The Houghton College baseball team won both games of the doubleheader against the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes. Game one the Highlanders won 7-1 and game two they won 7-2.

In game one the Highlanders scored in the first inning when Michael Kerr (Brentwood, TN, Hamburg ) hit a ground ball to the shortstop, which allowed Enrico Sukhdeo (Georgetown, Guyana, Ashbrook) to score from third.

The Golden Tornadoes tied it up in the bottom of the third inning when Santana hit a RBI double.

After a scoreless fourth inning the Highlanders scored three in the top half of the fifth. Brett Rapan (Bolivar, NY, Bolivar-Richburg ) hit a single to center field to start the inning off.  With two outs Christopher McKay (Oakville, ON, Canada, Homeschool) hit a double that scored Rapan from second.  Sukhdeo then singled to right field allowing McKay to score from second. Michael Knapp (Brockport, NY, Brockport) followed Sukhdeo and hit a single to left field, which gave Sukhdeo enough time to score from first.

The Highlanders added another three runs in the top of seventh. Knapp hit a double into left field that scored McKay and Ethan Duryea (Concord, OH, Cornerstone Christian). Then with two outs Patrick Parsons (Wellsboro, PA, Wellsboro) hit a single up the middle that scored Knapp from second to give the Highlanders a 7-1 lead.

Then Seth Cornell (Almond, NY, Alfred-Almond) sat the Golden Tornadoes down in order in the bottom half of the seventh.

Cornell earned the win pitching seven strong innings only allowing six hits and one earned run.

In game two Geneva opened the scoring by bringing a run home in the bottom of the second.

After a scoreless third the Highlanders came out swinging in the fourth. Michael Kerr (Brentwood, TN, Hamburg ) hit a double to start off the inning. Kerr advanced to third on a wild pitch and was driven home when Parsons hit a single into right field. With the bases loaded Bryan Hodge (Thornton, CO, Community Christian) hit a triple that cleared the bases and gave the Highlanders a 4-1 lead.

The Highlanders scored two more in the sixth when Tage Johnson (Jamestown, NY, Frewsburg) hit a two run homerun. The homerun was Johnson's first of his college career.

In the top of the seventh the Highlanders added a little insurance when Parsons was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

The Golden Tornadoes scored a run in the bottom of the seventh, but it was not enough.

Kevin Cassar (Mississauga, ON, Canada, Our Lord of Mount Carmel) earned the win for the Highlanders pitching seven innings and only allowing two hits and two earned runs.

The Highlanders are back in action Tuesday when they head to Buffalo to take on D'Youville College at 2 p.m.