ANGOLA, Ind. – The Calvin University baseball team split a pair of one-run games in a Saturday doubleheader at Trine University on Saturday.
 
Trine (9-18, 1-9 MIAA) won the opener 8-7 in 10 innings, while Calvin (14-14, 5-5 MIAA) won the second game 6-5 in seven innings.
 
Game 1
 
Calvin was unable to hold on to a late lead in an 8-7 defeat in extra innings in game one.
 
Caden Penn (Macomb, Mich./Lutheran North) put the Knights on the board with an RBI-single in the first inning, but the Thunder answered with one run in the first and three more in the second inning off Calvin starting pitcher Nolan Coil (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso) to take a 4-1 lead.
 
Penn cut the deficit to 4-3 in the fourth inning on a two-run home run that scored Nate Mason (Portage, Mich./Portage Northern), but the Thunder came right back with a two-run home run of their own in the bottom of the fourth to push the lead to 6-3.
 
Noah Etnyre (Northville, Mich./Plymouth Christian) singled home a run in the sixth, and the Knights scored three runs in the seventh thanks to RBI-doubles from Mason and Penn to take a 7-6 lead into the final innings.
 
In the ninth, the Thunder tied the game with one unearned run, and then finished their comeback with a walk-off single in the 10th inning off reliever Kyle Koning (Kalamazoo, Mich./Kalamazoo Christian).
 
Penn went 4-5 in the game to lead the offense with one home run, two doubles and four RBI. Mason went 3-5 with two runs scored, while Matt Reynolds (Hopkins, Mich./Hopkins) went 2-3 with a run scored.
 
Coil went the first five innings and allowed six runs (four earned) on eight hits. Koning (0-1) took the loss in relief.
 
Game 2
 
The Knights held off a late rally by the Thunder to earn the split with a 6-5 win in game two in seven innings.
 
Calvin started strong as Mason singled home Ryan Brown (Caledonia, Mich./Caledonia) in the first inning, and then added one run in the fourth on a Trine error and two more in the fifth on a two-run double from Patrick Gillen (Jensen Beach, Fla./Jensen Beach) to take a 4-0 lead.
 
Trine started to chip away with two runs in the fifth and one more in the sixth to cut its deficit to 4-3, but Brown smacked a two-run double that scored Will Mueller (Aurora, Ill./Metea Valley) and Etnyre in the seventh inning to push the Calvin advantage back to three at 6-3.
 
In the Thunder's final at bat, they loaded the bases on the way to putting the tying run in scoring position and the winning run at first base, but Ian Doyle (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grandville) secured the final two outs to earn the save.
 
Evan Steinbacher (Sparta, Mich./Sparta) improved to 4-3 with the win after pitching the first five innings and allowing two runs on four hits while striking out three.
 
At the plate, Brown finished with four hits (including two doubles) and two RBI, while Gillen also drove in two and reached base four times (two hits and two walks) in five plate appearances. Penn closed his seven-hit day by going 3-4.
 
NEXT UP: Calvin baseball will host Trine for the third and final game of the weekend series on Monday, April 15, in a make-up game from Friday's postponement. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 PM.