FRANKLIN, Ind. — The Earlham College baseball team split a doubleheader on Saturday as the Quakers finished a three-game series at Franklin College.

Earlham won the first game of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference affair with 9-3 decision. In the second contest, the Grizzlies posted a 10-9 win in 11 innings.

With a six-run first inning in the opener, the Quakers never trailed on their way to the win. Alex Arovits (Lebanon, OH, Lebanon, Eastern Kentucky), Ryan Hayes (New Lebanon, OH, Dixie), Zach McFarland (Greenfield, IN, Mt. Vernon), Mark Dye (Munster, IN, Munster) and Sam Ward (Bay Village, OH, Bay, Marietta College) all knocked in runs with singles. Thomas Rea (Indianapolis, IN, Warren Central) added the other RBI on a ground out.

The Grizzlies (8-9, 2-4) scored twice in the fifth to close the gap to 6-2, but the Quakers had a response in the following frame. Ward had a sacrifice fly and Ryan McCray added a RBI single to make it 8-2.

Ross Yoho (Plainfield, IN, Plainfield) finished Earlham's scoring with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Franklin got its last tally in the eighth.

Hayes led the Quakers with three hits.

Justin Broach (Centerville, OH, Centerville) started on the mound and left with two outs in the seventh inning to pick up the win to make his record 1-2.

Game Two

Franklin grabbed a 2-0 advantage in the first inning of the second game before Hayes blasted a solo homer in the next frame. It was the fourth of the season for Hayes, who now has 15 in his career. Hayes is in second on the Earlham all-time home run list (since 1974) behind Bobby Ebright (1996-97), who has 17.

The Quakers went on top 3-2 in the third behind a two-run homer from Ted Williams (Harper Woods, MI, Grosse Pointe North). It was the third of the year for Williams and 10th of his career.

The Grizzlies tied the contest in the bottom of the third to make it 3-3.

In the fourth, Earlham scored three times to lead 6-3. Chris Tillery (Carmel, IN, Carmel) had a RBI double and Ward followed with a triple that scored Tillery. Ward later scored on an error by Franklin.

Franklin added three runs in the fifth and three more in the seventh to build a 9-6 lead.

A three-run rally in the top of the ninth by the Quakers sent the game into extra innings.

Hayes had a two-run double to make it 9-8 and McFarland tied the contest with a double that scored Hayes.

Ward and Hayes led the Quakers with three hits apiece.

Franklin scored the winning run in the 11th off Garrett York (New Castle, IN, New Castle), who is now 0-2 after he entered the game in the seventh.

The Quakers (6-14, 2-4) visit the College of Mount St. Joseph on Tuesday. The HCAC game starts at 6 p.m.