St. Louis - The Maryville baseball team dropped a pair of games to Hillsdale College Sunday afternoon at Weber Field. Despite a late rally, the Saints lost the opener to the Chargers 10-8 and then saw Hillsdale scatter 12 hits in the nightcap as the Chargers won 14-4.
 
Game One:
The Saints cracked the scoreboard in the home half of the first inning as Camdon Mercier laced a two-run double down the left field line to give Maryville a 2-0 advantage after one inning of play. Drake Lubin extended the lead in the bottom of the second with an RBI triple to right field to give Maryville a 3-0 lead.Hills dale tied the game with two runs in the third inning and a run in the fourth, but Cole Bornhop gave the Saints the lead again with a blast over the center field wall to make the score 4-3. Dominic Connolly added an RBI single in the inning to push the Saints advantage to 5-3. The Chargers added four more runs in the seventh and eighth innings to extend the lead to 9-5, but the Saints rallied once again as Lubin hit a two-run single to highlight a three run eighth to cut the lead to 9-8.
 
Winning Pitcher: S. Allen (1-0)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher:Drake Kanallakan (0-1)
Hitting leader:  Lubin – 2-for-4 3B, 3 RBI, run scored
                          Bornhop – 1-for-3, HR, RBI, two runs scored
                          
Game Two:
The Chargers opened the second game of the day with four runs in the top of the first inning, but the Saints answered back. After three straight walks, Lubin hit a sacrifice fly and Austin Tapella ripped a doub;le to right field to cut the Charger lead in half at 4-2. Derek Renner tied the game in the inning with a two-run single up the middle to knot the contest at 4-4. Hillsdale re-gained the lead in the second inning with a three-run homer to take a 7-4 advantage. The Chargers added insurance runs in the seventh and eighth innings as they pushed across seven runs to take a 14-4 lead and earn the series sweep.
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Winning Pitcher: J. Lapshan (1-1) 
Save: None
Losing Pitcher:Tanner Marshall (0-2)
Hitting leader:  Renner – 2-for-3, 2 RBI
                          Mercier – 3-for-3, 2 2B, RBI

Records:
Maryville – 1-7
Hillsdale – 3-2
 
Up Next: The Saints will open a four-game series with Winona State on Friday afternoon with a doubleheader set to begin at 1 p.m.