GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College baseball team opened the northern portion of the 2018 schedule Monday afternoon by splitting a doubleheader with visiting Pitt-Greensburg in non-conference action at Jack Behringer Field. Grove City earned a 10-5 win in the opener while Pitt-Greensburg rebounded for a 4-2 victory in the second game.

In Game One, freshman catcher Tanner Orner (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) paced Grove City's 12-hit attack by going 3 for 3 with a double and four runs batted in. Senior left fielder Tyler Graham (Vandergrift, Pa./Kiski Area) doubled and singled while sophomore first baseman Matt Dayton (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) went 2 for 3. 

Orner's two-run single highlighted Grove City's four-run first inning as the Wolverines jumped out to a 4-0 lead. In the second, junior Micah Burke (Gilbert, Ariz./E.V.A.C.) drove in senior third baseman Cameron Smail (Apollo, Pa./Kiski Area) with a groundout while Dayton singled in Graham to push Grove City's lead to 6-0.

Pitt-Greensburg pulled to within 6-4 in the top of the third inning but Grove City countered when sophomore shortstop Bob Abbott (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) doubled in Orner. The Wolverines then added three more runs in the fifth as Orner singled in Dayton and sophomore Austin Wacker (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley). Abbott later scored the third run of the inning on a single by junior second baseman Bobby Dulay (Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline).

Burke earned the pitching win as he started and went a predetermined three innings. Wacker pitched two innings of relief, allowing one run. Sophomore Corey Thomas (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) pitched two scoreless innings in relief. Each pitcher yielded two hits.

Graham, Burke and junior DH Travis Auth (Medina, Ohio/Medina) all doubled in Game Two for Grove City. The Wolverines trailed 4-0 entering the sixth but cut the lead in half when Orner and Auth both walked with the bases loaded. Grove City left the bases loaded in the sixth inning, however. 

Junior John Bini (Staten Island, N.Y./Xaverian) started and allowed three earned runs in four innings for Grove City. Freshman D.J. Newby (McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport) pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief while freshman Jacob Brothers (Aurora, Ill./Aurora Christian) recorded the final out of the seventh inning. 

Grove City will host Penn State-Greater Allegheny at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in non-conference play.