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on four hits. Senior Jason Pankau was the starter and lasted 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits.

Callahan had given the Titans a 5-2 lead in the seventh with a home run to rightfield after Mark McDermott had reached on a single.

In the second game, No. 24-ranked Millsaps banged out 18 hits against three IWU pitchers.
The Titans got a single run in the fourth when Erickson singled home Callahan, who had walked, and another run in the fifth when sophomore Anthony Lopez singled, went to second on a passed ball, went to third on another passed ball and scored on a Ryan Hopp single to right field.

IWU got a pair of late runs on a two-run homer by Kevin Sullivan over the leftfield wall.

Joe Sweeney (1-1) was the losing pitcher, surrendering seven runs (four earned) on eight hits in four innings.

The Titans stay in Jackson, Miss., to play Millsaps on Wednesday, March 16, at 5 p.m.