FULTON, Mo. – The Webster University baseball team was back in action on Saturday when they traveled to Fulton, Missouri, to take on the Westminster (Mo.) College Blue Jays for a SLIAC doubleheader. The Gorloks split the doubleheader as they fell in the first game by a final score of 9-7 before winning the second game by a final score of 23-19 to move to 14-13 on the season and 7-5 in conference play. With the split, Westminster moves to 12-17 on the year.

The Gorloks got off to a slow start in the first game of the day as the Blue Jays scored two runs in the bottom of the first to take an early lead. Webster would bounce back with two runs in the top of the third, but three runs over the next two innings would put Westminster up 5-2 in the game. Nathaniel Martinez would hit his sixth homerun of the season to cut the lead to two in the top of the fourth, but another run from the Blue Jays in the bottom of the frame would give them a 6-3 lead midway through the contest. The Gorloks would outscore the Blue Jays 4-3 in the final three innings thanks to two homeruns from Parker Murrow but it was not enough as Westminster held them off down the stretch to solidify the win.

Ryan Greifelt (2-3) was the starting pitcher in this one as he allowed eight hits and five earned runs while striking out four in 3.2 innings. Caleb Zbrozek pitched in relief as he allowed five hits and four earned runs while striking out four in the final 4.1 innings of the game.

Webster tallied 13 hits in the contest. Parker Murrow led the way as he went 3-for-5 with two homeruns (3) and three RBI. James Theodore and Nathaniel Martinez also recorded multi-hit games as Theodore went 3-for-6 with an RBI and Martinez went 2-for-3 with two RBI.

It was a slugfest in the second game as the two teams combined for 42 runs and 36 hits. The Gorloks got on the board first as they scored 13 runs in the first four innings to take an early lead. The Blue Jays answered with 10 runs of their own over the next three innings and the Gorloks held a 13-10 lead heading into the seventh. Webster would outscore Westminster 10-9 down the stretch and solidified the split.

Kevin Corcoran (3-3) was the starting pitcher in this one as he allowed four hits and five earned runs while striking out five in 3.2 innings. Wes Cunningham, Joel Arsenault, and Jordan Smevoll pitched in relief as the three combined to allow 10 hits and 11 earned runs while striking out eight in the final 5.1 innings of the game.

Webster recorded 22 hits in the game. Karl Peters led the way for Webster as he went 4-for-5 with two homeruns (8) and six RBI. Parker Murrow also recorded a four hit game as he went 4-for-5 with three RBI. In addition, James Theodore went 3-for-7 with an RBI, Evan Evola went 3-for-6 with two RBI, Nick Schumacher went 1-for-4 with two RBI, Nathaniel Martinez went 1-for-3 with a two-run homerun (7), and Andrew Fazio went 2-for-3 with a two-run homerun (2).

The Gorloks return to the diamond on Tuesday, April 16^th when they travel to Terre Haute, Indiana, to take on Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for a nonconference matchup. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. EST.