ST. PAUL, Minn. - After a few different schedule changes, the Hamline baseball team (5-11, 2-3 MIAC) got to play Concordia Moorhead (8-6, 2-2 MIAC) for the fourth and fifth times this season, falling in game one 10-7, before earning a come-from-behind, extra-inning 5-4 win in game two.
 
The Pipers will play again on Tuesday, April 13 when they host St. Olaf for a pair of games at CHS Field starting at 2:30 p.m.
 
GAME 1: CONCORDIA 10, HAMLINE 7
Game one featured a lot of offense for both teams, as the Cobbers held a slight 11-9 edge in hits on the day. First year Gavin Renwick led the Pipers at the plate in the contest, going 2-3 with three RBIs. Junior Cullen Buck, first year Braeden Bourne, and senior Zack Langton also all had two hits each in the game.
 
Hamline's offense got going right away in the first inning, using five hits, a walk, and a Concordia error to score five runs. First year Mac Enlow drove in the first run of the game on a single that scored teammate Colin Schuetz from third. Singles from Bourne and Langton would load the bases and a single from Renwick would score two. The final two runs scored on a Cobber error, when a pickoff attempt went into the outfield, allowing both Langton and Renwick to score to make it 5-0.
 
A grand slam for Concordia in the third turned some of the momentum to the Cobbers, making it 5-4.
 
HU would add to their lead in the bottom of the inning, as Renwick doubled to score Bourne, but three hits and walk for the Cobbers in the fourth helped them take over the lead 7-6.
 
The teams would trade runs in the fifth, as Concordia hit another homer and the Pipers scored on a single from Langton. This put the score at 8-7, with the Cobbers holding the one-run lead.
 
The Cobbers tacked on a run in each of the final two innings, and despite having a baserunner on in each inning, the Pipers were held scoreless, leaving the final at 10-7.
 
Sophomore Zach Branson started on the mound, giving up four runs on three hits. He was relieved by first year Elijah Erickson, who would end up with the loss after giving up three runs on four hits. First year Spencer Klika pitched the final 3.2 innings, also giving up three runs on four hits.
 
GAME 2: HAMLINE 5, CONCORDIA 4 (9 INNINGS)
The Pipers would rally in game two to earn a split in dramatic fashion after tying the game in the bottom of the seventh and winning it in extra innings on a walk-off single from Enlow.
 
Enlow had an impressive game at the plate, going 4-6. Buck, first year Matt Rusch, and senior Colton Peters also helped out the offense with two hits apiece.
 
The Cobbers would lead 4-0 before the Pipers got on the board. Enlow singled with two outs in the third inning and would find himself on third after Bourne was hit by a pitch and Langton walked. Logan Tollefson also worked the count, drawing a walk to send Enlow home.
 
Hamline continued to chip away at the Concordia lead, scoring once in the fifth, sixth, and seventh to send the game to extra innings.
 
Another bases-loaded walk scored Langton in the fifth and Langton would hit a sac fly in the sixth to drive in Buck, making it 4-3.
 
The Pipers were down to their last out of the game when Peters and Rusch hit clutch singles to extend the inning. Buck then came up with a huge single to right field to score a run that would tie it up. HU was not able to score again, however, sending the game to extras.
 
Hamline had a good chance to win it in the eighth when Enlow led off with a single, but they were unable to score.
 
The following inning, HU would once again get the leadoff batter on, as sophomore Tanner Cole singled through the left side. He was then sacrificed over. This would allow Enlow to be the hero, hitting a single to right field to score Cole to lift the Pipers to victory.
 
Sophomore Braden Schneider started on the mound for HU, pitching the first two innings, giving up one run on three hits. First year Josh Cary came in next, giving up three runs on three hits in his inning of work.
 
The Pipers then got scoreless outings from Hayden Ring, Will Tzavaras, Max Gerstner, and Jonah Smallfield, which kept them in the game. Smallfield would earn the win, pitching the final inning.