WESTFIELD, Ind. – The Trine University Baseball team opened their season with a double header against the Anderson Ravens on Tuesday afternoon. Trine fell in both games 13-3 and 17-7. Joel Walton had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Thunder.
 
Anderson struck first with 4 runs in the first and two more in the second. The Thunder found some offense in the top of the third when Dane DuBois reached on a walk, he advanced to third on a pair of wild pitches, William Taczak scored he run with a grounder to the short stop. Luke Burford plated the second run of the third scoring on another errant pitch. Trine kept the Ravens off the scoreboard in the fourth. DuBois scored in the seventh on a Burford ground out. The first game ended in the seventh 13-3.
 
Trine collected nine hits in the second game. The Thunder trailed 4-0 after one in game two, this time the offense had an answer. Cole Temple reached on a walk and Preston Henschen singled in the next at bat to give Trine two on and none out. Dubois belted a double to right field to score Temple and move Henschen to third. A grounder to third scored Henschen and allowed DuBois to reach third. Dubois would score on a wild pitch to cut the Raven lead to 4-3. Joel Walton led off the third with a solo home run to center field. Spencer Rodriguez doubled in the next at bat, he scored on a pair of pitching mishaps to give Trine a 5-4 lead. Anderson rallied to retake a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the third, Walton was up second in the 4^th inning and blasted another long ball to tie the score. An eight run sixth proved fatal to the Thunder's chances and the game went final in the bottom of the 8^th at 17-7.