CHICAGO, Il. - Calvin dropped a 6-2 non-conference decision at the University of Chicago Tuesday afternoon.

Chicago (12-10) used a four-run seventh inning to break open what had been a one-run game.

The host Maroons scored in the first to take a 1-0 lead but the Knights (10-18) tied the game in the third as junior Colton Wolfe (Eaton Rapids/Eaton Rapids HS) singled down the left field line to plate senior Jordan VanderWall (Wyoming/South Christian HS) who had led off the inning with a double.

Chicago picked up a run in the bottom of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the seventh, the Maroons used three hits, a walk and a Calvin error to score four runs and build a 6-1 lead.

Calvin added a single run in the ninth on a run-scoring single by junior Mike Kempton (Edwardsburg/Edwardsburg HS).

Calvin finished the game with 10 hits while Chicago had 15.

VanderWall had two hits in five trips to the plate to extend his hitting streak to 16 games while also raising his season batting average to .371.

Kempton and freshman Steven Seager (Plantation, Fl./Plantation HS) also had two hits apiece.

Junior Sawyer Howard (Atlanta, Il./Olympia HS) went four innings for the Knights and took the loss to fall to 2-2 on the year. Howard struck out three and walked three. Freshmen Tyler Myer (Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian HS) and Jimmy Dirksen (Portage/Kalamazoo Christian HS) also saw time in relief for the Knights.

Calvin will now prepare to open a four-game series with Alma on Friday as the Knights host the Scots in a doubleheader at 2 p.m.