Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Tech baseball team couldn't complete the four-game sweep of Siena Heights, splitting Saturday's twin-bill at Warriors Stadium, winning game one 13-11 before dropping game two, 5-3.

Tech is now 18-17-1 overall and 10-6 in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play while the Saints finish the series 14-15 on the season and 4-6 in conference play.

GAME 1 | IT 13, SHU 11 | BOX SCORE

It was a wild first game as the only inning without a run scored was the ninth and the Warriors didn't bat in the frame. Tech scored at least one run in each of the first four innings and took the lead with a six run sixth, holding on for the win.

The Saints got on the board first, scoring in their first at-bat, but the Warriors offense answered with a three run bottom half, with RBI singles from Jacob Dunnichay and Brian Hakes for the 3-1 lead.

A Brian Brudi two-run single in the second extended the lead and the Warriors added another run in both the third and fourth, with the latter coming on a solo home run by Justin Kalusa, making it 7-2 Warriors.

Things began to unravel in the fifth as Ben Muller hit his second home run of the contest, a three-run shot, to cut the lead to two and a fielder's choice plated another run for SHU.

After a scoreless bottom half by Tech, the Saints got another home run and a pair of RBI singles to plated three more runs and take the lead, 9-7. Two Tech errors aided the Saints in their comeback.

The Orange and Black didn't back down though, as Kalusa injected life into the Warriors bench. The senior centerfielder led off the inning with a hit-by-pitch then stole second and third and scored on an error by the pitcher. Hakes followed with a two-out RBI single and Derek Morgan then tied the score with a two-run single and Tyler Denniston capped of the inning with a two-run home run just over the left field wall for the 13-9 lead.

Siena Heights tacked on single runs in the seventh and eighth, but Cutis Wise pitched a clean ninth to record his second save and preserve the win.

Connor McClaughlin got his first win of the season as he allowed two runs, one earned, on one hit over 1 2/3 innings while Wise got the save allowing one hit and striking out two in 1 2/3 innings.

Brudi and McKinstry paced the offense as each finished 3-for-5 in the contest with Brudi scoring once and driving in two while McKinstry scored twice. Hakes and Morgan each finished with two hits and Denniston finished 1-for-3 with the game-winning home run.

The Warriors tallied 15 hits in the victory, but the defense committed five errors, something that haunted them in game two.

GAME 2 | IT 3, SHU 5 | BOX SCORE

Unlike in game one, the offense couldn't make up for the poor execution on defense in the series finale.

It started in the first inning after getting two quick outs, a single and a double had men at second and third but an error on the play led to the first run. Another error, this time in the infield, plated the second run of the contest.

Tech had a rally going in the bottom of the second as three walks and a bunt single plated a run and loaded the bases, prompting a pitching change. Lefty Matt King was called on for the second time, after allowing just one hit in two innings in game one. He escaped the jam with a line-drive double play and a bases loaded strikeout, setting the tone for the entire contest.

Mueller hit his fourth home run of the day in the fourth, a two-run shot to extend the lead to three, 4-1. The Warriors offense was quiet until the fifth when McKinstry delivered a two-run, bases loaded double to cut the lead to one. A two-out walk loaded the bases again, but a groundout ended the threat.

A pair of errors in the seventh led to an unearned run in the seventh and the Warriors ended the contest with the tying run on second base, as King got his fourth strikeout of the contest to win the game.

Brian Gremaux got the tough luck loss, allowing four runs, three earned, on nine hits over 3 1/3 innings while striking out four and walking two. Aaron Carroll was solid in relief, allowing just one unearned runs while scattering two hits over 3 2/3 innings.

The Warriors tallied just four hits in the loss, with McKinstry accounting for two of them while Dunnichay and Brudi had one each.

The Warriors return to action on Tuesday, Apr. 15, when they host Rochester College for a non-conference doubleheader with first pitch slated for 3 p.m.