Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 WAYNESBURG, Pa. -- The Grove City College baseball team split a Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Waynesburg. Grove City (26-8, 13-3 PAC) earned a 12-2 victory in Game One while Waynesburg took the nightcap at Madison Park, 5-3. The Game Two setback stops Grove City's 12-game win streak. 

Senior pitcher Tate Ostrowski (Essex, Mass./Covenant Christian) fired a complete game in the opener for Grove City. Ostrowski (8-1) struck out 12 batters while allowing only one earned run and three hits. He earned his 25th career victory.

Grove City jumped out a 6-0 lead in the first inning in the opener by combining four hits and two walks. Senior catcher C.J. Saylor (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) and junior first baseman Markus Williams (Sewickley, Pa./Eden Christian) both walked with bases loaded while sophomore right fielder Josh Minnich (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) scored on an error to give the Wolverines a 3-0 lead. 

Sophomore right fielder Nico Rodriguez (Stafford, Va./Mountain View) then doubled the lead with a bases-clearing three-run triple.

Saylor doubled in sophomore third baseman Mally Kilbane (Olmsted Falls, Ohio/Olmsted Falls) to give Grove City a 7-0 lead in the second inning. In the fourth, sophomore shortstop Luke Vittone (Seven Fields, Pa./Eden Christian) stole third and scored on a throwing error. 

The Wolverines sewed up the win with a four-run outburst in the top of the seventh inning. Saylor singled in Kilbane while a Williams single brought home Minnich. Sophomore DH Shane Cato (New Castle, Pa./Shenango) belted a triple that drove home Saylor. Cato then scored on a single by junior second baseman Lucca Baccari (Irwin, Pa./Penn-Trafford). 

Saylor finished 2 for 3 while Baccari, Minnich and Rodriguez all went 2 for 4. Kilbane scored three times. 

Kilbane doubled and singled in the nightcap while Baccari and freshman center fielder Nick Sampson (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) both finished 2 for 4. 

Grove City took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Cato singled in Saylor. Sampson's infield single in the fifth inning drove in Rodriguez. Grove City cut Waynesburg's lead to 5-3 in the eighth inning as Saylor knocked in Sampson with a fielder's choice.

Sophomore pitcher Evan Umland (Pasadena, Calif./La Canada) fired a complete game for Grove City. Umland (6-3) struck out four and did not issue a walk in eight innings.

Grove City remains tied for first in the conference with Washington & Jefferson at 13-3 in the league. W&J split a conference doubleheader Wednesday at Westminster.

The Wolverines will host Franciscan at 1 p.m. Saturday in a conference doubleheader at Jack Behringer Field.