LATROBE, Pa. -- The Grove City College baseball team moved to 4-2 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference by splitting a Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Saint Vincent. The Wolverines dropped a 4-3 verdict in the opener but rebounded for a 7-1 victory in Game Two.

Grove City took early command of the nightcap by scoring six runs in the first two innings. The Wolverines grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning when junior third baseman Micah Burke (Gilbert, Ariz./E.V.A.C.) singled in senior center fielder Tyler Graham (Vandergrift, Pa./Kiski Area). 

Grove City then posted five runs in the second inning. Junior DH Travis Auth (Medina, Ohio/Medina) belted a two-run triple that drove in sophomore shortstop Bob Abbott (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) and junior second baseman Bobby Dulay (Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline). Auth then scored on a single from junior catcher Derek Boyle (Stafford, Va./Brooke Point).

Freshman left fielder Jesse Clary (Cranberry Township, Pa./Eden Christian) drove in the fourth run of the inning by singling in Graham. Clary later came home on a run-scoring single by sophomore first baseman Matt Dayton (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton).

Saint Vincent cut the lead to 6-1 with an unearned run in the sixth inning but Grove City answered in the eighth when Auth scored on a throwing error. Abbott, Auth, Boyle and Burke all had two hits in the win while Graham scored twice. Graham also stole three bases. 

Freshman pitcher D.J. Newby (McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport) earned the pitching win by firing seven innings. He struck out five while allowing two hits and no earned runs. Freshman Jacob Brothers (Aurora, Ill./Aurora Christian) pitched two scoreless innings of relief. He allowed one hit.

Graham went 3 for 5 in the opener while Auth and Clary both went 2 for 4. Grove City trailed 1-0 in the fifth inning but forged a tie when Auth scored on an error. In the seventh, Clary singled in Auth and Graham scored on Burke's single to put Grove City ahead 3-1.

Saint Vincent tied the game in the bottom of the seventh, then won the game on a bases-loaded error in the bottom of the ninth. 

Sophomore pitcher Austin Wacker (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) started for Grove City and allowed three runs in seven innings. Sophomore Corey Thomas (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) pitched 1/3 of inning in relief. Freshman Nick Chiodo (Solon, Ohio/Solon) struck out two and allowed one hit in 1 1/3 innings of relief. He took the setback. 

Grove City (10-10) will visit conference archrival Geneva at 1 p.m. Saturday for a doubleheader in Beaver Falls, Pa.