TIFFIN -- Heidelberg University Baseball was swept in a home doubleheader, falling to Muskingum University, 8-7 and 7-3.  The Student Princes slipped to 14-19 overall, 6-8 in the conference.

GAME ONE   MUSKY 8-10-1   BERG 7-11-2

Teams traded runs in the first, with Heidelberg's run coming on an Andrew Pokley single that followed a triple by Braedy Limke.  

Down 4-1 in the bottom of the third, the Student Princes added a run on a single by Limke that drove in Theo Walsh. 

The Muskies added two in the fifth and the seventh, taking an 8-2 lead. 

Heidelberg plated a single run in the seventh on a catcher's interference call that forced in Cort Kramer. 

Down 8-3 in the ninth, Heidelberg fought back. The first four reached for The Berg -- a Garrett LaBeau walk, a Logan Walpole single, a Kramer walk and a two-run double to left center by Kyle Krummen.  A third run scored on an RBI groundout by Walsh. Sam Schneider followed with a double to left that scored Krummen and brought HU to within one. Limke walked, bringing up Pokley. He pushed a bouncer up the middle that was fielded on a slide by shortstop Conner Thamann. Thamann sprang to his feet, touched second and fired to first for the game-ending double play.  

GAME TWO  MUSKY 7-9-0   BERG 3-6-1

Muskingum took a 5-0 lead in the third, then added a run in the sixth.  

Schneider broke up a no-hitter with a lead off single in the sixth. He scored when Pokley lifted a home run to right field.   

Thomas McGuire led off the seventh with a home run to left, but Heidelberg would be held scoreless the rest of the way.

UP NEXT

Heidelberg returns to action on Tuesday, traveling to Wittenberg for a 5:30 p.m. contest.