Mount Union College's baseball team (15-6) defeated Case Western University (4-15-1) in a doubleheader on Sunday, April 6 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Raiders would take the first game 19-3 and win the second 5-4.

In game one, the Raiders jumped on the board first with a double by junior/infielder Nate McFarland. Grant Sevek would hit a 2 RBI single to make the score 2-0. Freshman/infielder Craig Knott would double and freshman/infielder Greg Ferrell would single, scoring Knott.

In the top of the fourth, all nine batters would score for Mount Union. Highlighting that inning, was a grand slam by Sevek to make the score 7-0. Mount Union would score four more runs to end the inning with the score of 14-0.

Case Western would score two runs in the bottom of the third and fourth innings.

Offensively, the Raiders were led by Craig Knott who was 2-3, Andy Warner who went 2-3, Jon Schulz who was 2-5, and Nate McFarland who went 3-3. Sevek finished 2-6 with six RBI.

Eric Miller was the winning pitcher. He allowed three earned runs, one strikeout and one walk.

In the second game, Mount Union would score two in the top of the second inning with a two RBI single from senior/infielder Greg Boyd. Case responded with one run in the bottom of the second, tieing the game at 1-1. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Case Western would rally, scoring two more runs to make the score 3-3. The Purple and White would score late in the fifth and sixth innings to finalize the score 5-4.

Individually for Mount Union, Sevek again had two hits, Warner was 2-3 and Greg Ferrell was 1-3 with two RBI.

On the mound, starter Cody Colly went 3.2 innings with two strikeouts while Steve Hustack come on in relief to earn the win for Mount Union.

The Raiders next travel to Ohio Athletic Conference rival Marietta on Wednesday, April 9. First pitch at 4:00 p.m.