LEXINGTON, Ky. — Saturday began and ended with extra innings for the Earlham College baseball team.

The Quakers started the day with a 5-4 win over Transylvania University as the final four frames of Friday's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference affair were completed.

The opener of the scheduled doubleheader went to Transylvania by a 4-1 score before the final contest ended with the Pioneers winning 6-5 in 11 innings.

Friday's game resumed in the 12th inning with a 3-3 score. The Pioneers (8-6, 2-1) took a 4-3 lead with a run in the 13th inning, but the Quakers were able to answer.

Ryan Hayes (New Lebanon, OH, Dixie) extended the contest with a run-scoring single to tie it at 4-4 in the bottom of the 13th.

In the 15th, Hayes won it for the Quakers with a RBI single.

T. J. Plummer (Aurora, IN, South Dearborn), who actually entered the game on the mound on Friday, tossed all four frames on Saturday to earn the victory. For the game, Plummer (1-0) worked 5 1/3 innings, giving up a run on two hits with three strikeouts.

The Doubleheader

In the first game of the twinbill, Transylvania scored once in the first, third and fourth innings against Earlham starter Justin Broach (Centerville, OH, Centerville) to lead 3-0.

Earlham scored its run in the fifth when Sam Ward (Bay Village, OH, Bay, Marietta College) hit into a fielder's choice with the bases loaded. Ward led the Quakers with two hits.

The Pioneers scored their final run in the ninth. Broach (0-2) tossed a complete game as he surrendered four runs (three earned) on eight hits with a pair of strikeouts.

The Quakers fell behind 5-0 after four innings in the second game.

A sacrifice fly by Chris Tillery (Carmel, IN, Carmel) in the fifth got the Quakers on the scoreboard.
With four runs in the sixth, Earlham tied the game at 5-5. Hayes knocked in the first two runs with a single. The other two runs scored on a wild pitch and an error.

The game remained tied until the 11th inning when the Pioneers scored what turned out to be the winning run.

Garrett York (New Castle, IN, New Castle) started for the Quakers and left the contest with one out in the fourth. He gave up five runs (three earned) on nine hits with a strikeout.

Adam Warning (Ft. Wright, KY, Covington Catholic) went the next four innings and gave up three hits with four strikeouts. Zach Lee (Lynn, IN, Randolph Southern) entered the game in the seventh and gave up a run on three hits. Lee (0-2) was tagged with the loss before he left with two outs in the 11th. Colton Miller (Auburn, IN, Dekalb) got the final out.

Alex Arovits (Lebanon, OH, Lebanon, Eastern Kentucky) led the Quakers with two hits.

Earlham (5-12, 1-2) returns to action next weekend at Franklin College. The first contest of the three-game series is Friday at 4 p.m. On Saturday, the two squads play a twinbill that gets underway at noon.