The Houghton College baseball team split the doubleheader Tuesday afternoon against the Alfred State Pioneers. The Pioneers took game one by the score of 6-3 and The Highlanders won the night cap by the score of 12-2.

In game one the Highlanders were led by Michael Kerr (Brentwood, TN, Hamburg ) and Bryan Hodge (Thornton, CO, Community Christian). Kerr went two for three with two RBI and Hodge went one for four with two RBI. The win was given too Matt Nawrot and Edward Monthie (Albany, NY, Christian Brothers Academy) was credited with the loss.

In game two the Highlanders were led by Bryan Hodge (Thornton, CO, Community Christian), Trenton Unverdorben (Portville, NY, Portville), and Enrico Sukhdeo (Georgetown, Guyana, Ashbrook). Johnson went four for four with two RBI, Unverdorben went two for three with two RBI, and Sukhdeo went two for three with a walk.

Alexander Gowing (Burlington, ON, Canada, Robert Bateman) was credited with the win pitching four strong innings only allowing two earned runs and three hits.

The split made the Highlander 15-16 on the year and the Pioneers 9-21.

In game one the Highlanders took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Garret Kirkpatrick (York, PA, Central York) hit a double into center field that scored Kerr from second.

The Pioneers took regained the lead in the second inning scoring four runs on four hits.

After a scoreless third and fourth innings Alfred scored two more runs to take a 6-1 lead.

In the next half inning Hodge hit a two RBI double down the left field line to cut the Pioneers lead to three, but the Highlanders failed to score any runs in the seventh.

In game two the Highlanders got on the board first in the top of the second when Kirkpatrick hit a double that scored Johnson from second.

The Pioneers came right back in the bottom half of the inning and tied the game up at one.

In the top of the third the Highlanders rallied scoring seven runs on six hits highlighted by Johnson's two RBI single and Tanner Hoffman's (Kingston, ON, Canada, Holy Cross Secondary) hit a two RBI single.

The Pioneers got one run back in the bottom half of the inning, but the Highlanders came right back in the top of the fourth. Scoring three runs on two hits and took advantage of an Alfred error.

The Highlanders added on the another run in the fifth when Unverdorben hit a single into center field that scored Kerr from second and gave the Highlanders a 12-2 lead.

Then the Highlanders relievers Kevin Cassar (Mississauga, ON, Canada, Our Lord of Mount Carmel), Victor Cavalieri (Rochester, NY, Northstar Christian), and Victor Cavalieri (Rochester, NY, Northstar Christian) shut the door on the Pioneers.

The Highlanders head to Utica for a three game series against the Pioneers starting Friday at 4 p.m.