GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Calvin baseball team got back to winning ways on Thursday afternoon. The Knights recorded two wins over the Albion Britons. The Knights started the day with a 3-0 victory and closed out the day beating the Britons, 8-7.

"I am proud of the guys," said Calvin head coach John Rypel. "I thought we played well today, our pitchers performed well today and we had some timely hits. Our guys didn't panic when we fell behind and they did what they had to do to win.

Calvin struck first in the first inning. After reaching on a double when the Albion outfielder lost the ball in the sun, senior Jordan VanderWall scored on a sacrifice fly by junior Colton Wolfe.

Sophomore Ryan Stewart would score in the second inning with a bases loaded walk.

In the fifth inning, Colton Wolfe singled to score Jordan VanderWall from second base.

The Knights had three hits in game one, with Jordan VanderWall, Colton Wolfe and Ryan Stewart all had a hit.

Jonathan Keane had an excellent outing on the mound on Thursday. Keane threw the complete game and had three strikeouts.

Freshman Jonathan Keane got the scoring started in the second game in the second inning. Keane flied out to the outfield to score sophomore Nick Steiginga.

In the third inning, freshman Steven Seager sent the ball flying over the left-field fence to give Calvin a 2-0 lead.

The Britons would cut the lead in half before the Knights would score three more runs in the fourth inning. Nick Steiginga scored on a throwing error and Jonathan Keane blasted the ball over the left-field wall, scoring junior Mike Kempton.

The Britons would not go away and would score five-straight runs to take a 6-5 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning.

Colton Wolfe gave the Knights the lead back with the swing of the bat, in the seventh inning. Wolfe joined the homerun party with a blast over the fence, scoring Steven Seager. Nick Steiginga scored on a sacrifice fly from Mike Kempton.

Albion would score a run in the ninth inning to cut the lead, but freshman Spencer Yahrmarkt got Turnbull to ground to first with runners on second and third base.

Jordan VanderWall, Mike Kempton and sophomore Nate DeZwaan all had two hits in game two.

Ryan Stewart started the game going 4.1 innings, with two strikeouts. Junior Sawyer Howard would also record two strikeouts in 3.2 innings. Freshman Logan Walker and Spencer Yahrmarkt closed out the ninth inning for the Knights.

The Knights and Britons return to action on Saturday in Albion to complete the series.