WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Grove City College baseball team received a combined 15 innings from its two starting pitchers in Saturday's Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader at Washington & Jefferson but the Wolverines dropped both ends of the twinbill. W&J earned a 5-1 win in the opener, then secured a 2-0 victory in Game Two.

In the opener, junior pitcher John Bini (Staten Island, N.Y./Xaverian) fired a complete game, striking out seven over eight innings. In the second game, freshman pitcher D.J. Newby (McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport) limited W&J -- the defending national runner-up -- to two runs and three hits over seven innings.

Grove City out-hit W&J in the opener, 11-8, but did not break through until the ninth inning. Junior DH Travis Auth (Medina, Ohio/Medina) blasted a double to right field and advanced to third on an error. The error allowed sophomore shortstop Bob Abbott (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) to score. 

Sophomore first baseman Matt Dayton (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) led Grove City by going 3 for 4. Senior center fielder Tyler Graham (Vandergrift, Pa./Kiski Area) doubled and singled while junior third baseman Micah Burke (Gilbert, Ariz./E.V.A.C.) went 2 for 4. 

Abbott, Dayton and Graham each had singles in Game Two for Grove City (12-18, 6-10 PAC). Both teams had only three hits. Freshman pitcher Jacob Brothers (Aurora, Ill./Aurora Christian) pitched a scoreless eighth inning of relief for the Wolverines.

Grove City will visit Allegheny in non-conference play Monday at 4 p.m. in Meadville, Pa.