ALLIANCE, Ohio -- After dropping the opener 9-7, Mount Union rallied for a 6-4 win in game two to salvage a split with Baldwin Wallace in an Ohio Athletic Conference series and keep its OAC Tournament hopes alive Friday at 23rd Street Field in Alliance.

The Purple Raiders are 14-14-1 overall and at 8-8 in the OAC remain alive for one of four spots in the OAC Tournament.

In game one, Baldwin Wallace (15-16, 9-7 OAC) took a 2-0 in the third inning on a two-run home run from Mackenzie Brua, but Mount Union came back and tied the game with a run in the fourth off an RBI double from Leigh Siedlak (Westerville/Westerville South) and an RBI single from Andi VanSickle (Loudonville/Loudonville) in the fifth.

In the sixth, BW led off the inning with a Lauren Feciuch solo home run but four Mount Union errors ended up plating four more Jacket runs and gave BW a 7-2 lead.

Two more errors in the seventh gave Baldwin Wallace two more unearned runs and made the score 9-2.

The first four hitters for Mount Union all reached base and scored in the seventh as Shelby Carmichael (Dalton/Dalton) drove in a run on a double and Megan Okuda (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) had a three-run home run to close the gap to 9-6.  Two outs later, Mount Union pushed another run across to get it to 9-7 and had the winning run at the plate when the game ended.

Tabitha Murray struck out five and went the distance for BW to get the win while Michelle Stiltner (White Lake, Mich./Lakeland) took the loss for the Raiders striking out four, allowing nine runs (three earned) over seven innings to fall to 10-6 on the season.

In game two, Mount Union got a triple to lead off the bottom of the first from Olivia Schumacher (Gahanna/Lincoln) who later scored on an Okuda double.

Baldwin Wallace scored a run in the second and took a 2-1 lead with a run in the third before Mount Union tied the game in the bottom of the third as this time Schumacher led off the frame the single and scored on another Okuda double.

In the fourth, Jessica Moracz (Westlake/Westlake) had an RBI double and Schumacher had an RBI single to allow Mount Union to retake the lead, 4-2.

Two more runs for the Raiders came in the fifth on a two-run double from Logan Lehman (Orrville/Orrville) to extend the lead to 6-2.

BW came back in the sixth getting two runs and had the go ahead run at the plate when Mount Union pitcher Erin Simmons (Suffield Twp/Field) forced a pop up to end the inning and worked a 1-2-3 seventh for a compete game win.

Baldwin Wallace 9, Mount Union 7 (Apr 18, 2014 at Alliance, Ohio) (Game 1)
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Baldwin Wallace..... 002 005 2 -  9 10  2      (15-15, 9-6 OAC)
Mount Union......... 000 110 5 -  7 12  6      (13-14-1, 7-8 OAC)
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Pitchers: Baldwin Wallace - Tabitha Murray and Sami Brown. Mount Union - Michelle Stiltner and
Chelsea Obrzut.
Win-Tabitha Murray(4-6)  Loss-Michelle Stiltner(10-6)  T-2:00 PM  A-75
HR BW-S - Mackenzie Brua (8); Lauren Feciuch (3).
HR MTU - Megan Okuda (1).
Weather: 59F and partly cloudy




Mount Union 6, Baldwin Wallace 4 (Apr 18, 2014 at Alliance, Ohio) (Game 2)
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Baldwin Wallace..... 011 002 0 -  4  6  1      (15-16, 9-7 OAC)
Mount Union......... 101 220 X -  6  9  2      (14-14-1, 8-8 OAC)
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Pitchers: Baldwin Wallace - Erica Morgan and Sami Brown. Mount Union - Erin Simmons and
Megan Okuda.
Win-Erin Simmons(4-6)  Loss-Erica Morgan(7-4)  T-1:45  A-85
Weather: 64F and mostly cloudy