WESTFIELD, Ind. – The Calvin baseball team recorded a pair of loses on Saturday to Denison. The Knights fell in game one, 10-3. Calvin fell short in game two, falling to the Big Red, 18-11. Calvin falls to 0-3 on the season.

"I think we learned a lot this weekend about our team," said head coach John Rypel. "We know we have a lot of work to do. I'm looking forward to getting back to practice and seeing this team progress throughout the year."

Denison got on the scoreboard first in the first game, with Jack Blanchard hitting a single up the middle and scoring Jake Meegan from third base.

Calvin would fight back in the bottom half of the first inning with junior Mike Kempton stealing home to tie the game at one. Freshman Steven Seager singled to center field to send junior Matt Kotva home from second base to lead 2-1.

In the second inning, sophomore Ryan Stewart singled to left center to send home sophomore Nate DeZwaan.

The Big Red would score three in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 7-3 lead.

Freshman Clay Francisco pitched 4.1 innings for the Maroon and Gold on Saturday, finishing the day with four runs, three strikeouts and two walks.

Denison would extend the lead scoring a run in the seventh, eighth and the ninth inning, to take the first game 10-3.

Mike Kempton, Steven Seager and Ryan Stewart all finished the first game with two hits.

The Big Red struck first again in the second day with an early 3-0 lead, scoring a run in the first, third and fourth innings.

The Calvin bats came alive in the fourth inning, junior Colton Wolfe started the scoring with a homerun to left field. With the based loaded, freshman Ryan Lang belted the ball to left center for a triple, sending freshman Steven Dogger, Nate DeZwaan and Steven Seager home.

Denison took the lead back in the fifth inning with a pair of doubles to take a 5-4 lead.

The Knights reclaimed the lead in the bottom half of the fifth inning. Helped by a Denison error the Knights scored three runs in the fifth. Steven Seager flied out to right field but senior Jordan VanderWall scored from third. Nate DeZwaan doubled in freshman Jonathan Keane and Colton Wolfe to make it 7-5.

The Big Red tied the game in the seventh inning. Colton Wolfe broke the tie reaching home plate on a muffed ball from the Denison first-baseman. Nate DeZwaan hit a single up the middle two batters later, sending home Jonathan Keane.

Denison regained the lead in the eighth inning, the Big Red scored six runs in the eighth and five runs in the ninth to take a 18-9 lead.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Colton Wolfe and Jonathan Keane scored off of a single from sophomore Hunter Darling to cut the deficit to seven.

Jonathan Keane pitched 4.2 innings, giving up five runs off of seven hits, he also struck out five.

Ryan Stewart was credited with the loss, with eight runs in three innings pitched.

The Knights return to action on Saturday, March 12 when they face Capital in Westfield, Indiana.